. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. two antique sarcophagi, the end is a staircase ascending to the French department ofthe Picture Gallery (PL K; see p. 131). Opposite the entrance to the left is the Salle des Moulages, formerly ariding-fchool, containing a collection of casts for the use of students (visi-tors may proceed through this room to the Chalcographie and the CollectionGrandidier, p. 151). We turn to the left in the vestibule and enter the —Galekie Denon , where copies of bronzes from the antique,executed in the 16-18th cent, at Fon
. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. two antique sarcophagi, the end is a staircase ascending to the French department ofthe Picture Gallery (PL K; see p. 131). Opposite the entrance to the left is the Salle des Moulages, formerly ariding-fchool, containing a collection of casts for the use of students (visi-tors may proceed through this room to the Chalcographie and the CollectionGrandidier, p. 151). We turn to the left in the vestibule and enter the —Galekie Denon , where copies of bronzes from the antique,executed in the 16-18th cent, at Fontainebleau and Rome, sar-cophagi, and mutilated antiquities are exhibited. Bronzes. To the right and left, Amazon (Vatican), Commodus ;»,sHercules (Vatican), Centaurs, from the Capitol; right, Boy extracting athorn from his foot (Capitol); left, Mercury (Florence), Cnidian Venus(Vatican), Ariadne (Vatican), Antinous (Capitol); right, Laocoon (Vatican), MUSEES DU LOUVRE. REZ-DE-CflArSSEE V dPXiiiitiqiiitiK I (J. Entrie des muifrt, tlu tfrbu/ret den marbres anttywi. i[ -t V. Sculptures. 2. LOUVRE. 91 the Arrotino or knife-grinder (Florence); left, Faun (Madrid), YoungAthlete; to the right, Medicean Venus; at the end, Diana a la biche(Louvre) and Apollo Belvedere (Vatican). Four large Sarcophagi are also placed here: 2120, with scenes fromthe life of Achilles (one side modern); 2119, with a battle of the Amazons,and two recumbent sepulchral figures on the lid; 1335, with Endymionand Selene; 1336, with Bacchus and Ariadne. Between the last two is alarge lion, in limestone. We next reach the Grand Escalibb, or Escaliek Daku, whichascends to the Picture Gallery (p. 109). The ceiling of this stair-case is decorated with mosaics after Lenepveu, referring to Antiquityand the Renaissance, which are represented by allegorical figuresof the principal countries, and by medallions and the names oftheir most illustrious artists. — At the top stands the Nike ofSamothrace (p. 109). The roo
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