Famous sculpture as seen and described by great writers (1910)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York, Dodd · leaf 398
ofMedusa, but could not immediately begin the statue ofPerseus, as the Duke, influenced by Bandinelli, long re-fused to advance him the necessary funds. Having ex-plained his grounds for hope of success, and taken manyprecautionary measures, especially necessary with this figureon account of the… … PERSEUS, LOGGIA DEI LANZI, FLORENCE By Cellini PERSEUS 303 The terrible anxieties and dangers through which hepassed, before his efforts were rewarded with completesuccess, are thus graphically described in the story of hislife. We pass over the preliminary steps, and take up the nar-rative at the…
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