94 CHARACTER OP FEMALE STATUES 



mufes, there are but few which deferve to he celebrated 

 as ttatues of the antients, under thefe adfcriptitious 

 properties. 



Yet among them there are fome which mull be held 

 remarkable above others, as well on account of the in- 

 trinlic fuperiority of the workmanfhip as the authenti- 

 city of their attributes, to all lovers of the remains of 

 the antient artitts. For example, there is a Diana Ve- 

 natrix, with beautiful drapery, at Florence ; but the 

 moffc beautiful is at Rome in the villa Pamfili. She 

 appears in a fhort veftment in the galeria Giuftiniana ; 

 again with flowing robes at Rome in the Campidoglio. 

 But the fo very famous Diana at Verfailles, deferves no 

 notice here, on account of its numerous and various 

 restorations. The fame mutt be faid, alas, of the 

 beautiful Diana Lucifera which is admired in the col- 

 lection of the Campidoglio. She has a veil on her 

 head, blown out behind by the wind. It is much to 

 be lamented that we do not know of what antiquity it 

 is. The torch at leaft is modern. The Ceres has 

 ufually a beautiful face, fomewhat long. Her attributes 

 are ears of corn, poppy-heads, and horns of plenty. 

 But, as thefe attributes on the head, and in the hands, 

 are generally found to be partly modern, not much is 

 to be concluded from them. Her cloathing, attitude, 

 and attributes on coins render her not ealily diftin- 

 guilhable from the Spes, Abundantia, and Fortuna. 

 It was, moreover, a character under which the em- 

 prefTes were very fond of appearing (of Livia we know 

 it for certain), accordingly it is impoflible to deter- 

 mine whether we fee before us a portrait of fome illuf- 

 trious lady, or the ideal of a divinity. 



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