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INOE.
Letter XXVIT.
A kind of sepulchral chamber, of the kind of which Santi
Bartoli has given a specimen in his ' Admiranda,' which is con-
secrated with festive decorations by a beautiful female figure with
a rich and well-arranged drapery. Her head, though very pretty,
appears to be new.
A very rich sarcophagus relief, with a peculiar representation
unknown to me, but referring perhaps to Phaeton. The sun is
seen ; four stately females, and four men, who are occupied with
three horses ; also a richly decorated car. The motives are
animated, the workmanship commonplace ; the preservation ap-
pears good.
Two pediment-shaped reliefs, from the narrow end of a sar-
cophagus, which perhaps belonged to a hunter. In the centre of
the one a shepherd reposing ; on the right a sleeping stag ; on the
left a panther: in the centre of the other a hunter piercing a
wild boar; on the right a dead wild goat. Below these two, and
probably from the long side of the same sarcophagus, but of very
narrow form, a cart drawn by two oxen, in which are all kinds of
wild game, a large net carried by two huntsmen, and a dog, a
huntsman with two spears leading a horse, two huntsmen carrying
a dead wild goat, two others carrying a dead boar suspended by
the two feet to a pole, and a dog. The motives of all these
subjects are very true, animated, and peculiar ; the workmanship,
though decorative, good and conformable to style.
A sea-god, as an architectural ornament; taken quite in front;
the nose is restored; below, a festoon of fruit. The conception is
very energetic and animated ; the admirable decorative workman-
ship may belong to the time of Trajan.
The four large statues, which are so conspicuously displayed,
are not of great importance. The Minerva, and another female
figure of which I know not the meaning, are, at all events, distin-
guished by good drapery. On the other hand, a male statue, erro-
neously called Theseus, is in every respect a feeble production of
late Roman art, while the fourth statue is quite insignificant.
The seventeen busts, some of them of emperors, are of very
common workmanship. Two of them have heads of porphyry, the
busts of coloured marble ; of the latter much appears to be new.
Two other small buildings, of a quadrangular form, are erected
in a small garden. The largest is also adorned with a portico of
four pillars, but without a pediment. Among the sculpture in the
INOE.
Letter XXVIT.
A kind of sepulchral chamber, of the kind of which Santi
Bartoli has given a specimen in his ' Admiranda,' which is con-
secrated with festive decorations by a beautiful female figure with
a rich and well-arranged drapery. Her head, though very pretty,
appears to be new.
A very rich sarcophagus relief, with a peculiar representation
unknown to me, but referring perhaps to Phaeton. The sun is
seen ; four stately females, and four men, who are occupied with
three horses ; also a richly decorated car. The motives are
animated, the workmanship commonplace ; the preservation ap-
pears good.
Two pediment-shaped reliefs, from the narrow end of a sar-
cophagus, which perhaps belonged to a hunter. In the centre of
the one a shepherd reposing ; on the right a sleeping stag ; on the
left a panther: in the centre of the other a hunter piercing a
wild boar; on the right a dead wild goat. Below these two, and
probably from the long side of the same sarcophagus, but of very
narrow form, a cart drawn by two oxen, in which are all kinds of
wild game, a large net carried by two huntsmen, and a dog, a
huntsman with two spears leading a horse, two huntsmen carrying
a dead wild goat, two others carrying a dead boar suspended by
the two feet to a pole, and a dog. The motives of all these
subjects are very true, animated, and peculiar ; the workmanship,
though decorative, good and conformable to style.
A sea-god, as an architectural ornament; taken quite in front;
the nose is restored; below, a festoon of fruit. The conception is
very energetic and animated ; the admirable decorative workman-
ship may belong to the time of Trajan.
The four large statues, which are so conspicuously displayed,
are not of great importance. The Minerva, and another female
figure of which I know not the meaning, are, at all events, distin-
guished by good drapery. On the other hand, a male statue, erro-
neously called Theseus, is in every respect a feeble production of
late Roman art, while the fourth statue is quite insignificant.
The seventeen busts, some of them of emperors, are of very
common workmanship. Two of them have heads of porphyry, the
busts of coloured marble ; of the latter much appears to be new.
Two other small buildings, of a quadrangular form, are erected
in a small garden. The largest is also adorned with a portico of
four pillars, but without a pediment. Among the sculpture in the