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Museum of Antiquities. LEYDEN. 41. Route. 347
the middle of the Morschstraat, on the S., begins the short Smids-
steez, leading to the Stads-Timmerhuis (Pl. B, 2), a gabled building
e Renaissance style, by Lieven de Key (1612).
yond the Blauwpoorts-Brug the Princesse-Kade and the Bor-
stel-Brug (Pl. B, 2) lead to the S. to the Breede-Straat, contracted
Breestraat (Pl, B, ©, D, 3, 4), the principal street of Leyden, which,
with its continuations, the Noordeinde and the Hoogewoerd, inter-
ts the whole town in the form of an S. It contains a number of
ancient and modern gabled houses in the Dutch Renaissance style.
le to the W., in the Weddesteeg (PI. B, 2, 3), a tablet marks the
site of the house in which Rembrandt (1606-69) v born. In the Witte
Singel (Pl. A, 3) is a bronze bust of the master, by Toon Dupuis (1906).
No. 18, on the left side of the Breestraat, is the —
*Museum of Antiquities, or Museum van Oudheden (Pl. B, C,
2, 3), open daily from 10 (Sun. and holidays 4) to 4, in summer
(June-Sept.) to 5 o’clock (generally closed on the chief festivals).
The museum, founded in 1848, contains Greek, Etruscan, and Roman
sculptures, Dutch antiquities, and an important Egyptian collection.
Illustrated guide in English (1908), 20c. Director, Prof. A. E. J.
Holwerda.
Grounp Fioor. Room J, to the left, opposite the staircase: Greek
and Greco-Roman Sculpture. At the entrance, Head of a Youth (so-called
Apollo h cent. B. By the right wall are a number of Greek funeral
monuments, some of the cl © period. The finest is the **Relief of
Archestrate, daughter of Al from Sunium, one of the best Attic mon-
f dating from the 4th cent. B.C.; the deceased appears
ed attitude, with a younger sister or friend standing
and an attendant standing behind. Straight in front are
and t On the left side of the archway to the main part
of the room is a Votive Relief to A°sculapius and Hy ia, dating from
the beginning of the 4th cent. B.C. Beside it are two fine Hellenistic
portrait-l Straight on in the main part of the room is the *Colossal
Head of the jen Dionysus, from a statue of the 2nd cent. B.C. On
he pillars to the right and left, Dionysus and a satyr. Farther on, on the
1, are smaller Greek sepulchral reliefs from Asia Minor. That to
twice used and bears a poem on the back.
d small sculptures, one of the best being a
and the lion (probably 8rd cent. B.C.). Farther
enistic draped torso; then, Greek tombstones
and votive reliefs, with funeral feasts. In the middle is a freely restored
statue of Apollo supported on the tripod (late Roman work); on the right,
Statue of Zeus with tt zis on the left arm and the eagle on a tre
stump beside him (j 4st cent. B.C.). The Roman Sculptures are
placed on the side next the windows. To the right, *Statue of Trajan;
beside , Tiberius. Opposite are Roman portrait-busts and a typical
funereal relief, with two rows of portrait-heads, — We cross the hall
and enter —
Room II. In the centre are Greek and Roman inscriptions, illustrat-
ing the development of the forms of the letters. By the walls are archi-
tectural fragments and Roman and Etruscan cinerary urns. ‘The latter
generally h the recumbent figure of the deceased on the lid, and on
the front are reliefs, including mythological scenes (¢.g., in the centre of
the rear-wall, Odysseus and Polyphemus). By the entrance-wall is the
early-Christian sarcophagus of a certain Marcellus (A.D. 360), with reliefs
from the life of Christ, who is represented without beard. Above are
sculp of later date.
2 Staircase are Pheenician reliefs and inscriptions.
Opposite are Greek heads
fragment showing Hercule
on, by the left wall, is a He |
