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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
founder, the extant examples are rather few in number.—
Rome.
Marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Unrestored, except for the modern
terminal bust, and in excellent condition. Bought of Ca.stellani,
1873. Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 58 ; Bernoulli, Griech.
Ikonographie, II., p. 125, No. 12. For the busts quoted above,
and for other examples of the subject, see Bernoulli, ibid,, II.,
p. 123, pis. 19 and 16, 17. Compare also No. 1844.
1844. (Plate XI.) Terminal bust of Epicurus. Bearded head,
slightly turned to its left. It has a long face, prominent
frowning brows, short wavy hair. A piece of drapery
passes behind the neck and over the left shoulder.
For the type of Epicurus, compare No. 1843.—Towneley
Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 6J inches. Restored : nose, part of
left ear, part of bust and drapery. Enough remains to show
that the terminal form of the bust is correct. The head was
found in the Villa Casali,near the church of Sta. Maria Maggiore,
in Rome, in 1775. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 34; Ellis, Town. Gall.,
II., p. 13 ( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 200); Grceco-Roman Guide,
I., No. 57; Wolters, No. 1624; Mansell, No. 1190; Bernoulli.
Griech. Fkonographie, II., p. 125, No. 11.
1845. (Plate XL) Metrodorus. The face is long and rather
narrow, with sunken eyes. The hair, beard, and moustache
are curling, and the lips are slightly parted. The nose
was a separate piece. The head, now restored as a term,
was worked to fit into a socket. The type is that of
Metrodorus, as shown on the inscribed double term,
referred to above, No. 1843.—From the Appian Way,
Rome.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 2£ inches. Bought from Castellani,
1873. Grceco-Roman Guide, L, No. 60; Bernoulli, Griech.
Ikonographie, II., p. 132. For other examples of the type, see
Bernoulli, /. c.
1846. (Plate XII.) Bust of Aratus (?). This bust represents
an old man nearly bald ; the head bent forward and sunk
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
founder, the extant examples are rather few in number.—
Rome.
Marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Unrestored, except for the modern
terminal bust, and in excellent condition. Bought of Ca.stellani,
1873. Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 58 ; Bernoulli, Griech.
Ikonographie, II., p. 125, No. 12. For the busts quoted above,
and for other examples of the subject, see Bernoulli, ibid,, II.,
p. 123, pis. 19 and 16, 17. Compare also No. 1844.
1844. (Plate XI.) Terminal bust of Epicurus. Bearded head,
slightly turned to its left. It has a long face, prominent
frowning brows, short wavy hair. A piece of drapery
passes behind the neck and over the left shoulder.
For the type of Epicurus, compare No. 1843.—Towneley
Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 6J inches. Restored : nose, part of
left ear, part of bust and drapery. Enough remains to show
that the terminal form of the bust is correct. The head was
found in the Villa Casali,near the church of Sta. Maria Maggiore,
in Rome, in 1775. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 34; Ellis, Town. Gall.,
II., p. 13 ( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 200); Grceco-Roman Guide,
I., No. 57; Wolters, No. 1624; Mansell, No. 1190; Bernoulli.
Griech. Fkonographie, II., p. 125, No. 11.
1845. (Plate XL) Metrodorus. The face is long and rather
narrow, with sunken eyes. The hair, beard, and moustache
are curling, and the lips are slightly parted. The nose
was a separate piece. The head, now restored as a term,
was worked to fit into a socket. The type is that of
Metrodorus, as shown on the inscribed double term,
referred to above, No. 1843.—From the Appian Way,
Rome.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 2£ inches. Bought from Castellani,
1873. Grceco-Roman Guide, L, No. 60; Bernoulli, Griech.
Ikonographie, II., p. 132. For other examples of the type, see
Bernoulli, /. c.
1846. (Plate XII.) Bust of Aratus (?). This bust represents
an old man nearly bald ; the head bent forward and sunk