DEMOSTHENES

From a small bas relief in the possession of the Earl of Chesterfield This bas relief is in Greek Marble and not of Terra Cotta as mentioned by Winkelmann Storia delle Arti del Disegno presso gli Antichi tomo ii p 255 Italian edition by Carlo Fea The sculpture appears by the style to be much anterior to that of the small bronze head of Demosthenes found at Herculaneum now in the Museum at Portici near Naples which has the name on the pedestal It must be remarked that before this discovery the heads of Demosthenes had always been mistaken for those of Pythagoras and the head before generally called Demosthenes and now Solon has the name of Solon inscribed upon its pedestal