Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 454
* whichmay be attributed with tolerable certainty to the periodof Antoninus. The better preserved of the two is repro-duced on Plate LXXXI. The background is entirelycovered by a landscape setting. A steep rock crownedwith buildings rises from a river. From a hole inthe rock a snake darts forward… … THE ANTONINE PERIOD 269 and the river-god himself appears amid his own waters.With his right hand he holds up a bowl to catch thewater from the urn, with the intent, doubtless, of offer-ing it for the snake to drink. In his left hand heholds a reed. A similar scene occurs on a medallion ofAntoninus…
Sculpture, Roman · Sculpture, Greco-Roman
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