Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works : a handbook (1875)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 442
one of theCentum 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 variety of forms. Most ofhis statues were in bronze.The two most wonderfulworks which… … MARBLE COPY OF SIYRONS BRONZE DISK-THKOWEK. 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., HadriansTiburtine Villa, the…
