. Thorvaldsen :his life and works : illustrated by two reproductions from steel engravings by F. Gaillard, and thirty-five of the master's compositions, drawn by F. Gaillard and engraved on wood by Carbonneau . lion : diameter, 1 ft. in. The Genius, mounted upon skates, is traversing the zodiacal sign,Capricon. He holds upon his arm a garland of flowers (Spring), inhis hands a sickle and wheat-sheaves (Summer), and a bunch ofgrapes (Autumn). Nysoe, 1840, for 1st January, 1S41. Justice. Bas-relief; plaster. Tlwrvaldsen Museum. Height, 2 ft. in.; width, 2 in. Justice, seated i
. Thorvaldsen :his life and works : illustrated by two reproductions from steel engravings by F. Gaillard, and thirty-five of the master's compositions, drawn by F. Gaillard and engraved on wood by Carbonneau . lion : diameter, 1 ft. in. The Genius, mounted upon skates, is traversing the zodiacal sign,Capricon. He holds upon his arm a garland of flowers (Spring), inhis hands a sickle and wheat-sheaves (Summer), and a bunch ofgrapes (Autumn). Nysoe, 1840, for 1st January, 1S41. Justice. Bas-relief; plaster. Tlwrvaldsen Museum. Height, 2 ft. in.; width, 2 in. Justice, seated in the shadow of two palm-trees whose branchesmeet above her head, holds upon her knees an open code; her lefthand is placed upon a sword; her right holds a balance, having inone scale a royal crown, in the other a peasants sickle. Signed: Nysoe, 22 May, 1841. Denmark. Bas-relief; sketch Tlwrvaldsen Museum. Medallion: diameter, 1 ft. in. Denmark is represented under the form of a woman on her knees,praying. A Danish inscription records her prayer: God save theking {Gud velsigne Kongen). Copenhagen, 1839. For the medal struck on the accession of Christian VIII to thethrone. 306 WOEKS OF THE PRINCESS BARYATINSKA. Princess Caroline-Amelia. Plaster. Thorvaldsen Museum. ITeight, 5 ft. in. The princess, since Queen of Denmark, is dressed in a long robefastened at the waist, leaving the shoulders and arms hands, one raised, the other lowered, hold a cloak which she isin the act of putting on. Home, 1827. There is also in the Museum a sketch (height, 1 ft. in.)- The Princess Baryatixska. Marble. Thorvaldsen Museum. Height, 6 ft. in. CATALOGUE. 307 The princess stands in a pensive attitude, with h^r right handunder her chin, and holding in her left the drapery which falls fromher shoulder. Rome, 1818. Plaster model also in Museum. (See p. 60.) The Countess DOstermann. Marble. Purchased by Count d?Ostermann. Height,
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