EditorialVictorious athlete. From an antique torso, Roman, 1st CE, Pacetti, restorer of the Borghese Collection, formed a companion piece to the " athlete with the oil-jug", (10-04-05 / 37), adding legs, palm branch and part of the head. H: 148 cm Ma 375.
EditorialDesign for Mantelpiece Decoration, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, The left half of the fireplace and of the frieze are shown. A single molding forms the frame. The frieze is ...
EditorialThe goddess Ceres. Roman statue of a goddess, Imperial period. Pacetti, restorer of the Borghese Collection, made her a Ceres, goddess of agriculture, by adding the sheaf of wheat, poppy and torch. The antique Roman head was also added. Marble, H: 2,40...
EditorialUffizio della Settimana Santa: colle rubriche volgari, argomenti de' Salmi, spiegazione delle cerimonie e misterj, con osservazioni, e riflessioni divote dell'abate Alessandro Mazzinelli.
EditorialAthlete pouring oil from a jug. In 1780, the sculptor Vincenzo Pacetti restored and completed this Roman copy of a Greek original, adding the right arm and the oil-jug, the left leg, the neck and the head of another antique statue. Borghese Coll., marb...