Samuel wagstaff jr american 1921 1987 sold to the j.
Marble faun of praxiteles.
The portraiture is perfect in character sentiment and feature.
Paul getty museum 1984.
If it were a picture the resemblance might be half illusive and imaginary.
The faun of praxiteles is in the collection of the capitoline museum in rome.
The beale connection became a sort of.
Is it not true hilda.
The essence of all these was compressed long ago and still exists within that discolored marble surface of the faun of praxiteles.
The romance mixes elements of a fable pastoral gothic novel and travel guide.
A marble statue of a young man leaning against a tree stump.
The marble faun is a gothic romance concerning three young americans and one young italian count who meet in rome.
Writing on the eve of the american civil war hawthorne set his story in a fantastical italy.
Our friend donatello is the very faun of praxiteles.
The novel s central metaphor is a statue of a faun by praxiteles that hawthorne had seen in rome.
The book features picturesque descriptions of historic art and architecture in rome as a backdrop to a tale of mystery murder and romance.
But here in this pentelic marble it is a substantial fact and may be tested by absolute touch and measurement.
The portraiture is perfect in character sentiment and feature.
Capitoline faun 19th century italian bronze statue benedetto boschetti 28 1 2 inches 72 4 cm high on 7 inches 17 7 cm high marble base.
In the faun s fusing of animal and human characteristics hawthorne found an.
Or the romance of monte beni novel by nathaniel hawthorne published in 1860 it is one of the works hawthorne called romances unrealistic stories in exotic settings.
And after all the idea may have been no dream but rather a poet s reminiscence of a period when man s affinity with nature was more strict and his fellowship with every living thing more intimate and dear.
Our friend donatello is the very faun of praxiteles.
Or the romance of monte beni also known by the british title transformation was the last of the four major romances by nathaniel hawthorne and was published in 1860.
If it were a picture the resemblance might be half illusive and imaginary.
The marble faun written on the eve of the american civil war is set in a fantastical italy the romance mixes elements of a fable pastoral gothic novel and travel guide.
The marble faun in full the marble faun.
But here in this pentelic marble it is a substantial fact and may be tested by absolute touch and measurement.
Little edie answering the door said oh my god the marble faun has arrived referring to the statue by praxiteles in nathaniel hawthorne s novel.