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

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———;72 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.archaic style. A<strong>the</strong>ns. Presented by H. Qally Knight andN. Fazakerly, Esqs., 1818.Marble ; height, 1 foot 9 <strong>in</strong>ches. Clarac, V., pi. 821a, fig. 2069a.154. Torso <strong>of</strong> a stand<strong>in</strong>g female figure, wear<strong>in</strong>g under-chiton<strong>of</strong> f<strong>in</strong>e texture and over-chiton with a diploidion whichis worn so as to leave <strong>the</strong> left shoulder bare ; <strong>the</strong>figure also has sandals. The hair falls <strong>in</strong> locks on <strong>the</strong>shoulders, and <strong>in</strong> a mass at <strong>the</strong> back. The head, armsand left shoulder are want<strong>in</strong>g. From <strong>the</strong> smaller templeat Bhamnus. Presented by J. P. Gandy Deer<strong>in</strong>g, Esq.Marble; height, 5 feet. Leake, A<strong>the</strong>ns and Demi <strong>of</strong> Atlioa, 11.p. 110; Synopsis, No. 325* (307*); A<strong>the</strong>nische Mit<strong>the</strong>Uungen^XV., p. 65.155. Cast <strong>of</strong> a relief, represent<strong>in</strong>g a female figure stepp<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>to a chariot, hold<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> re<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> her extended hands.The figure is probably that <strong>of</strong> a goddess. It has beenconjectured, but without evidence, that <strong>the</strong> relief belongedto <strong>the</strong> Pre-Persian Par<strong>the</strong>non. The orig<strong>in</strong>al, which is <strong>of</strong>Parian marble, is at A<strong>the</strong>ns.Le Bas, Mm. Fig., pi. 1 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plast, I., 3rd ed., p. 153, fig. 28Murray, I., p. 196 ; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 21. For fur<strong>the</strong>rliterature, see Welters, No. 97.156. Cast <strong>of</strong> a sepulchral relief, represent<strong>in</strong>g a womanenthroned. She holds a child <strong>in</strong> her arms. Before herprobably members <strong>of</strong> her family, withare three figures,<strong>of</strong>ier<strong>in</strong>gs.The orig<strong>in</strong>al, which is <strong>of</strong> marble, is <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Villa Alhaniat Borne. It was erroneously named by W<strong>in</strong>ckelmann"Leuco<strong>the</strong>a nurs<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>fant Bacchus." From A<strong>the</strong>ns (J).W<strong>in</strong>ckelmann, Monumenti Inediti, No. 56 ; Zoega, Bassirelicvi Ant.,].,pi. 41 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plast, 3rd ed., I., p. 175, fig. 38. Forfur<strong>the</strong>r literature, see Wolters, No. 24:J

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