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 308
rculesholding Telephos, in the Museo Chiaramonti, maybe called. The original was presumably a group byPraxiteles. But most of the simple beauty of Prax-iteles has been obscured. Even the lions skin ismore theatric. The attitude, too, is changed, andthe cliild is awkwardly placed on the left arm.… … VENUS ANADYOMENE In the Gabinetto delle Mascherr Zbc Sculpture Galleries 287 cral plan of the forms corresponds with the Hermesof Olympia. The modehing- of the forehead is simi-lar, though more powerful, and eyes, lids, sockets,nose, and profile corresjx>nd exactly. Only in detailslike the hair…
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