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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
right arm to i-eize the neck of his foe. The Centaur,
standing to the left, turns his human body half round
to meet his adversary. A skin is wound about his left
arm by way of shield. An ample chlamys hangs from
the shoulders of the Lapith, and ) e wears boots. His
left arm was drawn back to strike. A hole near the
pit between the collar-bones and another on the lowest
left rib show where a sword-belt has been attached.
Two similar holes are to be seen on the body of the
Centaur. These may have served for the attachment of
a bronze weapon held in the right hind. The head
of the Centaur still existed when Carrey drew this metope,
but had disappeared before the time of Stuart.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 2; Michaelis, pi. 3, iii.; Stcreoscopx, No. 81.
The Centaur is victorious; with both hands raised
above his head, he is about to hurl on his prostrate foe a
large liydria. His equine body is rearing against the
Lapith, who vainly endeavours to defend himself with his
uplifted buckler, while the Centaur strikes at him with
his fore feet. The right forearm of the Lapith, now
wanting, has rested on the ground. A fragment of his
right foot still remaining on the base of the metope below
the left hind leg of the Centaur shows that this leg was
extended nearly at full length, as it is drawn by Carrey.
The heads of both these figures and the right arm of the
Centaur are cast from the originals in the museum at
Copenhagen, which were sent from Athens in 1688 by a
Captain Hartmand, who probably served under Count
Konigsmark in Morosini's army. Eound the head of the
Lapith is a sinking into which a metallic band or wreath
has been fitted. On the ground under the body of the
Lapith are some folds of his chlamys, a fragment of
which may be traced on his left arm. Michaelis adds
to the Centaur's left hind-leg a hoof and lower part of
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
right arm to i-eize the neck of his foe. The Centaur,
standing to the left, turns his human body half round
to meet his adversary. A skin is wound about his left
arm by way of shield. An ample chlamys hangs from
the shoulders of the Lapith, and ) e wears boots. His
left arm was drawn back to strike. A hole near the
pit between the collar-bones and another on the lowest
left rib show where a sword-belt has been attached.
Two similar holes are to be seen on the body of the
Centaur. These may have served for the attachment of
a bronze weapon held in the right hind. The head
of the Centaur still existed when Carrey drew this metope,
but had disappeared before the time of Stuart.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 2; Michaelis, pi. 3, iii.; Stcreoscopx, No. 81.
The Centaur is victorious; with both hands raised
above his head, he is about to hurl on his prostrate foe a
large liydria. His equine body is rearing against the
Lapith, who vainly endeavours to defend himself with his
uplifted buckler, while the Centaur strikes at him with
his fore feet. The right forearm of the Lapith, now
wanting, has rested on the ground. A fragment of his
right foot still remaining on the base of the metope below
the left hind leg of the Centaur shows that this leg was
extended nearly at full length, as it is drawn by Carrey.
The heads of both these figures and the right arm of the
Centaur are cast from the originals in the museum at
Copenhagen, which were sent from Athens in 1688 by a
Captain Hartmand, who probably served under Count
Konigsmark in Morosini's army. Eound the head of the
Lapith is a sinking into which a metallic band or wreath
has been fitted. On the ground under the body of the
Lapith are some folds of his chlamys, a fragment of
which may be traced on his left arm. Michaelis adds
to the Centaur's left hind-leg a hoof and lower part of