Head of a Child

I–II века н. э. · Скульптура, мрамор

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Кембридж, США

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Head of a Child

The back of the bust is flat. The right side of the head and the left side of the nose are chipped. There are also chips on the right eyebrow, forehead, and right cheek. A crack runs vertically down the full side of the right cheek, and there is an incision going almost at right angles across the crack. The right side of the bust is finished, as is a curved section under the left side, as if for placement against a curved frame.

The pose is frontal, with the hair worn in curled bangs and a heavy wreath around the head. The cheeks are fat, and the chin pointed, the eyes hollowed out and mouth wide open. There are two incised ridges on the front of the neck. There is also a wreath with rosettes and leaves around the shoulders.

There is a possibility that these rosettes are intended to be bunches of grapes and that the ideal subject, a smiling child of the Neronian to Trajanic periods (A.D. 55-115), is the infant Dionysos or a satyr-child. The tops of the ears are covered by the vines and leaves. Save for the manner of representing the hair around the forehead, this bust is similar to the small, decorative herms set on shafts against walls in Pompeiian houses. Such herms vary widely as to subject matter, including older satyrs, Silenus, bearded Dionysos, and early Hellenistic kings who were represented in the fashions of these bearded divinities.

Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer

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