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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
Aberdeen. It was probably brought from Greece, about 1803,
by that collector. Grwco-Roman Guide, II., No. 97; Wolters,
Jahrbuch, I., p. 54; pi. 5, fig. 1 ; Kalkmann, Proportionen,
pp. 41, 98; Sellers, iu Furtwaengler's Masterpieces (Eng.
Trans.), pi. 18, p. 346; Gar. des Beaux-Arts, 1895. II.. p. 157 ;
Klein, Praxiteles, p. 389; Mansell, No. 1367.
1601. (Plate III.) Hermes (?). Male head, beardless. The
hair springs over the forehead in short curls. At the
back it is worked in lumps, and unfinished, as in the
Hermes of Praxiteles. The left side of the top of the
head is wanting, having been made of a separate piece of
marble. The nose and lips are mutilated.
The curly hair and prominent brows seem to be derived
from a fourth-century type (compare the Aberdeen head,
No. 1600), but the work is coarse, and rather rough. The
treatment of the eyes is singularly vague, exaggerating
a tendency which is seen in No. 1600.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot. From the Blayds Coll. Bought.
1849. Grceco-Eoman Guide, II.. No. 162.
1602. Hermes and Herse (?). Hermes sits on a rock which is
covered with his chlamys, passing his right arm round
Herse, who stands beside him. He wears talaria. A
small mantle is twisted round the left arm of Herse,
and, passing round her back, is drawn by her left hand
over her right thigh. At the light side of the rock is
the jietasos of Hermes.
The name of Herse was proposed by Winckelmann
(Hist, de VArt, IV., 2) for fanciful reasons, and is very
doubtful. Winckelmann quotes one hand of Hermes as
an example of the antique treatment (Hist, de VArt,
IV., 4).—Farnese Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 5 feet 3 inches. Restored : head, shoulders,
left arm, right arm (?). part of right thigh of Hermes ; upper part
of Herse, which has now been removed ; drapery on left arm.
In Winckelmann's time the Hermes was restored with a bearded
head. "Found in Trnstevere, in the house of Alessandro
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
Aberdeen. It was probably brought from Greece, about 1803,
by that collector. Grwco-Roman Guide, II., No. 97; Wolters,
Jahrbuch, I., p. 54; pi. 5, fig. 1 ; Kalkmann, Proportionen,
pp. 41, 98; Sellers, iu Furtwaengler's Masterpieces (Eng.
Trans.), pi. 18, p. 346; Gar. des Beaux-Arts, 1895. II.. p. 157 ;
Klein, Praxiteles, p. 389; Mansell, No. 1367.
1601. (Plate III.) Hermes (?). Male head, beardless. The
hair springs over the forehead in short curls. At the
back it is worked in lumps, and unfinished, as in the
Hermes of Praxiteles. The left side of the top of the
head is wanting, having been made of a separate piece of
marble. The nose and lips are mutilated.
The curly hair and prominent brows seem to be derived
from a fourth-century type (compare the Aberdeen head,
No. 1600), but the work is coarse, and rather rough. The
treatment of the eyes is singularly vague, exaggerating
a tendency which is seen in No. 1600.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot. From the Blayds Coll. Bought.
1849. Grceco-Eoman Guide, II.. No. 162.
1602. Hermes and Herse (?). Hermes sits on a rock which is
covered with his chlamys, passing his right arm round
Herse, who stands beside him. He wears talaria. A
small mantle is twisted round the left arm of Herse,
and, passing round her back, is drawn by her left hand
over her right thigh. At the light side of the rock is
the jietasos of Hermes.
The name of Herse was proposed by Winckelmann
(Hist, de VArt, IV., 2) for fanciful reasons, and is very
doubtful. Winckelmann quotes one hand of Hermes as
an example of the antique treatment (Hist, de VArt,
IV., 4).—Farnese Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 5 feet 3 inches. Restored : head, shoulders,
left arm, right arm (?). part of right thigh of Hermes ; upper part
of Herse, which has now been removed ; drapery on left arm.
In Winckelmann's time the Hermes was restored with a bearded
head. "Found in Trnstevere, in the house of Alessandro