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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
GREEK AND ROMAN PORTRAITS.
The Greek and Eoman portraits not already described
in the first two volumes of this catalogue are grouped
together in the following sections.
The principal Greek portraits already catalogued are
those of Pericles (549), Mausolos (1000), and Artemisia
(1001). Among the unknown portraits see Nos. 1054,
1152, 1153, 1301, etc.
The Eoman portraits include Claudius (1155), found at
Priene, Cornelius Lentulus (1383), and several Eoman
imperial heads from Cyrene.
Among Greek portraits, the earliest personage repre-
sented is Homer, hut the type is a purely ideal creation
of a comparatively late time (see No. 1825). In general,
the art of portraiture was little developed in the fifth
century, and portraits were not strongly individualised
before the time of Alexander. Even then the regal
portraits are to a large extent assimilated to the Alex-
ander type.
The non-regal Greek portraits are mainly those of famous
men of letters, philosophers, and the like, for each of
whom a typical representation was established and widely
disseminated. For the most part they have been found
in Eoman villas, or at Pompeii and Herculaneum, and are
Graeco-Eoman works, in which the style of a contemporary
portrait, if such can be assumed, is only faintly echoed.
The Eoman portraits, on the other hand, have throughout
a more personal character. This is due in part to the
national genius and in part to the nature of the subjects.
Roman portraits (omitting those of the imperial houses),
are, as a rule, strongly individual renderings of unknown
persons, of which perhaps only one copy existed. In
nearly all cases it is probable that the busts are not far
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
GREEK AND ROMAN PORTRAITS.
The Greek and Eoman portraits not already described
in the first two volumes of this catalogue are grouped
together in the following sections.
The principal Greek portraits already catalogued are
those of Pericles (549), Mausolos (1000), and Artemisia
(1001). Among the unknown portraits see Nos. 1054,
1152, 1153, 1301, etc.
The Eoman portraits include Claudius (1155), found at
Priene, Cornelius Lentulus (1383), and several Eoman
imperial heads from Cyrene.
Among Greek portraits, the earliest personage repre-
sented is Homer, hut the type is a purely ideal creation
of a comparatively late time (see No. 1825). In general,
the art of portraiture was little developed in the fifth
century, and portraits were not strongly individualised
before the time of Alexander. Even then the regal
portraits are to a large extent assimilated to the Alex-
ander type.
The non-regal Greek portraits are mainly those of famous
men of letters, philosophers, and the like, for each of
whom a typical representation was established and widely
disseminated. For the most part they have been found
in Eoman villas, or at Pompeii and Herculaneum, and are
Graeco-Eoman works, in which the style of a contemporary
portrait, if such can be assumed, is only faintly echoed.
The Eoman portraits, on the other hand, have throughout
a more personal character. This is due in part to the
national genius and in part to the nature of the subjects.
Roman portraits (omitting those of the imperial houses),
are, as a rule, strongly individual renderings of unknown
persons, of which perhaps only one copy existed. In
nearly all cases it is probable that the busts are not far