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BOY PLUCKING A THORN.
ANTIQUE STATUE, IN BRONZ^.
The attitude of this figure has given it the name by
which it is vulgularly known. The elegance of the
attitudes, the naivete and simplicity of the action,
place it on a rank with the best statues in bronze
which have descended to us.
The head and the hair are wrought with peculiar
care ; the eyes have been formerly incrusted : the
sculptors of antiquity frequently adopted this method
for the head in bronze, and frequently for those in
marble. They frequently placed in a cavity, made
by the artist, precious stones, or leaves of silver.
We cannot pass over in silence the opinion of those
who composed the notices of the antique statues con-
tained in the Napoleon Museum. They imagine that
this statue represents an athletic young man, the fore-
most in running; because, in the public games of
Greece, children, even of tender age, contended with
each other in such courses on foot, and in which the
conquerors were frequently honoured with a statue.
The nudity of this figure appears a sufficient motive
to give probability to this assertion.
This performance in bronze originally belonged to
the Palais des Conservateurs to the capitol. It is not
known where, and at what time, it was discovered.
ANTIQUE STATUE, IN BRONZ^.
The attitude of this figure has given it the name by
which it is vulgularly known. The elegance of the
attitudes, the naivete and simplicity of the action,
place it on a rank with the best statues in bronze
which have descended to us.
The head and the hair are wrought with peculiar
care ; the eyes have been formerly incrusted : the
sculptors of antiquity frequently adopted this method
for the head in bronze, and frequently for those in
marble. They frequently placed in a cavity, made
by the artist, precious stones, or leaves of silver.
We cannot pass over in silence the opinion of those
who composed the notices of the antique statues con-
tained in the Napoleon Museum. They imagine that
this statue represents an athletic young man, the fore-
most in running; because, in the public games of
Greece, children, even of tender age, contended with
each other in such courses on foot, and in which the
conquerors were frequently honoured with a statue.
The nudity of this figure appears a sufficient motive
to give probability to this assertion.
This performance in bronze originally belonged to
the Palais des Conservateurs to the capitol. It is not
known where, and at what time, it was discovered.