Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 118
features. Each has the same general shape of face, the markedprojection above the eyebrows, the long, thin nose with high bridge andpointed tip, and the same shape of the mouth and ears; and in both the hairand beard grow in the same manner. The only marked differences betweenthe two are (1) the… … 120 STATUES, STATUETTES, AND RELIEFS superior, having all the spirit and animation of an original Greek work, whilethe Herculaneum bronze is a somewhat indifferent Roman copy. Our knowledge of Hermarchos is only scanty, none of his writings havingsurvived; but we know that he succeeded Epicurus as…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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