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attested (1811) by Visconti, 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 
bim with a draping over the left shoulder. This is an 
Fic. 1.—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. 
