Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 212
, but heavyand massive in stone or bronze;onlv a few among them ever thoughtof following the example of GermainPilon, and throwing a loose mantleover the shoulders of their figures,to simplify a complicated equip-riient, or soften a too rigid skirl.Their works were frank and un-compromising images… … FIG. 305. — BARTHELEMY PRIEUR.MARIE DE BARBAXCON-CANY. (Museum, Versailles.)(Photo. Mieusemcnl.) Naturally, it is the great personages of the realm, the king and his ministers, who appear in these works of marble or metal. Dupre and Warin, who engraved medals with elegant ex-actitude, also modelled…
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