Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

1320. Head of Heraoles, bearded, looking to his 1., with closely-curling hair ;
eyes inlaid in silver (modern). The type is very similar to two marble heads in
the Third Graeco-Roman Room (Gnide, 1879, p. 64, No. 141, and p. 107, No. 203),
and also allied to the Farnese Heracles ; compare also the weight No. 2997.

Ht. 6f in. Surface much cracked and damaged ; very much restored, especially the neck
and beard, and one or two places on the head.

1321. Bust of Heracles, in high relief. He looks up to his 1., with a pained
expression ; he is bearded, and wears a vine-wreath, tied vvith a ribbon which
falls over his shoulders ; at his r. side is his club.

Ht. 2f in. From Gabii; found by Gavin Hamilton. Payne Knight Coll. (xlvi. 3). Has
been fixed to some furniture.

1322. Bust of Heraeles. He looks up to his r.; he is bearded, and wears a vine-
wreath ; over his 1. shoulder is a modern fawn’s skin. The eyes have been inlaid.

Ht. 4f in. Payne Knight Coll.

1323. Mask of Heraeles. He is bearded, with curly hair, and lion’s skin drawn
over his head ; the lion’s mane is partly indicated, and the hair and beard care-
fully rendered. Has been attached to some object.

Ht. if in.

1324. Head. of Heracles, bearded, broken off from some object.

Ht. if in. Good work.

1325. Bust of Youthful Heracles. He is beardless, with short curly hair,
carefully rendered, and wears the lion’s skin over 1. shoulder; he looks to his 1.

Ht. 2f in. Towneley Coll.

II. MISCELLANEOUS DEITIES AND HEROIC FIGURES

(1326-1582).

J. DIONYSOS, SATYRS AND MAENADS (1326-1428).

1326. Youthful Dionysos. He stands on r. leg, the 1. foot placed on the root of a
tree (of wood, and modern), with r. arm extended from the shoulder ; his hair is
waved each side and gathered in a knot at the nape of the neck, with a curl on
each shoulder ; he wears an ivy-wreath with berries, and sandals. The eyes have
been inlaid with enamel or precious stones. The figure is fleshy, but the hair
and ivy-wreath are finely rendered ; the head is not unlike the colossal head of
Aphrodite, No. 266, being of an androgynous type.

Ht. 23f in. Payne Knight Coll. (xi. 5). Sfiec. Ant. Sculflt. i. pl. 74 ; Mansell, Brit. Mus.
Photographs, No. 874; Keinach, Repertoire, ii. p. 118, No. 3. Left arm lost, and nearly all of
the right arm ; other slight injuries. Purchased by Payne Knight in a broker’s shop in
London. The arms had been restored in wood.