Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1832)

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No. 21, in the same chamber, is a beau-
tiful female, or Diana, descending from
heaven, clad in a purple garment, to a young
hunter, who sits on a rock, with his spears
in his hand, in an attitude of repose, from
which he is just awakened : two graceful
nymphs stand in the back-ground, and a
dog seems to acknowledge, with fear, the
presence of the goddess.

To the right of the entrance to this
peristyle, No. 16, is a figure of Fortune,
in the centre of the red panel. She holds
the rudder in one hand, and the horn of
abundance in the other. Her inner vest is
yellow, and her outer robe of a light-blue
tint.

No. 15 is so graceful a figure of the
young Bacchus, that nothing, except the
already frequent representations of that di-
vinity in this work, has prevented it from
becoming the subject of a plate. He is
crowned with a luxuriant garland, and the
long rod in his hand is surmounted by the
foliage of the vine : with the other hand, he
extends his inverted cup to a boy remark-
able for the row of points or Vandykes

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