Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . onging to a group to whicli also belongedthe so-called Dying Gladiator in the Capitoline Museum, Perga-menian):— The foe is evidently approaching, and the danger of captivity and slaveryadmits of no delay. The death-defying warrior uses the moment to give thefatal blow to his wife, who, :ift(;r the fashion of tlie Northern races, accom-panied him to the battle. Wliile he supports his victim with the left arm,lettinsr her fall gently to the ground, with all the power of his uplifted righthand he plunges his short broadsword in his breast.
Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . onging to a group to whicli also belongedthe so-called Dying Gladiator in the Capitoline Museum, Perga-menian):— The foe is evidently approaching, and the danger of captivity and slaveryadmits of no delay. The death-defying warrior uses the moment to give thefatal blow to his wife, who, :ift(;r the fashion of tlie Northern races, accom-panied him to the battle. Wliile he supports his victim with the left arm,lettinsr her fall gently to the ground, with all the power of his uplifted righthand he plunges his short broadsword in his breast.—Liibke. This group probably formed the centre of a cycle of statues, the rightcorner of which was occupied by the so-called Dying Gladiator of theCapitol. Like that statue, the group seems to be a copy, in marble, of aPergamcnian bronze original of the time of Attalos I.—Uelbig. This sculptor llonrished about the time of Tiberius.—Helbig ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ m ^^L.^ I^^^H ^^^M HI Hil 1 BACCHUS . , ,,,i, \ ADRIANA,4th Century, (Terme Museum). VENUS (lliNKTRlX. (i:arly Copy](Ternie Museum) Walks in Rome 363 78. A Juno Head of Jove. A Niobid. 61. A Pallas, an ill-restored copy of Athena, l>y Pheidias. Room v. Juno Ludovisiana. Igia. Demeter (Velata). The Ludovisi-Boncompagni sculptures are kept together iu eightrooms, entered from W. cloister. The Ludovisi Juno, muchadmired by Goethe— This work combines the unapproachable majesty of the queen of themighty Jupiter with womanly grace and feminine dignity. The severe,commanding brow is softened into gracious loveliness by the soft, wavinghair ; imperishable youthful beauty blooms on the delicately rounded cheeks,and the powerful outline of the nose, lips, and chin expresses an energy ofcharacter based on moral purity, and invested with a gleam of marvellousbeauty.—lAibke. It is by no means certain that this is not an idealised RomanEmpress. This is suggested by the fillets in the hair.
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