Gardner, Ernest Arthur, 1862-1939 · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 401
those who main-tained a fourth-century origin for the group wereconstrained to regard it as less faithful to its originalthan the tamer copies. The discussion has, however,been much widened in scope by the discovery, oridentification, due to Professor Furtwangler, of a set ofstatues of Niobids… … DISC WITH DEATH OF NIOBIDS, IN BRITISH MUSEUM To face p. 241 HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE 241 style and execution are totally different. This neednot surprise us, when we remember that the subject ofthe slaying of the Niobids occurs on fifth-century vases,that it was represented by Phidias on the throne…
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