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GREEK PORTRAIT HEADS.
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to the head of Hippocrates on coins of Cos, but it obtained
its name because it happens to have a decided resem-
blance (e.g., in the wrinkles on the forehead) to a free
rendering of the coin in the Imagines of Gallaeus and
Faber. It is also worthy of notice that in the life of
Hippocrates attributed to Soranus, it is said that his
portraits usually have the head covered. This, however,
does not hold good of the coin, but the realistic character
of the bust proves that it is not a 5th-4th century type
(So Bernoulli).
Eecently the head has been identified (by Gercke) with
a portrait (often called Aratus) on the coins of Soli,
but the resemblance is less marked than that mentioned
above.—Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 6 J inches. Restored : nose, upper part of
left ear, neck, and bust with drapery. This bust was found with
No. 1831 on the supposed site of the villa of Terentius Varro
Murena. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 20; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 6
( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 200); Grozco-Roman Guide, I., No. 68;
Mansell, No. 1192; Wolters, No. 1626; Gercke, Arch. Anzeiger,
1890, p. 56 ; Bernoulli, Griech. Ikonographie, I., p. 168, No. 6.
For the coins of Cos, see Cat. of Greek Coins in Brit. Mus., Caria,
etc., pi. 33, No. 7 ; Bernoulli, op. cit., Miinztaf. 2, figs. 7, 8 ;
Gallaeus and Faber, Illustrium Imagines . . . apud Fulvium
Ursinum (1606), No. 71. For the coin of Soli, see No. 1846.
For other examples of the bust cf. Gercke, c, and Ber-
noulli, I. c.
1837. Socrates (?). Grotesque Silenus-like head, with curling
moustache and beard, and parted lips. The nose is lost.
Pentelic(?) marble. Height, 1 foot 2 inch.
1838. (Plate XL) Antisthenes. Portrait head, with long
pointed beard, strongly arched eyebrows, and matted locks
of hair, which rise up over the forehead and fall on each
side of the face. The identification of this type as that of
Antisthenes, the founder of the Cynic school of philosophy
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to the head of Hippocrates on coins of Cos, but it obtained
its name because it happens to have a decided resem-
blance (e.g., in the wrinkles on the forehead) to a free
rendering of the coin in the Imagines of Gallaeus and
Faber. It is also worthy of notice that in the life of
Hippocrates attributed to Soranus, it is said that his
portraits usually have the head covered. This, however,
does not hold good of the coin, but the realistic character
of the bust proves that it is not a 5th-4th century type
(So Bernoulli).
Eecently the head has been identified (by Gercke) with
a portrait (often called Aratus) on the coins of Soli,
but the resemblance is less marked than that mentioned
above.—Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 6 J inches. Restored : nose, upper part of
left ear, neck, and bust with drapery. This bust was found with
No. 1831 on the supposed site of the villa of Terentius Varro
Murena. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 20; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 6
( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 200); Grozco-Roman Guide, I., No. 68;
Mansell, No. 1192; Wolters, No. 1626; Gercke, Arch. Anzeiger,
1890, p. 56 ; Bernoulli, Griech. Ikonographie, I., p. 168, No. 6.
For the coins of Cos, see Cat. of Greek Coins in Brit. Mus., Caria,
etc., pi. 33, No. 7 ; Bernoulli, op. cit., Miinztaf. 2, figs. 7, 8 ;
Gallaeus and Faber, Illustrium Imagines . . . apud Fulvium
Ursinum (1606), No. 71. For the coin of Soli, see No. 1846.
For other examples of the bust cf. Gercke, c, and Ber-
noulli, I. c.
1837. Socrates (?). Grotesque Silenus-like head, with curling
moustache and beard, and parted lips. The nose is lost.
Pentelic(?) marble. Height, 1 foot 2 inch.
1838. (Plate XL) Antisthenes. Portrait head, with long
pointed beard, strongly arched eyebrows, and matted locks
of hair, which rise up over the forehead and fall on each
side of the face. The identification of this type as that of
Antisthenes, the founder of the Cynic school of philosophy