Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities . Pig. 4.—Hypnos (Plate 40). Hypnos or Sleep. Winged head from a statue. The type ofthe complete figure is that of a youth, half running, and halfhovering, with a poppy seed-vessel and a horn in his bronze is here shown attached to a cast of the body of thefigure, taken from a replica of the statue at Madrid. A work ofthe 4th century , perhaps of the school of Perugia. Purchased in 1868. Gat. of Bronzes, No. 267. LIST OF PLATES. 42. , A bronze head with viv
Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities . Pig. 4.—Hypnos (Plate 40). Hypnos or Sleep. Winged head from a statue. The type ofthe complete figure is that of a youth, half running, and halfhovering, with a poppy seed-vessel and a horn in his bronze is here shown attached to a cast of the body of thefigure, taken from a replica of the statue at Madrid. A work ofthe 4th century , perhaps of the school of Perugia. Purchased in 1868. Gat. of Bronzes, No. 267. LIST OF PLATES. 42. , A bronze head with vivid portraitureAfrica. Tire eyes have been inlaid withthe substance remains in the sockets. PLATE. 41. Head ot an African,of a native of Northenamel, and part of3rd century (?). Found at Cyrene, in 1861, by Captain E. Murdoch Smith, ,and Commander Porcher, , on the original Hoor of theTemple of Apollo, and buried deep below a mosaic pavement oflater date. Cat. of Bronzes, No. 268. 44. Fig. 5.—The Discobolos correctly Restored (Plate 47). The Satyr Marsyas starting back, in surprise. The subject isprobably derived from a group by Myron (5th century ),showing Athena rejecting the pipes (which disfigured her face),in the presence of Marsyas. The Satyr picked them up, and soincurred the wrath of the goddess. From Patras. Purchased in 1876. Cat. of Bronzes, No. 269. Two-handled bronze vase (Amphora), richly decorated. Thehandles are in the form of athletic nude figures straining back-wards, and supporting conventionally-treated lions with eachhand. Below each is a finely-chased Siren on an invertedpalmette. 5th-4th century Purchased from the Pourtales Collection, in 1865. Cat. ofBronzes, No. 557. Aphrodite. Statuette of Aphrodite Anadyomene (coming upfrom the waves). She appears to be tying a fillet round herhead. Probably after a type of the 4th century Found in the Peloponnesus, and formerly in the Nani Collec-tion at Venice. Afterwards in the Po
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