Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers and their works : a handbook (1901)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston : Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 486
e of the Centum Icones publishedat Antwerp in 1645. Myron. This celebratedGreek sculptor was a nativeof Boeotia, and born aboutB. c. 430. He was remark-able for his difficult attitudesand his power to representa vai-iety of forms. Most ofhis statues were in bronze.The two most wonderfulworks which… … MARBLE COPY OF MYEOXS BEOXZE DISK-THROWEK. Massimi Pal., Rome. 424 MYRON — NARDI. way. Of the quoit-thrower, we have several copies; that in theMassimi Villa, at Rome, is undoubtedly the best, and was found onthe Esquiline, in 1782; others are in the British Mus., HadriansTiburtiue Villa, the…
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