Part 39 (1/2)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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