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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
marked. The bust is draped in a tunic, and a mantle
thrown about the shoulders.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot llf inches. Restored : nose. The
bust is otherwise in fine condition, and there does not seem to be
any reason for the doubts suggested by Bernoulli (Room. Ikono-
graphie, EL, 3, p. 110, No. 17, and p. 113). Bought at the
Pourtales Sale, 1864. Formerly in the collection of Cardinal
Fesch. Catalogue Pourtales, No. 80; Grceco-Roman Guide, L,
No. 38 ; Mansell, No. 1169.
1921. Bust of Gordianus Africanus the Elder (158-238 a.d.).
The head is slightly turned to its right. The hair, beard
and moustache are rendered by rough tool-marks. The
eyebrows are incised, and the pupils of the eyes are
strongly marked.
The bust is draped with a tunic and toga. The latter
is worn with a broad horizontal fold (the so-called laena
or trabea), a fashion introduced about the beginning of the
3rd century a.d.
The head, and especially the treatment of the hair and
beard, recall the effigy on the coins of Qordian.—Tovmeley
Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 2 feet J inch. Restored : nose, outer edges
of ears. Found in 1770, near Rome, with a fine bust of Commodus,
purchased for the Villa Albaui. Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 13;
Ellis, Town. Gall., EL, p. 54; Grceco-Roman Guide, L, No. 39 ;
Mansell, No. 1172; Wolters, No. 1675; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikono-
graphic, II., 3, p. 123. For the date of the costume, cf. Rev.
Arch., 3rd Ser., XXVII., p. 296.
1922. (Plate XVII.) Bust of Sabinia Tranquillina (?) (born
circa 225 a.d.), wife of Gordianus III. The hair is waved
to each side, over the ears, and looped up at the back and
gathered in a coiled plait. The head is crowned with a
circlet (stephane) terminating in points. The eyebrows
are incised, and the pupils of the eyes are strongly
marked. The bust is draped with a tunic, of which
only the upper margin is shown.
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
marked. The bust is draped in a tunic, and a mantle
thrown about the shoulders.
Greek marble. Height, 1 foot llf inches. Restored : nose. The
bust is otherwise in fine condition, and there does not seem to be
any reason for the doubts suggested by Bernoulli (Room. Ikono-
graphie, EL, 3, p. 110, No. 17, and p. 113). Bought at the
Pourtales Sale, 1864. Formerly in the collection of Cardinal
Fesch. Catalogue Pourtales, No. 80; Grceco-Roman Guide, L,
No. 38 ; Mansell, No. 1169.
1921. Bust of Gordianus Africanus the Elder (158-238 a.d.).
The head is slightly turned to its right. The hair, beard
and moustache are rendered by rough tool-marks. The
eyebrows are incised, and the pupils of the eyes are
strongly marked.
The bust is draped with a tunic and toga. The latter
is worn with a broad horizontal fold (the so-called laena
or trabea), a fashion introduced about the beginning of the
3rd century a.d.
The head, and especially the treatment of the hair and
beard, recall the effigy on the coins of Qordian.—Tovmeley
Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 2 feet J inch. Restored : nose, outer edges
of ears. Found in 1770, near Rome, with a fine bust of Commodus,
purchased for the Villa Albaui. Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 13;
Ellis, Town. Gall., EL, p. 54; Grceco-Roman Guide, L, No. 39 ;
Mansell, No. 1172; Wolters, No. 1675; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikono-
graphic, II., 3, p. 123. For the date of the costume, cf. Rev.
Arch., 3rd Ser., XXVII., p. 296.
1922. (Plate XVII.) Bust of Sabinia Tranquillina (?) (born
circa 225 a.d.), wife of Gordianus III. The hair is waved
to each side, over the ears, and looped up at the back and
gathered in a coiled plait. The head is crowned with a
circlet (stephane) terminating in points. The eyebrows
are incised, and the pupils of the eyes are strongly
marked. The bust is draped with a tunic, of which
only the upper margin is shown.