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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bust (reproduction), museum number 21-1, described as Cast of “Bust of a Greek philosopher”. Found by Eugene Hambar at “The Baths of Diana” Smyrna. Molded in Smyrna. Both original marbles were bought by the Royal Brussels Museum. The subjects were probably statesmen or teachers of local renown. The workmanship is of the best imperial age (2nd century).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, museum number 21-4, described as Cast of group of The Wrestlers. Copy of a marble sculpture in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The restorer (sometime in 1583 AD) was wrong to let the victor strike his opponent. The conditions of the contest forbade this, and required the victor to compel a surrender. The under man is unbeaten. New parts: all four tibias, the victor’s right arm, The other wrestler’s left hand. Both heads are antique but not pertinent. They belonged to the Hiobids. Compare Freiderichs-Wolters, Die Gipsabgusse 1426. Original found with the Hiobid statues near St. John Lateran, Rome, in 1583. Was in Villa Medici, Rome. Was set up in Florence in 1677, where it occupies a place of honor (The Tribuna).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast: hermes and dionysus, museum number 21-55.1, described as Proper right section of cast of Hermes (Latin: Mercury) and Dionysus consisting of Hermes Overall dimensions of assembled cast: Height: 227 cm (89 1/4")(including base that is part of cast, Width/breadth: 76.5 cm, Depth/thickness: 50.5 cm, Width/breadth: 18.5 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Statue (reproduction), museum number 21-109, described as Venus of Knidos or Venus Braschi (Greek: Aphrodite). From a statue of Parian marble sold out of the Braschi Palace, Rome, to King Louis I of Bavaria. Height: 174 cm, Width/breadth: 41.2 cm, Depth/thickness: 12.6 cm