Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

3-4 FLORENCE.
concluded from the Measure of her
Wrist; for from theBigness of any one
Part it is easie to guess at all the rest,
in a Figure of such nice Proportions.
The Softness of the Flefli, the Delica-
cy of the Shape, Air and Posture, and
the Correchids of Design in this Statue
are inexpressible. I have several Rea-
sons to believe that the Name of the
Sculptor' on the Pedestal is not so old
as the Statue. This Figure of Venus
put me in Mind of a Speech flie makes
in one of the Greek Epigrams.
TufivLujaich Jlapu jize tc, Av^’cns ’ AAavir,
Ttss oVa/jiovtss. Fls c/lt ttcGsu-;
Anchifes^ Paris^ and Adonis too
Have seen me naked, and expos’d to
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All these I frankly own without deny-
ing:
But where has this Praxiteles been pry-
ing?-
There is another Venus in the same
Circle, that would make a good Figure
any where else. There are among the old’
2?(W»««Statues several of'Venus in different
Postures and Habits, as there are many
particular Figures of her made after tire
same