. The spell of Italy. d, I thought. And whatam I, insignificant, to snatch for my own the spoilsof the ages after this sort? A few moments later I looked about me in themidst of the Museo Boncompagni, still within theCloisters of Michelangelo, and saw the colossal groupof the first Pergamenian School, — the Gaul slayinghis wife with his own hand to save her from capture,— the glorious Juno Ludovisi and other works ofauthoritative excellence, brought from the gardens ofSallust. Then every element of the situation wasforgotten save that splendour of classic art. In anhour we left the museum and
. The spell of Italy. d, I thought. And whatam I, insignificant, to snatch for my own the spoilsof the ages after this sort? A few moments later I looked about me in themidst of the Museo Boncompagni, still within theCloisters of Michelangelo, and saw the colossal groupof the first Pergamenian School, — the Gaul slayinghis wife with his own hand to save her from capture,— the glorious Juno Ludovisi and other works ofauthoritative excellence, brought from the gardens ofSallust. Then every element of the situation wasforgotten save that splendour of classic art. In anhour we left the museum and moved on to anotherportion of the Thermae (its vast enclosure has beenadapted to various uses, both public and private),where we were ushered into the studio of Mr. MosesEzekiel, one of the foremost of American sculptors,and for over twenty years a resident of Rome. Mr, Ezekiel is a Virginian by birth and has beenknighted — rare honour for an American! — by theKing of Italy. He received much of his training in. GAUL SLAYING HIS WIFE, MUSEO BONCOMFAGNI, ROME. White and Black 151 Germany, where the merits of his bust of Washingtonadmitted him to the Berhn Society of Artists. Amonghis best known works are the monument to Jeffersonin Louisville, Kentucky, his portrait bust of at Cornell University, his symbolic statue ofReligious Liberty in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia,and the bust of Lord Sherbrooke in St. MargaretsChurch, Westminster. From the artist himself wereceived cordial kindliness of greeting and his per-sonahty commanded instant interest, — a geniusunmistakably and an intelligence of the highestorder as well. All about us in the studio was recentwork, both completed and in process. The Americantype of ideal female beauty which Ezekiel has es-tablished made us glad to be American, it is soessentially spirited, so proudly and nobly of convincing distinction delighted our eyes,and that when we had come straight from thoseimmortal antique
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