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GKEEK PORTRAIT HEADS.
131
Mus. Marbles, EL, pi. 42 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 351; Grafco-
Boman Guide, 1., No. 52; Wolters, No. 1327; Mansell, No. 1188;
Bernoulli, Griech. Ikonographie, L, p. 44. For the Vatican
term, see ibid., pi. 4.
1828. "Sappho." Female bust. The hair is gathered up
behind in a wide cap of the kind called an opisthosphendone,
of which the ends are tied in front of the forehead. It is
further confined with a long band, passed twice round the
head, over the top, and above the forehead. Two small
ringlets fall in front of each ear. This head is a weak
copy of one of the fifth-century types known as Sappho.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 5 inches. Restored: tip of nose,
right ear, terminal bust, and a patch on the top of the head.
GrcBco-Roman Guide, IL, No. 178. For this type of "Sappho,"
cf. Furtwaengler, Meisterwerke, p. 102; Bernoulli, Griech. Ikono-
graphie, L, p. 65. The nearest parallel to the present head is
an example in the Vatican, Bernoulli, ibid., p. 67. The type has
been called Aphrodite, by Furtwaengler (Meisterwerke, p. 103).
1829. "Sappho." Female head, with a triple arrangement of
the headdress. A broad band (or sphendone) crosses the
forehead. The hair is gathered in a mass at the back,
confined by another broad band (opisthosphendone), and
also by a band tied round the hair, immediately at the
back of the neck. An end is also brought over the top of
the head, and is held by the sphendone over the forehead.
Curls issue from the hair on each cheek and between the
different bands. The lips are slightly parted. This type
has been called Sappho, but its portrait character is very
questionable. If it has any connexion with the type of
No. 1828, this is a later and less formal rendering of the
same subject. It seems more likely, however, that the
two are independent, having nothing in common, except
the complexity of the headdress.
Greek marble, much corroded. Height, 11£ inches. Restored: nose.
Bought of A. Castellani, 1879. Mansell, No. 1432. Furt-
K 2
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Mus. Marbles, EL, pi. 42 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 351; Grafco-
Boman Guide, 1., No. 52; Wolters, No. 1327; Mansell, No. 1188;
Bernoulli, Griech. Ikonographie, L, p. 44. For the Vatican
term, see ibid., pi. 4.
1828. "Sappho." Female bust. The hair is gathered up
behind in a wide cap of the kind called an opisthosphendone,
of which the ends are tied in front of the forehead. It is
further confined with a long band, passed twice round the
head, over the top, and above the forehead. Two small
ringlets fall in front of each ear. This head is a weak
copy of one of the fifth-century types known as Sappho.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 5 inches. Restored: tip of nose,
right ear, terminal bust, and a patch on the top of the head.
GrcBco-Roman Guide, IL, No. 178. For this type of "Sappho,"
cf. Furtwaengler, Meisterwerke, p. 102; Bernoulli, Griech. Ikono-
graphie, L, p. 65. The nearest parallel to the present head is
an example in the Vatican, Bernoulli, ibid., p. 67. The type has
been called Aphrodite, by Furtwaengler (Meisterwerke, p. 103).
1829. "Sappho." Female head, with a triple arrangement of
the headdress. A broad band (or sphendone) crosses the
forehead. The hair is gathered in a mass at the back,
confined by another broad band (opisthosphendone), and
also by a band tied round the hair, immediately at the
back of the neck. An end is also brought over the top of
the head, and is held by the sphendone over the forehead.
Curls issue from the hair on each cheek and between the
different bands. The lips are slightly parted. This type
has been called Sappho, but its portrait character is very
questionable. If it has any connexion with the type of
No. 1828, this is a later and less formal rendering of the
same subject. It seems more likely, however, that the
two are independent, having nothing in common, except
the complexity of the headdress.
Greek marble, much corroded. Height, 11£ inches. Restored: nose.
Bought of A. Castellani, 1879. Mansell, No. 1432. Furt-
K 2