Shedd, Julia Ann Clark, 1834-1897 · Boston : Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 253
cal panther, upon thehead of which one arm rests lightly, while the hand holdsthe falling drapery. The body and limbs are finely mod-elled, and the attitude is very graceful and pleasing. Thewhole group is of the most exquisite finish. The pose ofthe head and the arrangement of the coiffure give it… … 1758.] JOHANN HEINRICn DANNECKER. 227 He was once ordered to execute a figure to please theKing, who gave him the design ; but it was one which hispure taste did not sanction, and he refused to so degradehis art; he said, C etait travailler pour le diable ! Canova, who visited Daunecker in his…
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