The antiquities of Herculaneum . cap. viii. and ix. PLATE. t 179 ] PLATE THIS plate contains two different pieces of painting,which are both imperfect. The firrt, if we would likenit to any thing, may befi: give us the idea of a magnificentveftibule to a grand houfe [2]. For if we except the firft largeinfulated columns [3], ornamented with a fea monfter, andother fancies of the painter, there are on the right of thepi&ure three columns, taking in the foremort, which refem-bles a term, or caryatid; and as many are to be fuppofed onthe left: thefe fix are to fupport a large pavil
The antiquities of Herculaneum . cap. viii. and ix. PLATE. t 179 ] PLATE THIS plate contains two different pieces of painting,which are both imperfect. The firrt, if we would likenit to any thing, may befi: give us the idea of a magnificentveftibule to a grand houfe [2]. For if we except the firft largeinfulated columns [3], ornamented with a fea monfter, andother fancies of the painter, there are on the right of thepi&ure three columns, taking in the foremort, which refem-bles a term, or caryatid; and as many are to be fuppofed onthe left: thefe fix are to fupport a large pavilion, which is herereprefented. The campofite capital, the entablature, andabove all the very beautiful frieze of this veftibule, merit atten-tion. Through the void fpace of the door appears an ioniccolonade, which gives the idea of a hall, or cava aediu?n [4.]. [1] Catalogue, n. 136, and 270. [23 Vitruvius, vi. 8. tc Nobilibus facicnda funt veftibula regalia, alta atria, pe-* riftylia ampliflima. See alfo lib. i. cap. ii. The controverfy among the ancientsth
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