The art of the Vatican; being a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls (1903)
Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 286
a, andgot by Pius VI. from the painter La Piccola. Theentire back of the head, the upper part of the leftear, and all the hair except that lying upon the neck,are restored. The fingers are modern, as well,probably, as the whole of the right hand and wrist.Modern, too, are the front of the right… … CROUCHING VENUSIn the Gabinetto delle Maschere Xlbe Sculpture Gallcrtea 265 in a crouching- pusition, as if she were just underthe spray of a shower bath. The attitude isextremely charming in the way the hmbs cross andpartly conceal each other, and the modelling of thewhole body is delicate and…
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