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The Roman Court (including the antique sculptures in the nave) erected in the Crystal Palace (1854)

Scharf, George, 1820-1895 · London (Eng.) : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 18

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14 THE ROMAN COURT. works too boldly. The age of Hadrian was notwithstanding a flourish¬ ing period for art. Every possible excellence as regards execution seems to have been revived ; but still the creative power of inven¬ tion was wanting. How superlatively excellent the technical art … theatres. Here were deposited number¬ Colossal statue of Antinous, formerly in the Braschi Palace, less statues, many of them copies or now in the Lateran Museum at recollections of foreign works, mosaics, Rome. See No. 347 of the Cata¬ logue. and costly vases of every description. During his…

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