Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

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CATALOGUE OP SCULPTURE.

Greek marble. Height, 1 foot f inch. Restored: nose, bust, small
piece of fillet. Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 108. Bought of
Castellani, 1873.

1856. Head of the type called "Seneca." Head of an old
man, partly turned to the right, and thrust forward. He
has loose locks of hair falling on the forehead, and a curly
beard. The folds of skin under the neck are strongly
marked. The nose and face are mutilated. Late work.

This type, traditionally known as Seneca, is widely
spread. One example, in the Thermae Museum at Rome,
has an ivy wreath, and the original of the portrait was
therefore probably a Greek poet, not yet identified with
any certainty. It has been suggested (Furtwaengler)
that the type is an attempt by a Hellenistic sculptor to
represent the traditional ugliness of Hipponax.

Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 6 inches. For the type, cf. Bernoulli,
Griech. Ikonographie, II., p. 160. Furtwaengler, Somze'e Cat.,
No. 49.

1857. (Plate X., fig. 2, and Plate XII.) Head of Alexander.
Male head, worked at the bottom of the neck to fit into
a torso, and cut away at the back, side, and top, as if
intended to fit into a recess or niche. The hair, which is
largely worked, rises over the middle of the forehead,
and falls on each side in matted locks, covering the ears.
The brows are prominent, with exaggerated swellings
above the outer angles of the eyes; the lips are slightly
parted; the eyes are turned upwards. The neck is set a
little crooked.

This head is commonly accepted as a portrait of Alex-
ander, although it is probable that it has been modified
and idealised. It has several of the characteristic features
of Alexander, such as the lion-like mane rising up from
the middle of the forehead, the upward glance, the melting
look in the eyes (vypoTrjs) and the bent neck : it also has a