Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1914)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 8
ut the subject is probably an act of adoration of heroifiedancestors. Early Greek Sculpture, of about 550 B.C. From Xanthos in Lycia. Gat. of Sculpture, I. No. 94. 2. A young ApoUo, of athletic type. About 500 B.C. This is oneof the most advanced of a series of nude male figures, in whichthere is… … Fig. 1.—Bust of Pbeicles (Plate 7). ApoUo, of an early Attic type. This is a copy of a lost statue(of about 460 B.C.), which cannot now be identified with certainty.The right hand held a thong (perhaps that of a boxers caestus)which is preserved on the surface of the tree stump. From the collection…
Sculpture, Greek · Bronzes
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