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tion and action of his right arm, but another near the remaining
fore-foot of the Centaur is not so easily accounted for. There are
two holes upon the left arm of the Greek, which have probably
contained plugs to fasten some metallic ornament, perhaps drapery;
for over that part of the arm the end of his flowing mantle must
probably have hung, and the workmanship of the part, which would
in that case have been covered, is less finished than the rest of the
Metope; it is, however, not very probable that one portion of the
drapery would have been composed of metal, while the other part
was marble. There is a similar hole upon the flank of the horse,
the object of which it is still more difficult to explain ; instances do
occur, but seldom in well understood figures, where a long weapon
appears thrown very far back to give apparent, not real, energy to a
meditated blow, and a plug might have been inserted in this place
to support the end of such an instrument, if it were made of metal;
and Visconti seems to be of opinion that the Centaur here was
armed with a club, if we are correct in supposing that his No. I.
refers to this Metope, PI. V. Or, if the drapery of the Centaur
had been constructed of such material, support might have been,
not improbably, given to it in that place. All however, is conjec-
ture ; and there is no sufficient ground for coming to a satisfactory
conclusion.
This Metope, which does not appear to have suffered any mate-
rial injury since the time of Carrey's drawings, was the twenty-sixth
on the south side of the Temple, and is engraved in Stuart, Vol. II.
Chap. I. PI. xn. Burrow, Vol. I. Metope xiv. Bronstedt, Liv. II.
PI. lvii. No. 26.
tion and action of his right arm, but another near the remaining
fore-foot of the Centaur is not so easily accounted for. There are
two holes upon the left arm of the Greek, which have probably
contained plugs to fasten some metallic ornament, perhaps drapery;
for over that part of the arm the end of his flowing mantle must
probably have hung, and the workmanship of the part, which would
in that case have been covered, is less finished than the rest of the
Metope; it is, however, not very probable that one portion of the
drapery would have been composed of metal, while the other part
was marble. There is a similar hole upon the flank of the horse,
the object of which it is still more difficult to explain ; instances do
occur, but seldom in well understood figures, where a long weapon
appears thrown very far back to give apparent, not real, energy to a
meditated blow, and a plug might have been inserted in this place
to support the end of such an instrument, if it were made of metal;
and Visconti seems to be of opinion that the Centaur here was
armed with a club, if we are correct in supposing that his No. I.
refers to this Metope, PI. V. Or, if the drapery of the Centaur
had been constructed of such material, support might have been,
not improbably, given to it in that place. All however, is conjec-
ture ; and there is no sufficient ground for coming to a satisfactory
conclusion.
This Metope, which does not appear to have suffered any mate-
rial injury since the time of Carrey's drawings, was the twenty-sixth
on the south side of the Temple, and is engraved in Stuart, Vol. II.
Chap. I. PI. xn. Burrow, Vol. I. Metope xiv. Bronstedt, Liv. II.
PI. lvii. No. 26.