. 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 . NIGHT. LIFE OF THOBVALDSEN. 41 CHAPTER III. Baron von Humboldt.—Ranch.—The Adonis.—The Two Hebes.*^ — The Triumph of Alexander. — Grand Duchess of Tuscany. —Baroness von Schubart. — Night and Morning. — The Venus.^gina Marbles. — Byron. — The Hope. — Princess Baryatinska. — The Mercury.— The Three CUPID AND PSYCHE. valdsen made his first life-size, and represents the goddess en
. 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 . NIGHT. LIFE OF THOBVALDSEN. 41 CHAPTER III. Baron von Humboldt.—Ranch.—The Adonis.—The Two Hebes.*^ — The Triumph of Alexander. — Grand Duchess of Tuscany. —Baroness von Schubart. — Night and Morning. — The Venus.^gina Marbles. — Byron. — The Hope. — Princess Baryatinska. — The Mercury.— The Three CUPID AND PSYCHE. valdsen made his first life-size, and represents the goddess entirely The Abduction of Briseisand the group of Cupid andPs3che mark the momentwhen Thorvaldsen attainedto tlie full development ofhis talent. Henceforward hepursued his art with ardor,confidence, and enthusiasm,sending forth from his ateliersthat great multitude of works,chaste and severe in stj-le,which have given him a placeamong the first sculptors ofthe century. In 1805, the three statues— half-size — ordered by theCountess Woronzoff, and al-most wholly sketched at Mon-tenero, were put into marblewith the greatest care. About the same time Thor-model of a Venus. It is undernude. Her 42 LIFE OF THORVALDSEN. garments are lying on the trunk of a tree : she holds in herright hand the apple, the prize of beauty. Of the twocopies in marble of this statue which still exist, one belongsto the Countess Woronzoff, the other to Mme. von although several amateurs were anxious to have copiesof it, th
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