Six Greek sculptors . be combined with it in The question of the influence of Scopas onLysippus must be considered when we are dealing withthe later artist. But in any general estimate of thework of Scopas this element can scarcely be overlooked,for through it came an incalculable accession to thepredominance of Scopas over the more vigorous branchesof Hellenistic art. The resemblance of the head of theLansdowne Heracles to the Tegea heads has led toa general acceptance of the view that it should beattributed directly or indirectly to Scopas. It is notindeed an original, but a
Six Greek sculptors . be combined with it in The question of the influence of Scopas onLysippus must be considered when we are dealing withthe later artist. But in any general estimate of thework of Scopas this element can scarcely be overlooked,for through it came an incalculable accession to thepredominance of Scopas over the more vigorous branchesof Hellenistic art. The resemblance of the head of theLansdowne Heracles to the Tegea heads has led toa general acceptance of the view that it should beattributed directly or indirectly to Scopas. It is notindeed an original, but a copy; and the character of theexpression has been somewhat conventionalised, and thefreshness of the modelling smoothed away, though notso much so as in the Meleager of the Vatican ; we caneasily imagine that the original may have been lessheavy and more vigorous. In the massive build of head,the deep eye-sockets with their curve of flesh over- l See P. Gardner in Journal of Hellenic Studies, xxiii. p. 128j Plate LVI. HERACLES, IN LANSDOWNE HOUSE To face p. 198 Plate LVII
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