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ROMAN IMPERIAL PORTRAITS.
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hair and beard are thick and curling. The pupils of the
eyes are strongly marked, and the eyebrows incised. The
characteristics of the head of Commodus, namely, the
arched eyebrows and the turned-down mouth, are very
plain.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 3 inches. Restored : nose. Purchased
from the Farnese Palace, Pome, 1864. Grceco-Roman Guide, L,
No. 33 ; Mansell, No. 857; Wolters, No. 1672; Bernoulli, Roem.
Ikonographie, EL, 2, p. 231, No. 17. For a suggested head of
Commodus, cf. No. 1940.
1914. (Plate XVIII.) Bust of Crispina (?) (circa 160-183 A.D.),
wife of Commodus. The head is more than half turned
to its right. The headdress consists of small waved tresses
which surround the face and entirely conceal the ears, a
series of larger waves on each side of the head, and a large
coil at the back. The pupils of the eyes are marked, and
the eyebrows are incised. The bust is draped with a
tunic studded on the shoulders, and with a mantle thrown
round them. It is supported by its original pedestal,
which is roughly worked. The head has some resem-
blance, but not a conclusive one, to the head of Crispina,
on the coins.
Parian marble. Height (with pedestal), 2 feet 9f inches. Un-
restored, and in fine condition. Bought at the sale of the
Pourtalfes Collection, 1864. Soucenirs de la Gal. Pourtales,
pL 50; Mansell, No. 1184; Cat. Pourtales, No. 81; Graco-
Eonian Guide, L, No. 34; Lenormant, Tre'sor de Num., Icono-
graphie des Emp. Rom., text, pi. 40, fig. 4 ; Bernoulli, Roem.
Ikonographie, II., 2, p. 249.
1915. Bust of Pertinax (so called) (126-193 a.d.J. Bust of a
man, with long shaggy beard, loose matted hair, and
prominent overhanging eyebrows. The pupils of the eyes
are marked. The head is half turned to its right. The
bust is draped in tunic, cuirass, and cloak, with a circular
brooch on the right shoulder.
165
hair and beard are thick and curling. The pupils of the
eyes are strongly marked, and the eyebrows incised. The
characteristics of the head of Commodus, namely, the
arched eyebrows and the turned-down mouth, are very
plain.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 3 inches. Restored : nose. Purchased
from the Farnese Palace, Pome, 1864. Grceco-Roman Guide, L,
No. 33 ; Mansell, No. 857; Wolters, No. 1672; Bernoulli, Roem.
Ikonographie, EL, 2, p. 231, No. 17. For a suggested head of
Commodus, cf. No. 1940.
1914. (Plate XVIII.) Bust of Crispina (?) (circa 160-183 A.D.),
wife of Commodus. The head is more than half turned
to its right. The headdress consists of small waved tresses
which surround the face and entirely conceal the ears, a
series of larger waves on each side of the head, and a large
coil at the back. The pupils of the eyes are marked, and
the eyebrows are incised. The bust is draped with a
tunic studded on the shoulders, and with a mantle thrown
round them. It is supported by its original pedestal,
which is roughly worked. The head has some resem-
blance, but not a conclusive one, to the head of Crispina,
on the coins.
Parian marble. Height (with pedestal), 2 feet 9f inches. Un-
restored, and in fine condition. Bought at the sale of the
Pourtalfes Collection, 1864. Soucenirs de la Gal. Pourtales,
pL 50; Mansell, No. 1184; Cat. Pourtales, No. 81; Graco-
Eonian Guide, L, No. 34; Lenormant, Tre'sor de Num., Icono-
graphie des Emp. Rom., text, pi. 40, fig. 4 ; Bernoulli, Roem.
Ikonographie, II., 2, p. 249.
1915. Bust of Pertinax (so called) (126-193 a.d.J. Bust of a
man, with long shaggy beard, loose matted hair, and
prominent overhanging eyebrows. The pupils of the eyes
are marked. The head is half turned to its right. The
bust is draped in tunic, cuirass, and cloak, with a circular
brooch on the right shoulder.