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PRAXITELES.
Thonvaldsen, who places cymbals in his hand, whereas he was no
doubt really playing on the double flute. The effect of this fine
statue is rendered in the highest degree comic as well as pleasing,
by an affectation of dignity and solemnity, which is an utter failure,
and contrasts mostabsurdly with his ridiculous figure and faqe; the Faun
treading tlie Scabellum, in the Tribune at Florence, which is remarkable
for the anatomical knowledge and technical skill evinced in the action
of the raised foot on the high wooden shoe (Kpovire^a, KpoviraXa—
scrupeda, scabellum) with which he is beating time ; the Faun of red
marble (rosso antico) in the Capitol (fig. 194), found with other
statues of coloured stone in Hadrian's Villa. Some thirty other
Fauns may be seen in Rome.
PRAXITELES.
Thonvaldsen, who places cymbals in his hand, whereas he was no
doubt really playing on the double flute. The effect of this fine
statue is rendered in the highest degree comic as well as pleasing,
by an affectation of dignity and solemnity, which is an utter failure,
and contrasts mostabsurdly with his ridiculous figure and faqe; the Faun
treading tlie Scabellum, in the Tribune at Florence, which is remarkable
for the anatomical knowledge and technical skill evinced in the action
of the raised foot on the high wooden shoe (Kpovire^a, KpoviraXa—
scrupeda, scabellum) with which he is beating time ; the Faun of red
marble (rosso antico) in the Capitol (fig. 194), found with other
statues of coloured stone in Hadrian's Villa. Some thirty other
Fauns may be seen in Rome.