A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 84
by Pausanias. This isthe only extant sculpture which we can directly assign on ancient«,uthority to one of the great sculptors of Greece. 29*. Beside the door is a head of Venus (?) from Rome, whichretains to a marked extent the flesh tints with which ancientsculptures were probably often covered,… … -Alexamler. head shows finely the points recorded as characteristic of Alexander,namely, a lion-like mane of hair rising up from the forehead, aswimming eye, and a slight inclination of the neck to the leftshoulder, in consecjuence of a wound. 432. A colossal draped■statue of Dionysos, seated,…
Art, Greek · Art, Roman
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