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216 DESCRIPTION OP THE SCULPTURES
Altogether the aspect of the- figure accords very
well with the description which Mausolus is made
to give of himself in Lucian's Dialogue. " I was,"
he says, addressing Diogenes, " a tall, handsome
man, and formidable in war."0
The female figure which I suppose to have been
a goddess acting as charioteer, has lost the head;
over the back of which has been drawn a large
shawl or peplos. This garment is wound round the
body in rich folds, and gathered in beneath the left
arm. Under it is a talaric chiton, having sleeves
fastened on the arm with studs. The mantle has
been drawn Over the back of the head. Both the
arms of this statue are broken off below the elbow;
but it is evident, from their action, that the hands
were advanced in front of the body, and their position
corresponds sufficiently with that of a figure holding
reins. The fullness of the form, and the slight
droop given to the bosom, indicate mature age. In
this statue and that of Mausolus, great skill has
been shown in the treatment of the drapery, in
which a general breadth and grandeur of effect is
combined with an extraordinary refinement and
delicacy in execution. Each fold is traced home to
its origin, and wrought to its full depth; a master
hand has passed over the whole surface, leaving no
sign of that slurred and careless treatment which
characterizes the specious and meretricious art of
a later period. One foot of this statue has been
preserved, and is an exquisite specimen of sculpture,
the more precious because we possess so few ex-
c Lueiafi, Infer. Dialog, xxiv.
Altogether the aspect of the- figure accords very
well with the description which Mausolus is made
to give of himself in Lucian's Dialogue. " I was,"
he says, addressing Diogenes, " a tall, handsome
man, and formidable in war."0
The female figure which I suppose to have been
a goddess acting as charioteer, has lost the head;
over the back of which has been drawn a large
shawl or peplos. This garment is wound round the
body in rich folds, and gathered in beneath the left
arm. Under it is a talaric chiton, having sleeves
fastened on the arm with studs. The mantle has
been drawn Over the back of the head. Both the
arms of this statue are broken off below the elbow;
but it is evident, from their action, that the hands
were advanced in front of the body, and their position
corresponds sufficiently with that of a figure holding
reins. The fullness of the form, and the slight
droop given to the bosom, indicate mature age. In
this statue and that of Mausolus, great skill has
been shown in the treatment of the drapery, in
which a general breadth and grandeur of effect is
combined with an extraordinary refinement and
delicacy in execution. Each fold is traced home to
its origin, and wrought to its full depth; a master
hand has passed over the whole surface, leaving no
sign of that slurred and careless treatment which
characterizes the specious and meretricious art of
a later period. One foot of this statue has been
preserved, and is an exquisite specimen of sculpture,
the more precious because we possess so few ex-
c Lueiafi, Infer. Dialog, xxiv.