Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 259
s nothing but clumsybrute force — and the statue of Perseus, whichCanova did not hesitate to undertake, although hewas familiar with that by Benvenuto Cellini, and * May this monument, the memorial of a mutual affection, be alsoan incentive to goiy. t See the histoiy of these pugilists in… … Fig. 46.—The Perseus of Canova. (Rome.)Consolatrice was also given to it. The face of thePerseus resembles that of the Apollo, and this is afault rather than a merit. It is very delicatelyfinished, and slightly affected. The Medusas head ITALIAN SCULVTUllK. 231 held in the heros hand will not…
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