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The art of the Uffizi palace and the Florence academy, together with that of the minor museums of Florence, with explanatory and appreciative comment on the notable works therein preserved, and their history and significance (1912)

Heyl, Charles Christian, 1874- · Boston, L. C. Page and company · leaf 420

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l-sive figure of the so-called Arrotino, or Knife-grinder, was found in Rome during the fourteenthcentury and brought to Florence with the Venus.It represents the muscular Scythian to whom Apolloentrusted the task of flaying Marsyas. The mancrouches before a stone upon which he whets hisknife,… … VENUS DE MEDICI TUfflai (Bailers: Ube Sculptures 313 tion of the contest is well displayed. When found,it was badly broken and has been considerablyrestored, in some cases without much success. Thetwo heads, which were missing, were replaced withother antique heads, quite lacking in fitness,…

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