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attested (1811) by Viseonti, who says that it has a perfect 

 resemblance to the head of a small bust upon the base of 

 which the name of Aristotle is engraved. Portrait busts and 

 statues of Aristotle were common in ancient times. The 

 picture of him most familiar to general readers is the copy 

 of the head and shoulders of an ancient statue representing 

 him with a draping over the left shoulder. This is an 



Fig. i. — Aristotle, 384-322 B.C. 



attractive portrait, showing a face of strong intellectuality. 

 Its authenticity, however, is not as well established as that 

 of the picture shown here. Other pictures, believed to be 

 those of Aristotle, represent him later in life with receding 

 hair, and one exists in which his baldness is very extensive. 

 He was described as short in stature, with spindling legs and 

 small, penetrating eyes, and to have been, in his younger 

 days, vain and showy in his dress. 



