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and thus to have suspended the elegant little
garment on the hack without hiding, as in the
Belvedere Apollo, any portion of the arms and
breast of the statue. The height of the entire
figure must have been as nearly eight feet as
possible.

Although the Western Pediment be much
more dilapidated than the Eastern, it pos-
sesses the superior advantage of having pre-
served the unquestionable remains of two of its
principal figures—of those, which, from their
proportions, must have occupied the centre of
the composition, with but little space between.
Minero. The first of these two fragments is a female
bust, if such it may be called, without the
head; together with it is delineated in the
plate the upper half of a face or mask, which
offers the strongest proofs of having formerly
belonged to the same statue. The homoge-
neous appearance of these disconnected parts
removes every doubt with regard to the style
and title of the owner. There is no distinct
and peculiar attribute in the whole collection,
but the one which we find on this colossal
form. The broad sinuated belt which passes