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Identifier: antiquitsherculan07davi (find matches)
Title: Les antiquités d'Herculanum : avec leurs explications en françois
Year: 1780 (1780s)
Authors: David, François-Anne, 1741-1824 Maréchal, Sylvain, 1750-1803
Subjects: Art, Roman -- Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city) Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works
Publisher: A Paris : Chez David, graveur ...
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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tempéramment fain & vigoureux à ceux qui sen tiennentà fon régime; ceft-à-dire, également éloignés des excès con-traires. Les Anciens avoient la prétention de drefTer des Athlè-tes; les Modernes fe bornent à être des enfans aimables : laNature ne veut que des hommes. Flanchî XCIV. La beauté du travail de cette Statue, trouvée à Portici, luidonne un grand prix ; mais cette figure feroit bien plus pré-cieufe encore , fi nous pouvions affirmer quelle repréfente 5e-leucus , lun des comp.ignons & des fuccefleurs dAlexandre.Le diadème & les deux petites cornes de Taureau qui le par-ticularifent, femblent autorifer notre conjefture. Le Rocherne forme quune feule pièce avec le Héros qui tient fon piedlevé deffus. LHiftoire peint Seleucus Nicator commj un hommegrand , bien fait, & dune force plus quordinaire : car on ditque feul il ramena aux Autels un Taureau fauvage qui sétoitéchappé dentre les mains des Sacrificateurs ; ôi. ceft fans doute «n yy.
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JoniAir. . ( 40 en mémoire de cette aâlon déclat que les Athéniens, au rap-port de Paufanias, Llv. i6. lui élevèrent une ftatue de bronze ,dont la tête étoit ornée de deux cornes de Taureau. On voitaufîi ce même attribut fur les médailles de ce Prince qui nousfont parvenues. Mais on pourroit nous objefter que , fi lintention de lAr-tifte élit été de repréfenter Seleucus, il neût pas manqué defigurer fur fa cuiffe lancre , marque diftindive quil apporta ,dit-on, en naiflant, daprès un fonge de Laodice, fa mère,femme dAntiochus, Capitaine de Philippe. FoyeiJwûm, XV. 4, On pourroit répondre que ce fait nétoit pas affez prouvépour mériter lattention de lArtifte. Appien rapporte un trait de la Vie de Seleucus, quil eftbon de rapprocher de notre bronze. Ce Prince , fe prome-nant dans les environs de Babilone , fe heurta contre un ro-cher , dans le creux duquel fe tmuva un ancre : fenfible à cepréfcnt de la Fortune, le Roi de Syrie prit lancre pour cachet,lequel fc

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  • bookid:antiquitsherculan07davi
  • bookyear:1780
  • bookdecade:1780
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:David__Fran__ois_Anne__1741_1824
  • bookauthor:Mar__chal__Sylvain__1750_1803
  • booksubject:Art__Roman____Italy_Herculaneum__Extinct_city_
  • booksubject:Herculaneum__Extinct_city_____Pictorial_works
  • bookpublisher:A_Paris___Chez_David__graveur____
  • bookcontributor:Getty_Research_Institute
  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:158
  • bookcollection:getty
  • bookcollection:americana
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