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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
This figure has been long and deservedly celebrated for
the perfection of its anatomy. In the front of the body,
the flexibility of the abdominal nruscles is finely contrasted
with the strong framework of the ribs. The supple elastic
character of the skin is here rendered with the same
mastery as in the horse's head of the eastern pediment.
At the back some of the surface has retained its original
polish. In the undulating lines of the drapery, the
sculptor has succeeded in suggesting the idea of flowing
water without having recourse to direct or conventional
imitation. The ground on which the figure reclines is a
rock. The left hand rested on the bed of the pediment.
A drawing by Pars taken during his visit to Athens in
1765—66 (engraved Stuart, ii., chap. I., pi. shows part
of the right forearm not shown in Carre3T's drawing, and
the outline of the four fingers of the left hand overlapping
the edge of the pediment. A small attribute, probably of
marble, was attached to the floor of the pediment in front
of the figure.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pis. 13, 14; Mansell, 700 ; Baumeister, Denkmaeler,
p. 1181, fig. 1371 ; Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 1 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plast.,
3rd ed., I., p. 310, fig. 64 ; Murray, II., pi. 8 ; Mitchell, Selections,
pi. 4; Waldstein, Essa;/s, pi. 3; Stereoscopic, No. 110; Sauer,
Athenische Mittiieilun<jen, XVI., p. 79.
304 A*. Between A and the two next figures (B, C) a space
is shown in Dalton's drawing sufficient for a crouching
figure, though no vestige of such a figure is indicated by
Carrey. Traces also remain on the floor of the pediment
(Sauer, Athenische Mittlieilungen, xvi., p. 78). This gap
may have been filled by a crouching Water Nymph, asso-
ciated with the Biver-god. Brunn suggests a tributary of
the Eleusinian Kephissos.
304 B. Cecrops and Bandrosos (cast).—This group still re-
C. mains in the pediment at Athens, though much injured
by exposure to the weather. It consists of a male-figure,
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
This figure has been long and deservedly celebrated for
the perfection of its anatomy. In the front of the body,
the flexibility of the abdominal nruscles is finely contrasted
with the strong framework of the ribs. The supple elastic
character of the skin is here rendered with the same
mastery as in the horse's head of the eastern pediment.
At the back some of the surface has retained its original
polish. In the undulating lines of the drapery, the
sculptor has succeeded in suggesting the idea of flowing
water without having recourse to direct or conventional
imitation. The ground on which the figure reclines is a
rock. The left hand rested on the bed of the pediment.
A drawing by Pars taken during his visit to Athens in
1765—66 (engraved Stuart, ii., chap. I., pi. shows part
of the right forearm not shown in Carre3T's drawing, and
the outline of the four fingers of the left hand overlapping
the edge of the pediment. A small attribute, probably of
marble, was attached to the floor of the pediment in front
of the figure.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pis. 13, 14; Mansell, 700 ; Baumeister, Denkmaeler,
p. 1181, fig. 1371 ; Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 1 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plast.,
3rd ed., I., p. 310, fig. 64 ; Murray, II., pi. 8 ; Mitchell, Selections,
pi. 4; Waldstein, Essa;/s, pi. 3; Stereoscopic, No. 110; Sauer,
Athenische Mittiieilun<jen, XVI., p. 79.
304 A*. Between A and the two next figures (B, C) a space
is shown in Dalton's drawing sufficient for a crouching
figure, though no vestige of such a figure is indicated by
Carrey. Traces also remain on the floor of the pediment
(Sauer, Athenische Mittlieilungen, xvi., p. 78). This gap
may have been filled by a crouching Water Nymph, asso-
ciated with the Biver-god. Brunn suggests a tributary of
the Eleusinian Kephissos.
304 B. Cecrops and Bandrosos (cast).—This group still re-
C. mains in the pediment at Athens, though much injured
by exposure to the weather. It consists of a male-figure,