A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities Part 39

Length, 1 foot 1-3/4 inches (length of second toe, 3-3/4 inches).

Michaelis. pl. 8, fig. 32; _Synopsis_, No. 340 (244).

[Sidenote: =337.=]

Piece of drapery, which must have hung free, apparently from the shoulder and outstretched right arm of a colossal figure. At the upper extremity is part of a dowel hole, showing that the marble had been attached here by a joint.

Height, 2 feet 1-1/2 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 343 (144).

[Sidenote: =338.=]

Fragment of right shoulder and arm as low as the deltoid. The upper arm presses against the side. This fragment may belong to the boy P on the left of Q in the west pediment.

Height, 11 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 303 (133).

CASTS FROM FRAGMENTS OF THE PEDIMENTAL SCULPTURES.

[Sidenote: =339.= 1.]

Colossal female head, slightly turned to its right. The hair was confined in a plait round the head, and also by a wreath or band, which was of metal, as is shown by the holes for its attachment.

The nose and mouth have been restored; but the grand style of the antique parts of the head agrees with that of the Parthenon pediments.

It is impossible, however, to determine to which figure the head belongs. It has been a.s.signed by Laborde and others to the Victory (G) who is driving the chariot of Athene in the west pediment. But it may have belonged to one of the figures N, Q, S, of the same pediment.

The probability that the head is derived from the Parthenon 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 secretary of Morosini, and may well have taken the head as a trophy from Athens, in 1687. The head pa.s.sed in 1823 into the possession of David Weber, and afterwards into that of Laborde.

Height, 1 foot 3-1/2 inches. Laborde, _Athenes_, II., pls.

facing pp. 228, 230; Michaelis, p. 195; pl. 8, fig. 6; Wolters, No. 561, p. 257.

[Sidenote: 2.]

Colossal female head, much defaced. The hair is gathered in a cloth, which pa.s.ses over the back of the head. Compare the figure in the east frieze, slab vi., No. 39 (Michaelis, pl. 14, No. 40).

Height, 11-1/2 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 9; Laborde, pl. 24, fig. 6.

[Sidenote: 3.]

Right side of colossal female head. The hair is gathered into a plait from the brow and bound round the head. This fine fragment agrees well in style with the unrestored parts of the head, No. 1, above.

Height, 10-1/2 inches.

[Sidenote: 4.]

Fragment of a wing, with a joint for attachment, and a heavy support below. The figure of Victory (J) in the east pediment probably had large wings; but it is difficult to attach this cast to the statue.

Greatest length, 2 feet 6 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 11; Laborde, pl. 25, fig. 12; Overbeck, _Ber. d. k. sachs. Ges.

d. Wissenschaften_, 1880, pl. 3.

[Sidenote: 5.]

Three smaller fragments of similar wings.

One is engraved, Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 10; Laborde, pl. 25, fig. 17.

[Sidenote: 6.]

Portion of chiton, the flowing lines of which greatly resemble the treatment of the Iris? (G) of the east pediment.

Length, 1 foot 6-1/2 inches.

[Sidenote: 7.]

Portion of the right side of a draped figure wearing chiton and mantle, and sitting on a rock. Attributed by Michaelis to the west pediment (fig. D or fig. U).

Height, 3 feet 3 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 5. See above, No. 304 D.

[Sidenote: 8.]

Left knee of seated draped figure, with the fingers of a small hand on it. (West pediment, figs. D, E.) See No. 304, D, E.

Height, 1 foot.

[Sidenote: 9.]

Left leg of colossal male figure, bent nearly at a right angle at the knee. It is made up from two pieces, a fragment reaching from half-way up the thigh to below the knee, and the fragment of a leg (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 36), reaching to the bottom of the calf.

The scale and the att.i.tude seem to agree well with the figure of Hermes (H) of the west pediment.

Greatest circ.u.mference of the thigh, 2 feet 7-1/2 inches.

[Sidenote: 10.]

Fragment of the right leg and thigh of a colossal male figure, made up of two pieces, the leg from below the knee nearly to the ankle (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 38), and the knee with the beginning of the thigh. This leg is slightly bent at the knee. It is on the same scale as the preceding No. 9, and appears to be in the required position for the right knee of the figure of Hermes (H) in the west pediment.

Height, 1 foot 11 inches.

[Sidenote: 11.]

A colossal right foot, broken off at the ankle, and also half-way between the instep and the toes. Less than half of the sole is roughly cut with a drill as if this part of the foot had been slightly raised from the ground. The heel and part of the sole under the instep have been broken away. The scale is rather larger than that of the preceding Nos. 9, 10, and it may therefore be one of the feet of the Athene in the west pediment.

Length of fragment, 11-1/2 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 31; Laborde, pl. 58, fig. 8.

[Sidenote: 12.]

Fragment of tail of some serpentine creature having on the back a ridge of projections. This fragment has been thought to be part of the tail of a Hippocamp attached to the chariot of Amphitrite.

Length, 1 foot 6 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 17; Laborde, pl.

24, fig. 9.