. 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 . oe, 5 March, 1841. Monument to Prince von Schwarzenberg. Sketch. Thorvaldsen Museum. Height, 3 ft. in. The general stands, holding in his hand the baton of one of the sides of the pedestal Nemesis records the warriorsexploits; on the other, Victory oifers him a palm-branch; whileupon the front is represented the princes entry into Leipzig in this last bas-re
. 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 . oe, 5 March, 1841. Monument to Prince von Schwarzenberg. Sketch. Thorvaldsen Museum. Height, 3 ft. in. The general stands, holding in his hand the baton of one of the sides of the pedestal Nemesis records the warriorsexploits; on the other, Victory oifers him a palm-branch; whileupon the front is represented the princes entry into Leipzig in this last bas-relief is a lion couchant. Rome, 1821. Ordered by Prince Metternich, but never executed; the lion alonehas been cut in marble. (See Divers Subjects.) Monument to Goethe. Sketch. Thorvaldsen Museum. Height, 2 ft. in. The poet stands reading in a book which he holds in the left hand:the right, hanging by his side, holds a pen. At his feet a lyre restsagainst a cist. Copenhagen, 1839. Ordered by a committee from Frankfort, but never made at the same time another sketch (height, 1 ft. in.), also in theMuseum. It represents the poet seated and with his head raised. CATALOGUE, 267. CUPID AND BACCHUS. MYTHOLOGICAL AND HEROIC SUBJECTS. I. GROUPS AND Argiphontes. Statue; marble. TTiorvaldsen Museum. Height, 5 ft. in. Mercury, having just put Argus to sleep by playing upon thesyrinx, gently removes the instrument from his lips, and with hisright hand draws his sword; fearing to wake his adversary, he holdsthe scabbard with his heel. The god is seated, but on the point ofrising. Rome, 1818. (See pp. 60 and 196.) This statue has been several times cut in mar-ble : among others, for Mr. Alexander Baring, afterwards Lord Ashburton, in 1822;and for Count Potocki, in 1829. Another copy was cut in 1824, in which a defect inthe marble made it necessary to suppress the petasus (winged cap), and which afterthe artists death was purchased by the Spa
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