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Wonders of sculpture (1873)

Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 212

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us to merit attention.We begin in Italy, at Florence. The museum degV Uffizi possesses a collectioncalled that of the Roman emperors, which isgenerally considered the most complete in theworld. In it there are, in fact, some very rare busts,such as those of Caligula and of Otho. Includingmen,… … Fig. 41.—Agrippina of Gernianicus. (Rome.) to Constantine. and even Quintilius, who reignedbut twenty davs. The Roman statues are less 184 ROMAN SCULPTURE. numerous : we can only quote one Augustus ha-ranguing the people, one Trajan, and one Hadrian.At Rome we must look for relics of…

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