His Marmoreal Calm

"The formal perfection and clarity of her prose recall the work of one of her heroes, Edward Gibbon. Yet she contemplated and described in rapid, vivid detail scenes of past and present horror that would have robbed even the unflappable historian of the Roman Empire of
his marmoreal calm."
Anthony Grafton, introduction to The Thirty Years War by C. V. Wedgwood
sleeping-hermapååhrodite

sleeping-hermapååhrodite

sleeping-hermapååhrodite

sleeping-hermapååhrodite

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ilcomendatore: “ Cabeza de David, vaciado en yeso. Pieza recién restaurada en los talleres de restauración de la FAD. ”

ilcomendatore:

Cabeza de David, vaciado en yeso.
Pieza recién restaurada en los talleres de restauración de la FAD.

Chartrousse sculpture Paris Museum Luxembourg Old NPG Stereo Photo circa 1900

Chartrousse sculpture  Paris Museum Luxembourg  Old NPG Stereo Photo circa 1900 

Eugène Aizelin (1821–1902) “Agar et Ismael” Musée du Luxembourg Paris Old NPG Stereo Photo circa 1900

Eugène Aizelin (1821–1902) “Agar et Ismael” Musée du Luxembourg Paris  Old NPG Stereo Photo circa 1900 

Eugène Delaplanche (1836 – 1891) “Vierge au lys” 1878 Paris Museum Luxembourg Old NPG Stereo Photo circa 1900

Eugène Delaplanche (1836 – 1891) “Vierge au lys” 1878  Paris Museum Luxembourg  Old NPG Stereo Photo circa 1900

Tirage en résine patinée pour la galerie des Glaces Versailles

Tirage en résine patinée pour la galerie des Glaces Versailles

Amleto Cataldi (1882-1930) Nude Sotheby’s 19th and 20th Century Sculpture 25 May 2016 detail

Amleto Cataldi (1882-1930) Nude  Sotheby’s 19th and 20th Century Sculpture 25 May 2016  detail

Constant-Ambroise Roux (1865 - 1942) La République 14 mars 1904

Constant-Ambroise Roux (1865 - 1942)  La République 14 mars 1904

Statue de Elisabeth of Austria (”Sissi”) taillée dans le parc Volksgarten de Vienne (Autriche)

Statue de Elisabeth of Austria (”Sissi”) taillée dans le parc Volksgarten de Vienne (Autriche)