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°nly by the golden drops that fall from the sky upon her bare body.
Another fresco, in the Casa della Regina Marglierita (fig. 299)1, shows
^anae seated on a couch within her chamber. She has a golden
^let in her hair, a bosom-band round her breast, and wrapped about
, Fig. 299.
r r'ght u
the de s a hmdtion, which she lifts with both hands to catch
bCendinpr ----- c-.-j- 1____-j________,.~„~i.
lng shower. Side by side with her on the same couch
n the RSm. Mitth. 1900 1
' P'- 187 (=my fig. 299)
928 P- 43 (Keg. v. 1. 1).
' E P
p0"1"'1- d. the R5m- Mitth. 1900 xv. 167 f. with fig. 4 (in half-tone), Herrmann
^A-6 Lein-j"1" pl l87 (=my fig. 299), Text p. 2S4 f., cp. A. Mau Fiihrer durch
°nly by the golden drops that fall from the sky upon her bare body.
Another fresco, in the Casa della Regina Marglierita (fig. 299)1, shows
^anae seated on a couch within her chamber. She has a golden
^let in her hair, a bosom-band round her breast, and wrapped about
, Fig. 299.
r r'ght u
the de s a hmdtion, which she lifts with both hands to catch
bCendinpr ----- c-.-j- 1____-j________,.~„~i.
lng shower. Side by side with her on the same couch
n the RSm. Mitth. 1900 1
' P'- 187 (=my fig. 299)
928 P- 43 (Keg. v. 1. 1).
' E P
p0"1"'1- d. the R5m- Mitth. 1900 xv. 167 f. with fig. 4 (in half-tone), Herrmann
^A-6 Lein-j"1" pl l87 (=my fig. 299), Text p. 2S4 f., cp. A. Mau Fiihrer durch