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DECORATIVE RELIEFS.
267
Guide, I., No. 147; Wolters, No. 1006. Overbeck {Griech.
Plastik, 3rd ed., I., p. 475) thought that this might be a
sepulchral monument of the early part of the Pheidiac period,
but this view is made untenable by recent discoveries of early
Attic reliefs.
2207. Relief in a panel with moulded border. Heracles, to
the right, seizing the Ker}rneian stag by the antlers,
while he forces it down by the pressure of his left knee.
The hair of Heracles is in crisp small curls, and his beard
stiff and pointed. This treatment of the hair and beard,
and the flat style of the sculpture, indicate that in this
relief we have either an archaic work which has been
retouched in modern times, or an archaistic imitation.
Opinions have been divided on the question, but the
latter view is to be preferred, as the moulded frame does
not appear on reliefs earlier than the fourth century.
The subject of Heracles and the Keryneian stag occurs
not infrequently, sometimes singly, sometimes in com-
bination with other labours of Heracles, and is usuall}T
composed, as here, with Heracles kneeling on the stag.
—Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 1 foot ll\ inches; width, llf inches. Restored:
part of right and left thighs; mended and worked over. Sent
from Rome by Mr. Byres, 1785. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 7 ; Ellis,
Town. Gall., 11., p. 98 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 180); Miiller,
Denkmaeler, I., pi. 14, No. 49; Specimens, I., pi. 11; Wolters,
No. 440 ; Mansell, No. 1244 ; Grosco-Roman Guide, I., No. 144.
For the subject compare Annali dell' Inst., 1844, p. 175; Mon.
dell' Inst., IV., pis. 6-8 ; and the metope from 01ympia( Olympia,
Textband III., p. 164 ; Tafelband III., pis. 38, 5; 45, 5).
2208. Relief representing a candelabrum, composed of a
triangular base, from which rises a stem ornamented with
broad leaves, and surmounted by a lamp in the form of
a two-handled vase (cantharos). The base rests on three
lion's feet, and is ornamented at the sides with floral
267
Guide, I., No. 147; Wolters, No. 1006. Overbeck {Griech.
Plastik, 3rd ed., I., p. 475) thought that this might be a
sepulchral monument of the early part of the Pheidiac period,
but this view is made untenable by recent discoveries of early
Attic reliefs.
2207. Relief in a panel with moulded border. Heracles, to
the right, seizing the Ker}rneian stag by the antlers,
while he forces it down by the pressure of his left knee.
The hair of Heracles is in crisp small curls, and his beard
stiff and pointed. This treatment of the hair and beard,
and the flat style of the sculpture, indicate that in this
relief we have either an archaic work which has been
retouched in modern times, or an archaistic imitation.
Opinions have been divided on the question, but the
latter view is to be preferred, as the moulded frame does
not appear on reliefs earlier than the fourth century.
The subject of Heracles and the Keryneian stag occurs
not infrequently, sometimes singly, sometimes in com-
bination with other labours of Heracles, and is usuall}T
composed, as here, with Heracles kneeling on the stag.
—Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 1 foot ll\ inches; width, llf inches. Restored:
part of right and left thighs; mended and worked over. Sent
from Rome by Mr. Byres, 1785. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 7 ; Ellis,
Town. Gall., 11., p. 98 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 180); Miiller,
Denkmaeler, I., pi. 14, No. 49; Specimens, I., pi. 11; Wolters,
No. 440 ; Mansell, No. 1244 ; Grosco-Roman Guide, I., No. 144.
For the subject compare Annali dell' Inst., 1844, p. 175; Mon.
dell' Inst., IV., pis. 6-8 ; and the metope from 01ympia( Olympia,
Textband III., p. 164 ; Tafelband III., pis. 38, 5; 45, 5).
2208. Relief representing a candelabrum, composed of a
triangular base, from which rises a stem ornamented with
broad leaves, and surmounted by a lamp in the form of
a two-handled vase (cantharos). The base rests on three
lion's feet, and is ornamented at the sides with floral