Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller.

  • Karl Otfried Müller
Date:
1852
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    2. t-'invilaoium aureuiii Caligulae iconicvm, Sueton. 22. Statuaj civili habitu (Orelli Inscr. n. 1139. 3186) or togatae, for example the Tiberius with beautiful toga, from Capri in the Louvre (111.) M. de Bouillon ii, 34. Augustus in priestly dress, from the basilica of Otricoli PioCl. ii, 46. Head of Augustus of basalt, found in 1780 at Canopus, Specim. of Anc. Sculpture ii, 46, Statue of Augustus in the Capitol, Race. 16, of Jul. Ca;- sar, ibid. Race. 15. Drusus from Herculaneum, Ant. di Ere. vi, 79. M. Borbon. vii, 43. [Seven excellent colossal statues excavated at Cervetri, lio-w restored by de Fabris, in the Lateran, Germanicus, Drusus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Agrippina and another female statue, together with the head of Augustus, Bull. 1840. p. 5. Canina Etr. Marit. I. 2. Mon. cretto in Cere all' imper. Claudio dai dodici principali popoli dell' Etruria, There were also excellent colossal statues found in ancient Privemum, supposed to be from the Curia or the Augusteum of the city which Au- gustus, Tiberius and Claudius reared anew; the head of Claudius, Mus. Chiusamonti ii. tv. 32. In like manner colossal statues were raised by Veil to Augustus and Tiberius. Ibid. not. 3. Ibid. tv. 31. Conjp. Canina Antich. di Veji, p. 83 sq. Colossal heads of Augustus and Tiberius wera found in 1824 with the colossal statues of Tiberius and Germanicus. Clau- dius fi-om the RuspoU palace; tv. 31. Titus with Julia found in 1828.] 3. StatuEE pedestres habitu militari (Capitolin. Macrin. 6) or thoracatae, for example, the colossal Augustus in the palace Grimani, see Thiersch, Beisen i. s. 250 ff. [Tiberius Canina Tusculo, tv. 29. Fine bust of Cali- gula found at Colchester Archseol. L. xxxi. pi. 15. p. 446; similar Caylus i pi. 65, under the name of Claudius.] Drusus, son of Tiberius, in the Louvre, Mongez, Iconogr. Romaine pi. 23, 1. Titus in the Louvre 29. pi 33 1 34,1.2. Bouill. ii, 41. Domitian and Marcus Aurelius from the Giustiniani palace. Race. 89. 90. [Domitian M. Chiar. ii. tv. 36.] Domi- tian from the Giustiniani palace, M. Chiar. ii. tv. 36. 4 The statua equestris of Augustus on the bridge over the Tiber (see Dio liii, 22, and the denarii of L. Vinicius) at least pointed at warUke plans ' The colossal equestrian statue of Domitian in the Forum (Statius S i 1 Fr Schmieder, Programm 1820), represented him as the con- queror of Germany, with the Rhine under the horse's forefeet; the left carried a Pallas holding out a Gorgoneion, the right commanded peace (comp § 335). Domitian with bust of Pallas on his shoulder, rehef in Vaillant de Canopo, p. 11; supposed statua equestris of Augustus, Race. 52 [Equestrian statue of Theodoric before the palace of Charlemagne at Aix-la-ChapeUe, by Bock Jalirb. des Rhein. Alterth. Vereins v. s i.] Au- gustus appears in quadrigis on a triumphal arch, attended by two Par- fhians, after recovering the standards of Crassus. Eckhel. D. N. va p 101 Statues in bigis were raised at first to magistrates on account of i\,evompa, in the circus, but chariots with four horses (even six-horse cars^wWch came in since the time of Augustus) without any regard to triumphs and pomps, and equestrian statues were erected even in the WB o advocates, Martial ix^ Tacit.de Orat. 8. 11. Juvenal vii, 126. Appulei Flor. p. 136 Bipont. To the Emperors, on the other hand, were erected cars yoked with elephants, see PI-, ^xxxiv, 10, and the coins with the image of Divus Vespasianus, comp. Capitol., Maximin 26. ■6 Statute Aclullece, Plin. xxxiv, 10. To this class appears to belong