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SOMAN IMPERIAL PORTRAITS.
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1885. (Plate XY.) Caligula (?) (12-44 a.d.). Head of a youth,
somewhat of the type of the young Augustus. There is a
special resemblance in the treatment of the hair. On the
other hand, the eyes are more sunken, the brows are more
contracted, and the expression is less serene. The neck,
which is worked below to fit into a statue, is inclined
towards the left shoulder. The nose is broken, and the
left side is much worn.—Presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester,
1870.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 2 inches. Grwco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 8; INIansell, No. 1262; Bernoulli, Rocm. Ikonographie,\\., 1.
p. 41, No. 75 ; p. 320.
1886. So-called Caligula. Figure on horseback draped in the
military cloak, and restored as the Emperor Caligula.
So far as can be judged, however, from the style of
sculpture, this figure is not earlier than the time of the
Antonines. It probably represents a youthful Emperor
or Caesar, possibly Geta or Alexander Severus. The horse
is treated in a conventional manner; the hind-quarters
seem too small, and are feebly restored; the head, which
has an exaggerated vivacity, may be compared with that
of the horse of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitol. Eques-
trian figures, except on a small scale, are rare in ancient
sculpture.— Farnese Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 6 feet 8^ inches. Restored : of the rider,
the head, arms with staff and reins, drapery over left arm, and
right leg from above the knee (the left seems original); of the
horse, the left fore and hind legs, the left ear and mouth and
the tail. The right hind leg is also made up of fragments
intermixed with restorations. The support and plinth are
modern. Formerly in the Farnese Palace at Rome, and pur-
chased from the es-King of Naples in 1864.
Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Iconcs (Rome, 1621), No. 35 ;
Maffei and De Rossi, Raccolta (Rome, 1704), pi. 52 (" Augustus ") ;
Mon. dell' Inst., V., pi. 5; Braun, Annali, 1849, p. 102; De
Triqueti, Fine Arts Quarterly, III. (1865), p. 207 ; Grceco-Roman
Guide, I., No. 45.
153
1885. (Plate XY.) Caligula (?) (12-44 a.d.). Head of a youth,
somewhat of the type of the young Augustus. There is a
special resemblance in the treatment of the hair. On the
other hand, the eyes are more sunken, the brows are more
contracted, and the expression is less serene. The neck,
which is worked below to fit into a statue, is inclined
towards the left shoulder. The nose is broken, and the
left side is much worn.—Presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester,
1870.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 2 inches. Grwco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 8; INIansell, No. 1262; Bernoulli, Rocm. Ikonographie,\\., 1.
p. 41, No. 75 ; p. 320.
1886. So-called Caligula. Figure on horseback draped in the
military cloak, and restored as the Emperor Caligula.
So far as can be judged, however, from the style of
sculpture, this figure is not earlier than the time of the
Antonines. It probably represents a youthful Emperor
or Caesar, possibly Geta or Alexander Severus. The horse
is treated in a conventional manner; the hind-quarters
seem too small, and are feebly restored; the head, which
has an exaggerated vivacity, may be compared with that
of the horse of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitol. Eques-
trian figures, except on a small scale, are rare in ancient
sculpture.— Farnese Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 6 feet 8^ inches. Restored : of the rider,
the head, arms with staff and reins, drapery over left arm, and
right leg from above the knee (the left seems original); of the
horse, the left fore and hind legs, the left ear and mouth and
the tail. The right hind leg is also made up of fragments
intermixed with restorations. The support and plinth are
modern. Formerly in the Farnese Palace at Rome, and pur-
chased from the es-King of Naples in 1864.
Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Iconcs (Rome, 1621), No. 35 ;
Maffei and De Rossi, Raccolta (Rome, 1704), pi. 52 (" Augustus ") ;
Mon. dell' Inst., V., pi. 5; Braun, Annali, 1849, p. 102; De
Triqueti, Fine Arts Quarterly, III. (1865), p. 207 ; Grceco-Roman
Guide, I., No. 45.