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here combined together; the eye-brows 
announce command ; the eyes are those 
of the queen of Olympus, and the lips of 
the goddess of Pleasure. Golden locks 
curl, like celestial flames, around this 
divine head, and seem to wave accord- 
ing to its motions. At the sight of this 
miracle of art, the spectator forgets 
«very thing about him, and involun- 
tarily assumes a more dignified posi-~ 
tion to contemplate its excellencies. 
His admiration swells to rapture; his 
bosom heaves, and his heart throbs, for 
the figure seems to move, and to com- 
mand reverential homage. 
This statue was probably removed, 
about the ume of Nero, from Delphi to 
Antium, where it was discovered at the 
conclusion of the fifteenth century.— 
Pope Julius 11. who purchased it while 
a cardinal, placed it at the beginning of 
the sixteenth, in the part of the Vati- 
can, called Belvidere, from which it was 
afterwards named. Thence it was taken 
on. the 8th of April, 1797, and sent off 
to France on the 9th of May following, 
with other works of art, which, on their 
arrival at Paris, were escorted in tri- 
umph to the Champ de Mars, The 
Apollo was placed in its present situa- 
tion on the 11th of April, 1800. 
The statue is seven feet in height, in- 
‘eluding three inches of plinth. Its pro- 
portion is exactly eight heads from the 
crown to the plinths, measuring in front, 
upon the white line, to the sole of the 
right foot.. The marble has a nearer re- 
semblance to panthelica, which is ra- 
ther coarse-grained, than to any other 
Species of marble ; it is very much like 
greghetto. It is very fine, and without 
spot in the upper part; but, in the lower 
extremities, there a few spots, in which 
may be perceived calcedony, intertmixed 
with metallic particles, similar to those 
usually met within Luni marble. These 
spots, however, are not very striking, and 
do not produce a disagreeable effect upen 
the eye. 
The statue is wholly antique, excepting 
_, the right fore-arm, and the left wrist; it is 
in perfect preservation, and is still as firm 
and fresh, as when it proceeded from the 
hands of its inimitable sculptor. Ithas no 
cracks, but at the knees, and in the fore- 
arm; the legs only have been multilated, 
especially the right, on which it bears, 
«is this statue was repaired, at a period 
when this kind of operation was not much 
practised, none of the parts supplied was 
in its proper place. They have been 
re-fitted at Paris, with great skill; so that 
the defects, which formerly spoiled the 
State of the Napoleon Museum, at Paris. 
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contours, especially in the legs, are not 
now perceptible. 
It has been a considerable gainer by its 
removal, as itis in a better light than at 
the Vatican; and has been restored, as 
nearly as possible, to its original state. 
It would be easy to finish it in such a 
manner, that it would have no occasion for 
support, and might be turned at pleasure. 
The hall of Apollo, contains also the 
Egyptian Antinous, Trajan, Tiberius, 
Demosthenes, Nero. — - 
Hall of the Muses. —Here are Homer, 
Socrates, Virgil, the Venus of the Capi-~ 
tol, Hippocrates, Euripides. 
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS. 
The stair-case was built during the 
reign of Louis XV. by M. Brebion, the 
architect. It leads to the exhibition- 
room, which communicates on the right 
with the picture-gallery, and on the lefé 
with that of Apollo, 
The exhibition of new paintings of the 
French school, was instituted in 1740; 
it takes place every two years, at the 
end of August. 
The total number of ancient paintings in 
this gallery, amounts to 945. A complete 
catalogue of the Masters of the French, 
Flemish, and Italian schools, by whona 
they were executed, may perhaps prove 
interesting to the English reader. 
French School. 
1, Boullongne; 2 to 8, Bourdon; 9-ta 
22, Lebrun; 23, Chardini; 24, Colom. 
bel; 25 to 27, Courtois le Bourguignon A 
28 to 30, Coypel; 31 to 34, Desportes ; 
35, Dufresnoy; 36 to 88, La Fosse ; 
$9, Gastiels ; 40 to 46, Claude Lorrain; 
47 to 51, La lhre; 52 to 54, Jouvenet ; 
95, Largilliere ; 56, Licherie; 57 to 68, 
Mignard; 61, Le Nain; 62, Parrocel; 
65 to 65 Patel; 66 Pesne; 67 to 83, 
Poussin; 86, Le Prince; 87, Raoux; 
88, Restout; 89. to 91, Rigaud; 92, 
Santerte; 95, Steila ; 94 to 97, Subley- 
ras; 98 to 106, Le Sueur; . 107, Theo- 
Jon; 103, Trox; 109 to 115, Valentin; 
116 to 118, the Vanioos; 119 to 137; 
Vernet; 138, Vignon; 139° to 141, 
Vouet ; 142, Wateau. 
Flemish School. 
160 and 161, Aelst; 162 to 163, Asse- 
lyn; 166, Backer; 167 to 169, Backe 
huisen ; 170 and 171, Bamboche; 172 
to 180, Berghem; 181, Berckheyden ; 
182, Bergen; 183, Bernaert ; 184, 
Blomaert; 185, Bochs; 186 to 187, 
Bol; 188 and 189, Both; 190, Bour- 
dewyns; 191, Brauwer; 192 to 195, 
Breenberg; 196,. Breteienkamp ; 197, 
Paut Bril; 198 and 199, Old Breughel ; 
200, Hellish Breughel; 201 to 211, Vel- 
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