ano 
~ Parthenon at Athens, and Glycon, in the - 
* Farnese Hercules, must have had in view 
- the Hercules of Lysippus. “M. Canova 
~has made some happy improvements 
‘upon the attitude of the Agrippina: he 
Jas placed the ‘figure upon a higher seat, 
which gives more dignity to the ‘subjec ts: 
“and he has added the footstool, which 
we observe in Roman statues as placed 
“under the feet ef august personages, 
“The draperies are in the. heroic cos- 
tume, bat so slalfully executed as to re- 
sembie that of modern days: ‘they excel 
whatever we have seen of the same sta. 
“tuary in the same department of his art: 
The Emperor bas presented the city 
-of Paa witl bis bust in bronze, executed 
from the model of M. Coacper. 
The grand Bas-relief which adorns the 
‘pediment of the Colonnade of the Louvre, 
has been recently exposed to view. tis 
described as being the most magnificent 
ieee of madern sculpture to be seen, 
tis seventy-four feet long, by fourteen 
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‘broad, without including the cornices. Tt 
represents the Muses celebrating the 
glory of the hero Napoleon, as protector 
ot the arts, and to whom France is in- 
debted.for the finishing of the Louvre, so 
vainly wished for by the nation, and by 
ten sovereigns for nearly three centuries, 
The colussal bust of the Emperor occu- 
pies the upper part of the pediment. It 
resis upon a pedestal, at the foot of 
‘which ys seated the figure of Victory, 
holdiug palma branches and crowns of 
laurel. On each hand are the Muses di- 
vided into two groupes. Minerva invites 
them to celebrate’ this new claim to glory 
in favour of the’ Einperor, ‘They are 
ninefeet anda half high each. 
ITALY. 
A magnificent botanic garden has been 
lately laid out for the school of botany at” 
Naples. It adjoins the Royal Uospital 
for the Poor, and is situated vpon the 
slope of the mountaim of Sainte Marie des 
Anges, 
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