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198 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.339. Athen^ in the west pediment. But it may have belongedto one of the figures N, Q, S, of the same pediment.The probability that the head is derived from theParthenon is increased by what is known of its history.It was found in a house of the San Gallo family at Venice.A member of this family, Felice San Gallo, was secretaryof Morosini, and may well have taken the head as atrophy from Athens, in 1687. The head passed in 1823into the possession of David Weber, and afterwards intothat of Laborde.Height, 1 foot 3^ inches. Laborde, Athenes, II., pis. facing pp. 228,230 ; Michaelis, p. 195; pi. 8, fig. 6 ; Wolters, No. 561, p. 257.2. Colossal female head, much defaced. The hair isgathered in a cloth, which passes over the back of thehead. Compare the figure in the east frieze, slab vi.,No. 39 (Michaelis, pi. 14, No. 40).Height, 11 J inches. Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 9; Laborde, pi. 24, fig. 6.3. Eight side of colossal female head. The hair isgathered into a plait from the brow and bound round thehead. This fine fragment agrees well in style with theunrestored parts of the head. No. 1, above.Height, 10^ inches.4. Fragment of a wing, with a joint for attachment, anda heavy support below. The figure of Victory (J) in theeast pediment probably had large wings ; but it is diflScultto attach this cast to the statue.Greatest length, 2 feet 6 inches. Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 11 ; Laborde,pi. 25, fig. 12 ; Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sacks. Ges, d. Wissenschaften,1880, pi. 3.5. Three smaller fragments of similar wings.One is engraved, Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 10 ; Laborde, pi. 25, fig. 17.