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Handbook of the classical collection (1917)

Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art · leaf 248

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210 CENTRAL HALL grasped an offering, while the other was lowered to hold a fold of the drapery. In spite of the mutilated condition of the statue we can still appreciate, especially on the back, the fine understanding which the artist showed in the ren- dering of his drapery. The treatment of the… … FIG. 126. GRAVESTONE chiton, which is girt at END OF V CENTURY B.C. the waist aud pulled out at the sides. The skirt part is not allowed to hang freely, but is drawn tight with a fold of drapery tucked through the belt. In the rendering of the body beneath the drapery this statue does not show the…

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