Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 50
in is not known. Some criticsbelieve them to be of the Greek school of Lysippus; but the generalbelief is that the Emperor Augustus carried them from Alexandriato Rome after his victory over .Mark Antony, about .ill B.C. STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS. 31 Augustus placed them on a triumphal arch, and… … THE BRONZE HORSES OF VENICE (SHOWING THE TOP OP THE ARCH ABOVE THEPRINCIPAL ENTRANCE TO THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. MARK.) drome; from there they were brought to Venice by the Crusaders in1205. In 1797 Napoleon Bonaparte carried them to Paris, and in1815 they were returned to Venice, where they now stand,…
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