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HERMES.
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statue was in the Casa Sassi. The collection in the Casa Sassi
was sold to the Farnese family in 1546 by Decidio and Fabio
Sassi, and the figure afterwards stood in the Farnese Palace at
Rome (see Michaelis, in Jahrb. des Arch. Inst., 1891, pp. 170-17'-',
Lanciani, Storia degli Scavi,!., p. 177). A comparison of Heems-
kerck's sketch (Jahrbuch, p. 171), with the treaty of sale
(Lanciani, p. 177), shows that this figure is the " Marcus
Aurelius " of Aldrovandi, Statue (1556), p. 151. Purchased, 1864.
Visconti. Mm. Pio-Clem., I., pi. A. VII. (= Clarac, IV., pi. 664,
No. 1539); Braun, Vorschule d. Kunstmyth.,j>}. 91; De Triqueti,
in Fine Arts Quarterly, III., p. 213; Gr&co-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 171; Mansell, Nos. 835, 1124, 1231; Stereoscopic, No. 139;
Klein, Praxiteles, p. 391; compare Wolters, No. 1218; Miiller-
Wieseler, 3rd ed. (1877), p. 469.
The chief examples of the type are (1), the Hermes (formerly called
Antinous), of the Belvedere in the Vatican; Braun, loc. cit.,
pi. 90; Visconti, Mus. Pio-Clem., I., pi. 7; (2), the Hermes of
Lansdowne House (Lansdowne Catalogue, No. 65; Specimens, II..
pi. 37); (3), statue from Andros (See. Arch., 1846, pi. 53, fig. 2 ;
Brunn, Denhmaeler, No. 18). Other specimens are enumerated
by Knerte, Athenische Mittheilungen, III,, p. 98.
1600. (Plate III.) Head of Hermes (?). Beardless head,
with heavy brows, and slightly parted lips. The hair
surrounds the forehead and falls on the neck in small
curls, but elsewhere it is treated in a lumpy fashion. It
was encircled by a metal wreath, for the attachment of
which numerous holes remain. The end of the nose is
missing, and the head is broken off from a statue. A
part of the back has been cut away.
This head has much in common with the Hermes of
Praxiteles, especially in the treatment of the hair and
brows, and it has even been regarded as an original work
by the same sculptor. It lacks, however, the delicate and
suave beauty of the Hermes, and some critics have pre-
ferred to call it a young Heracles; but for this inter-
pretation a square-built face and broader chin would be
more appropriate. 4th cent. B.C.
Fine Parian marble. Height, 11J inches. Purchased, in 1862, at a
sale at Argyll House, the town house of George, 4th Earl of
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statue was in the Casa Sassi. The collection in the Casa Sassi
was sold to the Farnese family in 1546 by Decidio and Fabio
Sassi, and the figure afterwards stood in the Farnese Palace at
Rome (see Michaelis, in Jahrb. des Arch. Inst., 1891, pp. 170-17'-',
Lanciani, Storia degli Scavi,!., p. 177). A comparison of Heems-
kerck's sketch (Jahrbuch, p. 171), with the treaty of sale
(Lanciani, p. 177), shows that this figure is the " Marcus
Aurelius " of Aldrovandi, Statue (1556), p. 151. Purchased, 1864.
Visconti. Mm. Pio-Clem., I., pi. A. VII. (= Clarac, IV., pi. 664,
No. 1539); Braun, Vorschule d. Kunstmyth.,j>}. 91; De Triqueti,
in Fine Arts Quarterly, III., p. 213; Gr&co-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 171; Mansell, Nos. 835, 1124, 1231; Stereoscopic, No. 139;
Klein, Praxiteles, p. 391; compare Wolters, No. 1218; Miiller-
Wieseler, 3rd ed. (1877), p. 469.
The chief examples of the type are (1), the Hermes (formerly called
Antinous), of the Belvedere in the Vatican; Braun, loc. cit.,
pi. 90; Visconti, Mus. Pio-Clem., I., pi. 7; (2), the Hermes of
Lansdowne House (Lansdowne Catalogue, No. 65; Specimens, II..
pi. 37); (3), statue from Andros (See. Arch., 1846, pi. 53, fig. 2 ;
Brunn, Denhmaeler, No. 18). Other specimens are enumerated
by Knerte, Athenische Mittheilungen, III,, p. 98.
1600. (Plate III.) Head of Hermes (?). Beardless head,
with heavy brows, and slightly parted lips. The hair
surrounds the forehead and falls on the neck in small
curls, but elsewhere it is treated in a lumpy fashion. It
was encircled by a metal wreath, for the attachment of
which numerous holes remain. The end of the nose is
missing, and the head is broken off from a statue. A
part of the back has been cut away.
This head has much in common with the Hermes of
Praxiteles, especially in the treatment of the hair and
brows, and it has even been regarded as an original work
by the same sculptor. It lacks, however, the delicate and
suave beauty of the Hermes, and some critics have pre-
ferred to call it a young Heracles; but for this inter-
pretation a square-built face and broader chin would be
more appropriate. 4th cent. B.C.
Fine Parian marble. Height, 11J inches. Purchased, in 1862, at a
sale at Argyll House, the town house of George, 4th Earl of