Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

HERMES.

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A line of red is drawn round the margins ot the black
portions. The surface of the marble below the pigment
is finely polished.—Home.

Fine Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 3 inches. Bought, 1884. Treu,
Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst., 1889, pi. 1; p. 18; Collignon, La
Polychromie dans la Sculpt. Grecque, p. 68, fig. 4. The head is
said to have been found on the Esquiline (Treu, he. cit., p. 19).
An iron dowel, perhaps intended for the attachment of a metal
disk, has been removed from the back of the head.

1598. Head of Aphrodite (?). Female head, slightly inclined to
its left. The hair, parted in the centre of the forehead,
and drawn back from the face in rich wavy lines, falls
down the neck in loose tresses. The pupils of the eyes
are represented by oval cavities. The joint at the base
of the neck shows that this head has belonged to a statue.
The style is large and simple. The surface is in fine
condition, and the nose entire, but slightly repaired.—
Pourtales Coll.

Parian marble. Height, 1, foot 4| inches. Cat. Pourt., No. 86;
Souvenirs de la Gal. Pourtales, pi. 49; Graco-Rornan Guide, I.,
No. 166; Mansell, No. 1273; Wolters, No. 1605.

HERMES.

1599. (Plate IV.) Statue of Hermes. A figure, somewhat
larger than life, stands in an easy attitude with the
weight thrown on the right leg, and having the left leg-
drawn back and lightly touching the ground. The body
is considerably bent over to its left, while the head is
turned a little downwards, and to its right. The right
hand rests against the right hip. The left arm is slightly
bent, and the hand holds a caduceus. The figure is nude
except for winged sandals, and a small chlamys, which
passes over the left shoulder and about the left arm.