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IV. GREEK BRONZES OF THE BEST PERIOD (460-300 B.c.)
(265-336).
A. STATUETTES, etc. (265-284).
265. Leg of Colossal Statue (of Ares ?). The right leg of an armed figure :
on it is a greave with the relief of a Gorgoneion on the knee, slightly archaic,
with curls round the forehead and cheeks, tongue protruding, and beaded
fillet ; below are two volutes. The muscles are carefully marked, and in
strict accordance with nature, even a vein being shown. With this leg were
found three fragments of drapery having a broad maeander border, originally
inlaidwith silver, also ten fragments of armour. It has been suggested from the
treatment of the muscles that the figure was that of a runner, or possibly a hero
mounting his chariot; but it is more likely Ares, as represented in No. 1071.
The date appears to be about the middle of the fifth century B.C., the style
very grand.
Ht. 2 ft. 8 in. Acquired in 1886 from M. Piot, who had purchased it at Naples in 1859.
Found in Magna Graecia, probably at Anzi or Potenza. Journ. Hell. Stud. vii. pl. 69, p. 189 ;
Gazette Archtol. 1889, pl. 16, p. 91 ; Lenormant, La Grande-Gr'ece, i. p. 90 ; C/ass. Review, i.
(1887), p. 117 ; Murray, Handbook of Gk. Archaeology, p. 278; Builder, 23 March, 1889,
p. 226 ; Smith, Dict. An/iqs. 3 ii. p. 261. M. Piot has left notes to the effect that this leg
vvas bought by Barone at an auction, and had been obtained for the auctioneer by a
shoemaker at Anzi, another source of information giving Potenza as the provenance. The
toes and the upper part of the foot are broken away ; above, the leg is broken off just above
the knee.
266. Head from Colossal Statue, perhaps Aphrodite. The hair is waved
each side, with two curls falling on the forehead, and gathered under a thick
fillet, in which ornaments have been inserted ; a ringlet hangs in front of each
ear, and another on each side of the neck. The mouth is slightly open ; the
eyes have been inlaid with precious stones or enamel.
With thisheadwas found a left hand holding a fragment of drapcry,* which,
from the style and condition of the bronze, appears to have belonged to this
statue. On these grounds it has been argued that the original was a copy of
the Cnidian Aphrodite of Praxiteles, the left hand having held the drapery at
her side, as in the statue in the Vatican. But it is by no means certain that the
head reprcsents Aphrodite.
Ht. 15 in. From Satala, now Sadagh (near Erzingan) in Armenia Minor. Castellani, 1S73.
Newton, Castellani Coll. pl. 1, and Essays in Art and Archaeology, p. 400; Engelmann in
Arch. Zeit. 1878, pl. 20, p. 150 ff. ; Murray, Hist. of Gk. Sculpture, 2 ii. pl. 24 (frontispiece)
and p. 274 ; Rayet, Monuments de I'art antique, ii. pl. 44 ; Collignon, Hist. de la Sculpture
Length io j in. Presented by Sig. Casteliani, 1875.
(265-336).
A. STATUETTES, etc. (265-284).
265. Leg of Colossal Statue (of Ares ?). The right leg of an armed figure :
on it is a greave with the relief of a Gorgoneion on the knee, slightly archaic,
with curls round the forehead and cheeks, tongue protruding, and beaded
fillet ; below are two volutes. The muscles are carefully marked, and in
strict accordance with nature, even a vein being shown. With this leg were
found three fragments of drapery having a broad maeander border, originally
inlaidwith silver, also ten fragments of armour. It has been suggested from the
treatment of the muscles that the figure was that of a runner, or possibly a hero
mounting his chariot; but it is more likely Ares, as represented in No. 1071.
The date appears to be about the middle of the fifth century B.C., the style
very grand.
Ht. 2 ft. 8 in. Acquired in 1886 from M. Piot, who had purchased it at Naples in 1859.
Found in Magna Graecia, probably at Anzi or Potenza. Journ. Hell. Stud. vii. pl. 69, p. 189 ;
Gazette Archtol. 1889, pl. 16, p. 91 ; Lenormant, La Grande-Gr'ece, i. p. 90 ; C/ass. Review, i.
(1887), p. 117 ; Murray, Handbook of Gk. Archaeology, p. 278; Builder, 23 March, 1889,
p. 226 ; Smith, Dict. An/iqs. 3 ii. p. 261. M. Piot has left notes to the effect that this leg
vvas bought by Barone at an auction, and had been obtained for the auctioneer by a
shoemaker at Anzi, another source of information giving Potenza as the provenance. The
toes and the upper part of the foot are broken away ; above, the leg is broken off just above
the knee.
266. Head from Colossal Statue, perhaps Aphrodite. The hair is waved
each side, with two curls falling on the forehead, and gathered under a thick
fillet, in which ornaments have been inserted ; a ringlet hangs in front of each
ear, and another on each side of the neck. The mouth is slightly open ; the
eyes have been inlaid with precious stones or enamel.
With thisheadwas found a left hand holding a fragment of drapcry,* which,
from the style and condition of the bronze, appears to have belonged to this
statue. On these grounds it has been argued that the original was a copy of
the Cnidian Aphrodite of Praxiteles, the left hand having held the drapery at
her side, as in the statue in the Vatican. But it is by no means certain that the
head reprcsents Aphrodite.
Ht. 15 in. From Satala, now Sadagh (near Erzingan) in Armenia Minor. Castellani, 1S73.
Newton, Castellani Coll. pl. 1, and Essays in Art and Archaeology, p. 400; Engelmann in
Arch. Zeit. 1878, pl. 20, p. 150 ff. ; Murray, Hist. of Gk. Sculpture, 2 ii. pl. 24 (frontispiece)
and p. 274 ; Rayet, Monuments de I'art antique, ii. pl. 44 ; Collignon, Hist. de la Sculpture
Length io j in. Presented by Sig. Casteliani, 1875.