ivedfrom a painting— Victoria qiiadrigam in sublime rapiens—ascribedby Pliny to the Greek artist Nicomachos : the picture was dedi-cated by L. Munatius Plancus on the Capitol, and thus becamefamiliar to Roman artists. Other engravers—Gaius, Gnaeus, 1 This is the most natural explanation of the sign… … 426 ART CHAP. VIII Lucius, Aulus, and Quintus—sign with Lsitin praenomina, but areof Greek descent: the two last-named were sons of Alexas. As in sculpture (pp. 381, 391), so in gem-engraving, the academictraditions of Augustan classicism were bequeathed to Julio-Claudian art. From this period date…
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