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GREEK PORTRAIT HEADS.
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considerable resemblance with the inscribed term in the
Louvre (Koepp, pi. 1).
Opinion has been divided as to whether the original
of the type was due to Lysippos, the favourite sculptor
of Alexander, and the style of the portraiture of Lysippos
is still too little known to admit of any certainty in the
matter. The treatment of the eyes is an exaggeration of
the manner of Scopas.—Alexandria.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 2J inches. Purchased, 1872. Wan-
sell, No. 1217. Murray, Encyc. Brit., 9th ed., s. v. Archaeology ;
Greek Sculpture, 2nd ed., II., pi. 32, p. 315 ; Stark, Zwei Alex-
anderkoepfe, pi. 3, p. 16 ; Puchstein, Athenische Mittheilungen,
VII., p. 17; Schreiber, ibid., X., p. 398 and Strena Helbig.,
p. 280 ; Mitchell, Hist, of Sculpture, p. 515, fig. 218 j Wolters,
No. 1602; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 40, fig. 44; Koepp, Ueber
das Bikinis Alexanders des Grossen, p. 19 ; Gardner, Handbook,
p. 436 ; WulflT, Alexander mit der Lanze, p. 58; De Ujfalvy,
Type physique d'Alexandre le Grand, pi. 14, p. 101; Gaz.
d. Beaux-Arts, 1890, I., p. 84; Mansell, Nos. 1135, 1217. The
Lysippian origin of the bust is supported by Murray, Stark, and
Mrs. Mitchell. Puchstein suggests Pergamene influence; Koepp
considers the type non-Lysippian, and perhaps inclining to the
school of Scopas ; Wolters denies that the head is a portrait of
Alexander, and dates it about 200 B.C. ; Wulff suggests an
Athenian idealisation of Alexander as Dionysos, in the school of
Scopas.
(Plate XII.) Head of Alexander (?"). Youthful male
head broken off at the neck, as if derived from a statue.
The hair is in loose locks, which rise at the front, and fall
down the neck, and are confined by a narrow diadem.
The lips are slightly parted, the brows are prominent,
and the look is turned upwards. The head is set at an
angle to the neck. The nose is missing.
This head has been called Alexander without qualifica-
tion (Newton), but the attribution is very doubtful.
Certain details are appropriate, such as the diadem, the
upturned glance, and the crooked neck. But the upward
glance is common after the fourth century, being com-
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considerable resemblance with the inscribed term in the
Louvre (Koepp, pi. 1).
Opinion has been divided as to whether the original
of the type was due to Lysippos, the favourite sculptor
of Alexander, and the style of the portraiture of Lysippos
is still too little known to admit of any certainty in the
matter. The treatment of the eyes is an exaggeration of
the manner of Scopas.—Alexandria.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 2J inches. Purchased, 1872. Wan-
sell, No. 1217. Murray, Encyc. Brit., 9th ed., s. v. Archaeology ;
Greek Sculpture, 2nd ed., II., pi. 32, p. 315 ; Stark, Zwei Alex-
anderkoepfe, pi. 3, p. 16 ; Puchstein, Athenische Mittheilungen,
VII., p. 17; Schreiber, ibid., X., p. 398 and Strena Helbig.,
p. 280 ; Mitchell, Hist, of Sculpture, p. 515, fig. 218 j Wolters,
No. 1602; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 40, fig. 44; Koepp, Ueber
das Bikinis Alexanders des Grossen, p. 19 ; Gardner, Handbook,
p. 436 ; WulflT, Alexander mit der Lanze, p. 58; De Ujfalvy,
Type physique d'Alexandre le Grand, pi. 14, p. 101; Gaz.
d. Beaux-Arts, 1890, I., p. 84; Mansell, Nos. 1135, 1217. The
Lysippian origin of the bust is supported by Murray, Stark, and
Mrs. Mitchell. Puchstein suggests Pergamene influence; Koepp
considers the type non-Lysippian, and perhaps inclining to the
school of Scopas ; Wolters denies that the head is a portrait of
Alexander, and dates it about 200 B.C. ; Wulff suggests an
Athenian idealisation of Alexander as Dionysos, in the school of
Scopas.
(Plate XII.) Head of Alexander (?"). Youthful male
head broken off at the neck, as if derived from a statue.
The hair is in loose locks, which rise at the front, and fall
down the neck, and are confined by a narrow diadem.
The lips are slightly parted, the brows are prominent,
and the look is turned upwards. The head is set at an
angle to the neck. The nose is missing.
This head has been called Alexander without qualifica-
tion (Newton), but the attribution is very doubtful.
Certain details are appropriate, such as the diadem, the
upturned glance, and the crooked neck. But the upward
glance is common after the fourth century, being com-