GALLERIA DELLE STATUE 85 No. 265 takes us back to the fifth century. The figure is a copy of one of those four statues of Amazons already mentioned on p. 14 (fig. 43). The proper restoration of the figure is shown in the gem reproduced here (fig. 44) ; the maiden … Fig. 45. — Statue of a “ Suppliant (Palazzo Barberini). is grasping a spear, in a peculiarly constrained attitude, with both hands. While her right hand clasps it firmly, the left hangs but loosely down upon it. Striking also is the position of the feet, upon the left of which we observe the strap…
Art museums
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
