WHENCE THE ART OF ROME? 279 



Palaces, like wings to the Capitol, have been made 

 receptacles of art treasures, exhumed within the walls 

 of Rome or brought from villas outside the city. 

 Among the thousands of priceless pieces of sculpture 

 are a few famous specimens. Among the gods and 

 demi-gods are heroic figures of Vulcan and three Cy- 

 clopes forging the Shield of Achilles. On the left of 

 this group stands stately Minerva with the olive tree, 

 aegis, and owl ; arid to her left is placed proud Juno 

 with an oak tree, on which is perched a peacock, 

 sacred to the goddess. Close by is the Infant Hercules 

 with the lion's skin, club, and quiver, his left hand 

 holding the apples of Hesperides. In a corridor are 

 fragments of a colossal figure of Jupiter Tonans; 

 the face "the front of Jove" exhibits figures that 

 plainly suggest the wisdom and royal qualities of the 

 ancient Thunderer. 



In the Bronze room is a pleasing statue of a boy 

 in the act of removing a thorn from his foot, and by 

 a window is the Capitoline Wolf with the sucklings, 

 Romulus and Remus. 



In the Picture Gallery are some modern and me- 

 diaeval paintings of great merit. The subjects are 

 mostly Biblical ; and among the artists are the names 

 Raphael, Rubens, Tintoretto, Paul Veronese, Guido, 

 and Bellini. 



In one of the first rooms of the Capitoline 

 Museum, is "the Dying Gladiator," a well known 

 work of plastic art. It was unearthed three centuries 

 ago, and long preserved in the Villa Ludovisi. It is 

 Roman in conception, yet presumed to have been 

 executed by a Greek sculptor. A broken defect in 

 the arm and base was mended by Michael Angelo. 

 In another room is an exquisite statue by Praxiteles, 



