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The art of the Vatican; a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal works of art within its walls (1903)

Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · London, G. Bell · leaf 296

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urth fingers ofleft hand, the rock on which she reclines, the end ofher robe which hangs down over the rocks belowthe left elbow, and the horizontial section of thisgarment between the rocky projection and the verti-cal fold hanging from her thigh. Stretched out upon the boulder, she is supposed… … Ube Sculpture Galleries 27s perhaps the one Pausanias describes as being in theTemple of Dionysius at Athens. The faults in thedrapery, with the slight indistinctness of parts, havebeen laid to the copyist. But perhaps these are themistakes of the pointer rather than the sculptor. Theattitude is…

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