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GREEK PORTRAIT HEADS.
133
to belong to a group of heads of one of the types current
in antiquity as Sophocles.— Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 7£ inches. Restored: the bust. The
head is said to have been found (in 1770), with the Hippocrates
(No. 1836), on what was formerly supposed to be the site of the
Villa of Terentius Varro Murena. This was a district on the
south-west of the Latin road, known in the middle ages as
Morena. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 44; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 350 ;
Gtcbco-Roman Guide, I., No. 119 ; Bernoulli, Jahrbuch, 1896,
p. 167, Ne. 6; Griech. Ikonographie, I., pi. 14; p. 130, No. 9.
For the site, cf. Bull. d. Comm. Arch. Com., 1884, p. 188.
The two inscribed heads which appear to be members of this group,
though neither is free from uncertainty, are (1) a terminal bust
in the Vatican Garden (Bernoulli, op. cit., pi. 13, p. 133 ; Jahrbuch
des Arch. Inst., 1896, p. 174) ; (2) a medallion, once in the
collection of Fulvio Orsini (Gallaeus and Faber, Illustrium
Imagines, 1606, No. 136 ; Bernoulli, op. cit., p. 124).
1832. (Plate XII.) So-called Sophocles. Bust of a bearded
man of middle age, with a drapery thrown over the left
shoulder. The head is slightly turned to the right; the
face is broad and placid. The hair and beard are simply
treated in a hard, wiry fashion, as if copied from bronze.
This head is one of a class which many critics have
identified as Sophocles, but on insufficient grounds.—
Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 7| inches. Restored : tip of nose.
Discovered about 1775, near Genzano. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 26 ;
Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 1 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 200, T. 90);
Graico-Roman Guide, I., No. 66 ; Wolters, No. 1308; Beschreib-
ung der Antiken Skulpturen zu Berlin, No. 296; Winter,
Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst., V., p. 160; Bernoulli, Griech. Ikono-
graphie, I., pp. 142, 143, figs. 28, 29, and text, ibid., where the
various examples of the type are enumerated.
1833. (Plate XL) Euripides (?). Bearded head, with loose
curling locks. The broad and massive brow, the
treatment of the hair, and the profile of the head and
133
to belong to a group of heads of one of the types current
in antiquity as Sophocles.— Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 7£ inches. Restored: the bust. The
head is said to have been found (in 1770), with the Hippocrates
(No. 1836), on what was formerly supposed to be the site of the
Villa of Terentius Varro Murena. This was a district on the
south-west of the Latin road, known in the middle ages as
Morena. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 44; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 350 ;
Gtcbco-Roman Guide, I., No. 119 ; Bernoulli, Jahrbuch, 1896,
p. 167, Ne. 6; Griech. Ikonographie, I., pi. 14; p. 130, No. 9.
For the site, cf. Bull. d. Comm. Arch. Com., 1884, p. 188.
The two inscribed heads which appear to be members of this group,
though neither is free from uncertainty, are (1) a terminal bust
in the Vatican Garden (Bernoulli, op. cit., pi. 13, p. 133 ; Jahrbuch
des Arch. Inst., 1896, p. 174) ; (2) a medallion, once in the
collection of Fulvio Orsini (Gallaeus and Faber, Illustrium
Imagines, 1606, No. 136 ; Bernoulli, op. cit., p. 124).
1832. (Plate XII.) So-called Sophocles. Bust of a bearded
man of middle age, with a drapery thrown over the left
shoulder. The head is slightly turned to the right; the
face is broad and placid. The hair and beard are simply
treated in a hard, wiry fashion, as if copied from bronze.
This head is one of a class which many critics have
identified as Sophocles, but on insufficient grounds.—
Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 7| inches. Restored : tip of nose.
Discovered about 1775, near Genzano. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 26 ;
Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 1 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 200, T. 90);
Graico-Roman Guide, I., No. 66 ; Wolters, No. 1308; Beschreib-
ung der Antiken Skulpturen zu Berlin, No. 296; Winter,
Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst., V., p. 160; Bernoulli, Griech. Ikono-
graphie, I., pp. 142, 143, figs. 28, 29, and text, ibid., where the
various examples of the type are enumerated.
1833. (Plate XL) Euripides (?). Bearded head, with loose
curling locks. The broad and massive brow, the
treatment of the hair, and the profile of the head and