. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. atue that is probably a co])y of the Floren-tine Athlete is in the Uffizi (No. T6, Alinari Photo I, 1170) and that hasno arms or thighs and is headless. So, he concludes, it only remainsto seek an explanation in the head itself of the Bardini Statue. Theunswollen cars and the delicate contours of the lower part of the faceshow that the youth represented was not a hero of the fist, orPancratium,
. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. atue that is probably a co])y of the Floren-tine Athlete is in the Uffizi (No. T6, Alinari Photo I, 1170) and that hasno arms or thighs and is headless. So, he concludes, it only remainsto seek an explanation in the head itself of the Bardini Statue. Theunswollen cars and the delicate contours of the lower part of the faceshow that the youth represented was not a hero of the fist, orPancratium, but must have been the winner of a race, or of the Pen-tathlon, in which it was a question rather of agility than of merebrute strength. (Illustrated) PISAX SCHOOLFourteenth Century 428—FouKTKKXTH Ckxtuky Makble Statue Staiuliii<^- figure of tlic Viroin in a tight-fitting tunic and loosemantle, with long liair and wearing a trefoiled crown. On lierleft arm slie carries, and with her right hand points to. the ChildChrist, who is nude to the waist; with His right hand He sup-ports Himself hv His Motliers tunic and in His left He holdsa bird. On circular base. Height, ,39 inches.{Illustrated). No. 428—Fourteenth Cextuky Marble Statue PISAN SCHOOL Fourteenth Century 429—Pair of Foukteextii Century INIarble Statues Chief figures in an Annunciation. The Virgin, clothed in a tunicand loose mantle with a veil thrown over her head, stands in alistening attitude, her right hand holding an open missal. TheAngel Gabriel, shown as a yovith with curling hair, stands hold-ing open with both hands a parchment scroll. Both figures areon circular bases and ai-e supported on similar contemporarycolumns with heavily fluted shafts, molded bases and square])edestals, with tongue-sha2)ed leaves at the angles. Heights of .statues, 45 hielics; of bases, 37 inehes.{Illustrated) 430—Pair of Eighteenth Century ^Marble Flowek-holdersOval shape, with incurved sides and plain rim and base. Theside
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