An outline history of sculpture for beginners and students, with complete indexes and numerous illustrations (1893)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, F.A. Stokes · leaf 72
ascelebrated as the CnidianVenus, and was visited bymany people. The headgiven here (Fig. 42), whichwas found in Centocelle byGavin Hamilton, and isnow in the Vatican, isthought by many to be acopy of a Cupid by Prax-iteles, and even of the Thespian statue ; but we have noproof of this. The Cupid,… … Fig. 42.—The Eros of Centocelle. THE NIOBE GROUP. 6l of which makes him one of the most attractive subjects insculpture. Caligula carried the Thespian Cupid to Rome ;Claudius restored it to its original place, but Nero againbore it to Rome, where it was burned in a conflagration inthe time of…
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