A catalogue of sculpture in the Department of ... - Warburg Institute

EAST PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON. 113this figure. The right thigh was identified and addedin 1860, and the left knee in 1875. The figure is placedby Sauer in profile to the left.Mus. Marbles, VI., pi. 9 ; Michaelis, pi. 6, figs. 14. 14a ; Baumeister,Denkmaeler, p. 1182, tig. \:il2.303 K, Group of three female figures (or, perhaps, a group ofL, M. two, with a third figure less closely associated, the figureK being made of a difierent block from L and M). 'I'hefigures are seated on rocks, levelled on the top, and inthe case of L, M, cut iu step form to suit the composition.The rocks are covered with draperies. These threefigures are considerably more complete in Carrey's drawingsthan now, and the motives can best be understoodwith the aid of the drawings. The figure K half turnedher head towards the central scene. The right arm wasbent at the elbow towards the front of the body. Thefigure L was headless in Carrey's time. The right arm,according to Carrey's drawing, was bent towards theright shoulder, as if the action had been that of drawingup the edge of the mantle with the right hand. Thebody of this figure is bent forward and the feet drawn farback, as would be the case with a person wishing tospring up. This motive forms a contrast to that of thereclining figure (M), whose right arm rests in her companion'slap, and whose tranquil attitude and avertedgaze, shown by Carrey's drawing tohave been directedtowards the angle of the pediment, seem to indicatethat the news of the birth has not yet reached her.K wears sandals, a chiton with diploidiun, and a mantleof thick substance which passes across the knees, and overthe left shoulder, above which it may have been heldwith the left hand. L wears a fine chiton, confined witha cord beneath the arms, and a mantle covering theback and passing across the knees. M wears a fine