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 320
c. He is standing with outstretchedleft arm, the right bending the paludamentum andthe sceptre. The attitude is lordly, calmly majestic,and at the same time beiievolent. His cuirass, withatsexquisite reliefs, seems like the actual piece of metal.His hair is rather indicated than fully worked… … < 2 « ■°^ a. J3 Ube Sculpture Gallerfes 299 dolphin rides a Cupid. Perhaps that was meant toindicate the emperors descent from Venus, but itwas needed, technically, for a support for the marble.It is much inferior in workmanship to the statueitself. The Sala della Biga is so named from the…
Vatican. Museo vaticano · Art
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