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A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)

Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 291

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the most accurateinvestigation of the fragments, and agrees in this opinion. Henotices that certain irregularities in the forms show that thesculptor was not a copyist but essentially an originator, workingfrom his own ideal. The right cheek is rather larger than theleft, and the corners of the… … Yenus, Crouching. Pen-telic m. Ht., 3ft. 7|in.Vatican. Found at Salon aat the end of 18th century,near Preneste. The plinthis inscribed B0YIIAA02EnOIEI, but this is re-garded as modern; the vaseis, however, partly antique. Restorations.—Hair, andupper part of head, and faceretouched, right hand,…

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