Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 327
saidthat the young Jean de Bologne, shortly afterhis arrival in Italy, presented the old P^lorentinewith a very finely-finished plaster-work. MichaelAngelo broke it with a blow of his stick, and ex-claimed : Young man, learn to use the chiselbefore finishing. Jean de Bologne left his cele- 294… … Fig. 55.—The Flying Mercury. known everywhere as that of Giam-Bologna. Thiswell-known Mercury, which has been often copied,is a perfect masterpiece of lightness, equilibrium,and grace ; and is as true to life as the Dojicing FRENCH SCULPTUIiE. 295 FmiH of Pompeii, and the finest models bequeathedto…
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