Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 166
N SCULPTURE. 133 ground, and of tlie bear in the lower right hand corner, is not so man-ifest. Some have suggested tliat herein might be a reference to thechihlren Avho mocked the prophet, and to the instrument of their fear-ful punishment. Tlie other sarcopliagus in Rome which sculpturesthis scene… … Fig. 52.—The tranblatiou of Elijah. SdicoDhagiis m the Lateran Museum. held back by a band. He rests one arm upon an urn from whichflow the living waters, and holds in the right hand a reed, also sym-bolic of the river. The action in these sarcophagi is full of life,and the artistic quality of the…
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