Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

girt at the waist and a large himation. The child in this
case is a girl, with long draper}-.

(16) On the right is a slain Niobid, lying on the rocks,
with all his limbs relaxed. The head and rio-ht arm are
wanting.

All the sons of Niobo are nude except for himatia,
which partly cover the legs and fall over the rocks.

Among the figures in this relief are several which are
repeated elsewhere with an exactness which extends to
the smaller folds of the drapery. The most important
known works repeating the figures are the following:—
(A) Eelief with seven figures or groups, formerly in
the Campana collection and now at St. Petersburg. (B)
Eelief in the Villa Albani. (C) Eelief formerly in the
Palazzo Zambeccari at Bologna. (D) Eelief formerly
at Florence. (E) Eelief in the Villa Ludovisi, in which
the figure is ancient, the ground restored. (F) A series
of terracotta reliefs from Kertch, now at St. Peters-
burg. The figure of Artemis (No. 1) occurs on B; that
of the slain Niobid (No. 5) on A; that of the kneeling
Niobid (No. 6) on C, D; that of the kneeling figure
in the third row (No. 8) on A, B, F. The figure of the
slain daughter of Niobe (No. 9) occurs also on A, but in
this case we have a remarkable example of the adaptation
of a single type to different purposes. On the Campana
relief (A) this figure is erect and moves to the right with
the right arm advanced. The figure of the girl (No. 12)
occurs on A, and that of the slain youth (No. 16) on
A and E.

This persistent repetition of the various types proves
that the figures must have been copied from a lost original
of high reputation. It was independent of the famous
group, now at Florence, representing Niobo and her
children, although in certain points it may have been
influenced by it.