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ROMAN IMPERIAL PORTRAITS.
151
$0. Bust of the young Tiberius (?) (42 b.c-37 a.d.). The
head is that of a young man.of the Claudian family, with
short curling hair falling over the forehead.
The head was formerly known as Tiberius. Sir 0.
Newton proposed the name of Drusus Junior, but
probably the name of Tiberius must, after all, be pre-
ferred.—From the Collection of Edmund Burke.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Restored: tip of nose
and lower part of bust. Purchased, 181'2. Mus. Marbles, XL,
pi. 23; Mansell, No. 84-5; Grasco-Eoman Guide, I., No. 7;
Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 1, p. 153, No. 47; S. Baring
Gould, Iragedg of the Caesars, I., pp. 235, 383.
81. (Plate XV.) Head of Tiberius (?), veiled. The bead is
that of an old man, with strongly marked lines. The
original expression has been considerably modified by the
bulbous tip which has been restored on the nose, but when
allowance is made for this, the resemblance to Tiberius is
slight. The treatment of the hair, however, so far as it is
visible, is that seen on portraits of the Claudian house.
The head is worked below to fit into a statue. The
back of the head was never completed, being worked to
receive the veil, which is a separate piece of marble
(now in large part broken away). The veil on the head
indicates that the figure was represented as Pontifex
Maximus, or as engaged in sacrifice. — Found in Capri.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 6£ inches. Restored: nose (see
above). Bought of Castellani, 1873. Grasco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 5 ; Mansell, No. 1670. Bernoulli (Roem. Ikonographie, II.,
1. p. 153) denies the attribution, which is supported by Baring
Gould (Tragedy of the Caesars, I., pp. 375, 383) and Tillej
(Class. Reciew, VII., p. 56).
aures). The unfinished state of the hair deprives us of a means of
comparison in this respect, but Augustus is known to have been negligent
of his hair fin capite comendo incurios'is). Lastly, this head was found in
Cypru?, where a Roman portrait of anyone less than an emperor would
hardly be expected.—A. S. M.
151
$0. Bust of the young Tiberius (?) (42 b.c-37 a.d.). The
head is that of a young man.of the Claudian family, with
short curling hair falling over the forehead.
The head was formerly known as Tiberius. Sir 0.
Newton proposed the name of Drusus Junior, but
probably the name of Tiberius must, after all, be pre-
ferred.—From the Collection of Edmund Burke.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Restored: tip of nose
and lower part of bust. Purchased, 181'2. Mus. Marbles, XL,
pi. 23; Mansell, No. 84-5; Grasco-Eoman Guide, I., No. 7;
Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 1, p. 153, No. 47; S. Baring
Gould, Iragedg of the Caesars, I., pp. 235, 383.
81. (Plate XV.) Head of Tiberius (?), veiled. The bead is
that of an old man, with strongly marked lines. The
original expression has been considerably modified by the
bulbous tip which has been restored on the nose, but when
allowance is made for this, the resemblance to Tiberius is
slight. The treatment of the hair, however, so far as it is
visible, is that seen on portraits of the Claudian house.
The head is worked below to fit into a statue. The
back of the head was never completed, being worked to
receive the veil, which is a separate piece of marble
(now in large part broken away). The veil on the head
indicates that the figure was represented as Pontifex
Maximus, or as engaged in sacrifice. — Found in Capri.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 6£ inches. Restored: nose (see
above). Bought of Castellani, 1873. Grasco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 5 ; Mansell, No. 1670. Bernoulli (Roem. Ikonographie, II.,
1. p. 153) denies the attribution, which is supported by Baring
Gould (Tragedy of the Caesars, I., pp. 375, 383) and Tillej
(Class. Reciew, VII., p. 56).
aures). The unfinished state of the hair deprives us of a means of
comparison in this respect, but Augustus is known to have been negligent
of his hair fin capite comendo incurios'is). Lastly, this head was found in
Cypru?, where a Roman portrait of anyone less than an emperor would
hardly be expected.—A. S. M.