Famous sculpture as seen and described by great writers (1910)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York, Dodd · leaf 172
ed a metal scraper {strigil) to remove the oil-soaked sand. The statuebefore us represents a youth in the act of thus cleaning the lower side ofhis right arm, which is stretched out for the convenience of the operation.The right hand should be empty. This is a marble copy of a bronzestatue by… … THE APOXYOMENOS, VATICAN THE APOXYOMENOS 125 taught, but had begun life as an ordinary worker in bronze.While so occupied in his youth we are led to imagine himrapidly acquiring the facilities of a sculptor in technicalmatters, and when once in confident possession of thesefacilities he chose, as…
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