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HERMES.
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Mattei" (Aldrovandi (1556), p. 156). Seen by Aldrovandi in the
Farnese Palace, Kome. Puixhased of the ex-King of Naples in
1864. Guattani, Memorie, V., p. 65; Clarac, IV., pi. 666c,
No. 1545 bis ; G. B. Cavalieri, Antiquarum statuarum Urbis
Romm Icones (1621), pp. 2, 6 ; Miiller-Wieseler, Denkmaeler, II..
pi. 30, fig. 335 ; Grceco-Roman Guide, II., No. 80.
1603. (Plate V., fig I.) Head of Hermes (?). Youthful ideal
male head, somewhat severely treated, with short curling
hair. Prohahly a Graeco-Boman copy of a fifth-century
type.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 8 inches. Restored : terminal bust,
(his) right side of head, and tip of nose. Purchased from
coll. of William Chinnery, Esq., 1812. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 21;
Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 224 ; Mansell, No. 1207 ; Eilis, Town.
Gall., L, p. 325 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 192); Miiller-Wieseler,
Denkmaeler, II., pi. 28, fig. 303 ; Helbig, Annali dell' Inst., 1866,
p. 233; Wolters, No. 460; Reinach, Gaz. Arch., XII.. p. 83.
This head has some resemblance to the one in the Ince Blundell
Coll. Cf. Michaelis, Arch. Zeit., 1874, p. 28, pi. 3; Furt-
waengler, Meisterwerke, p. 348.
1604. (Plate III.) Head of Hermes, with curling hair, and
wings on the head. Coarse Eoman work. Nose wanting.
2nd cent. a.d. (?).—Carthage.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 3| inches. Excavated by Sir T.
Reade in 1835-36. Graco-Roman Guide, II., No. 172.
1605. Terminal figure of a Youth in the character of Hermes.
He wears a winged petasos, and a cloak, fastened with a
circular brooch on the right shoulder. The caduceus of
Hermes is sculptured on the right side of the term, and
the cock on the left. The association of the attributes of
Hermes with real portraiture in this figure indicates that
the youth whose likeness it represents was placed under
the protection of that deit}^. At the foot of the term is a
square plinth. 2nd-3rd cent. a.d. (?).—Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 4 feet 10J inches. Restored : part of the drapery
in front and of the plinth ; the head has been rejoined. Found
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Mattei" (Aldrovandi (1556), p. 156). Seen by Aldrovandi in the
Farnese Palace, Kome. Puixhased of the ex-King of Naples in
1864. Guattani, Memorie, V., p. 65; Clarac, IV., pi. 666c,
No. 1545 bis ; G. B. Cavalieri, Antiquarum statuarum Urbis
Romm Icones (1621), pp. 2, 6 ; Miiller-Wieseler, Denkmaeler, II..
pi. 30, fig. 335 ; Grceco-Roman Guide, II., No. 80.
1603. (Plate V., fig I.) Head of Hermes (?). Youthful ideal
male head, somewhat severely treated, with short curling
hair. Prohahly a Graeco-Boman copy of a fifth-century
type.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 8 inches. Restored : terminal bust,
(his) right side of head, and tip of nose. Purchased from
coll. of William Chinnery, Esq., 1812. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 21;
Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 224 ; Mansell, No. 1207 ; Eilis, Town.
Gall., L, p. 325 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 192); Miiller-Wieseler,
Denkmaeler, II., pi. 28, fig. 303 ; Helbig, Annali dell' Inst., 1866,
p. 233; Wolters, No. 460; Reinach, Gaz. Arch., XII.. p. 83.
This head has some resemblance to the one in the Ince Blundell
Coll. Cf. Michaelis, Arch. Zeit., 1874, p. 28, pi. 3; Furt-
waengler, Meisterwerke, p. 348.
1604. (Plate III.) Head of Hermes, with curling hair, and
wings on the head. Coarse Eoman work. Nose wanting.
2nd cent. a.d. (?).—Carthage.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 3| inches. Excavated by Sir T.
Reade in 1835-36. Graco-Roman Guide, II., No. 172.
1605. Terminal figure of a Youth in the character of Hermes.
He wears a winged petasos, and a cloak, fastened with a
circular brooch on the right shoulder. The caduceus of
Hermes is sculptured on the right side of the term, and
the cock on the left. The association of the attributes of
Hermes with real portraiture in this figure indicates that
the youth whose likeness it represents was placed under
the protection of that deit}^. At the foot of the term is a
square plinth. 2nd-3rd cent. a.d. (?).—Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 4 feet 10J inches. Restored : part of the drapery
in front and of the plinth ; the head has been rejoined. Found