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PLATE XI.
of looking up affectionately at his master, to whom he is offering-
grapes. The skill of the sculptor has blended together the animal
and vegetable forms with so much ingenuity, that it is difficult to
decide either where the one begins, or the other terminates. At
the feet of Ampelus, or rather at the root of the vine, is a panther
apparently intent upon stealing the grapes, the flavour of which he
is already tasting. Hound his neck is a collar formed of the leaves
and fruit of the ivy: a small lizard is running up the stem of the
vine.
This very beautiful and interesting group, of which we believe
not any duplicate has ever been discovered, was found in the year
1772, near La Storta, about eight miles from Rome, in the road
leading to Florence. The whole of the right arm of Bacchus is
modern.
Height, including the plinth, 4 feet lOf- inches ; the height of the
plinth is 3f inches.
of looking up affectionately at his master, to whom he is offering-
grapes. The skill of the sculptor has blended together the animal
and vegetable forms with so much ingenuity, that it is difficult to
decide either where the one begins, or the other terminates. At
the feet of Ampelus, or rather at the root of the vine, is a panther
apparently intent upon stealing the grapes, the flavour of which he
is already tasting. Hound his neck is a collar formed of the leaves
and fruit of the ivy: a small lizard is running up the stem of the
vine.
This very beautiful and interesting group, of which we believe
not any duplicate has ever been discovered, was found in the year
1772, near La Storta, about eight miles from Rome, in the road
leading to Florence. The whole of the right arm of Bacchus is
modern.
Height, including the plinth, 4 feet lOf- inches ; the height of the
plinth is 3f inches.