8. Commodus.
"La statue de Commode est très curieuse par le costume. Il tient à la main une lance, il a des espèces de bottes: tout cela est du chasseur, enfin il porte la tunique à manches dont parle Dion Cassius, et qui était son costume d'amphithéâtre."—Ampère, Emp. ii. 246.
9. Colossal head of a Dacian, from the Forum of Trajan.
11. Silenus and the infant Bacchus.
This is a copy from the Greek, of which there were several replicas. One, formerly in the Villa Borghese, is now at Paris. The original group is described by Pliny, who says that the name of the sculptor was lost even in his time. The greater portion of the child, the left arm and hand of Silenus, and the ivy-leaves, are restorations.
"Je pense que ce chef-d'œuvre est une imitation modifiée du Mercure nourricier de Bacchus, par Céphisodote, fils de Praxitèle."—Ampère, Hist. Rom. iii. 332.
14. *Augustus, found 1863, in the villa of Livia at Prima-Porta.
"This is, without exception, the finest portrait statue of this class in the whole collection.... The cuirass is covered with small figures, in basso-relievo, which, as works of art, are even finer than the statue itself, and merit the most careful examination. These small figures are, in their way, marvels of art, for the wonderful boldness of execution and minuteness of detail shown in them. They are almost like cameos, and yet, with all the delicacy of finish displayed, there is no mere smoothness of surface. The central group is supposed to represent the restoration to Augustus by King Phraates of the eagles taken from Crassus and Antony. Considerable traces of colour were found on this statue and are still discernible. Close examination will also show that the face and eyes were coloured."—Shakspere Wood.
17. Æsculapius.
20. Nerva? Head modern.