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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
The reign of Pertinax only lasted for three months, and
it is doubtful whether any bust has been correctly at-
tributed to him. There is little resemblance between this
head and the coins.—Bequeathed by B. Payne Knight, Esq..
1824.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 2| inches. Restored : nose, small part
of beard, and portions of drapery. Mus. Marbles, XL, pi. 24 j
Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 42; Grccco-Roman Guide, L, No. 35;
Mansell, No. 1173 ; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 3, p. 7.
1916. Bust of Septimius Severus (146-211 a.d.). The head
is turned a little to its right. The hair and beard are
characteristic of Severus, with curls falling low on the
middle of the forehead, and a long beard with two points
(partly modern). The eyebrows are incised, and the
pupils of the eyes are strongly marked. The bust is
draped in a tunic, and mantle fastened with a brooch on
the right shoulder.—Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 2 feet inches. Restored : nose, parts ot
beard and hair, right shoulder below brooch, and part of drapery.
Found in 1776, on the Palatine Hill at Rome, in grounds of
the Villa Magnani. Mas. Marbles, X., pi. 11 ; Ellis, Town.
Gall., II., p. 50; Mansell, No. 858; Gy-wco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 36; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 3, p. 26.
1917. Bust of Caracalla (188-217 a.d.). The head is turned
slightly to its right. It has a short curly beard and
moustache, and short close curls. The neck is crooked
towards the left shoulder. It is stated by Aurelius Victor
(Epit. 21) that Caracalla affected this attitude, and a
scowling expression, in order to imitate Alexander the
Great.
The back of the head is unfinished. A suo-o-estion has
been put forward (Mus. Marbles) that the short curls
represent a wig, but they cannot stand for the flaxen
locks which, we are told by Herodian, Caracalla assumed
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
The reign of Pertinax only lasted for three months, and
it is doubtful whether any bust has been correctly at-
tributed to him. There is little resemblance between this
head and the coins.—Bequeathed by B. Payne Knight, Esq..
1824.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 2| inches. Restored : nose, small part
of beard, and portions of drapery. Mus. Marbles, XL, pi. 24 j
Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 42; Grccco-Roman Guide, L, No. 35;
Mansell, No. 1173 ; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 3, p. 7.
1916. Bust of Septimius Severus (146-211 a.d.). The head
is turned a little to its right. The hair and beard are
characteristic of Severus, with curls falling low on the
middle of the forehead, and a long beard with two points
(partly modern). The eyebrows are incised, and the
pupils of the eyes are strongly marked. The bust is
draped in a tunic, and mantle fastened with a brooch on
the right shoulder.—Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 2 feet inches. Restored : nose, parts ot
beard and hair, right shoulder below brooch, and part of drapery.
Found in 1776, on the Palatine Hill at Rome, in grounds of
the Villa Magnani. Mas. Marbles, X., pi. 11 ; Ellis, Town.
Gall., II., p. 50; Mansell, No. 858; Gy-wco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 36; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 3, p. 26.
1917. Bust of Caracalla (188-217 a.d.). The head is turned
slightly to its right. It has a short curly beard and
moustache, and short close curls. The neck is crooked
towards the left shoulder. It is stated by Aurelius Victor
(Epit. 21) that Caracalla affected this attitude, and a
scowling expression, in order to imitate Alexander the
Great.
The back of the head is unfinished. A suo-o-estion has
been put forward (Mus. Marbles) that the short curls
represent a wig, but they cannot stand for the flaxen
locks which, we are told by Herodian, Caracalla assumed