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2. 65,000 M.B.15. MARSYAS. A. POLLAIUOLO. Full-length standing nude. The right arm with elbow bent and fingers curled inwards, the left arm raised beating the air. Grief mingled with rage is depicted on the countenance and the whole attitude is one of impotent despair. The moment chosen seems to be that immediately succeeding the defeat of Marsyas by Apollo. Plate XII. H. 21 inches. OK 30,000 Fair. Hardly worthy of this collection.

M.B.17. HERCULES. (Verroccio?) Full-length nude, his left foot supported upon a stone, the knee is bent, and the left rests upon part of the body rigid: the head seen in profile, is turned stiffly to the right. The lion's skin falls from the shoulder and covers the right arm: the hand grasps the end of the long club, the top of which rests upon the ground. Pfungst Collection. H. 10 inches. Plate XIV. 20,000 Pollaimolo Very fine and rare. 15th century.

M.B.18. DAVID. BARTOLOMEO BELLANO. Paduan School. Born about 1430 at Padua, where he died in 1498. Full-length standing figure of a youth, with long hair, wearing a short tunic confined at the waist with a girdle, a sling across his shoulder. He looks down at the head of Goliath which lies at his feet and grasps the hilt of his sword, the point of which rests upon the giant's head. Pfungst Collection. Plate XV. H. 9-7/8 inches. Fine 15,000

M.B.29. SUSANNA. Riccio, Andrea Briosco called Il Riccio. Paduan School. Born 1470 at Padua where he died in 1562. Nude female figure having just emerged from the bath. She turns to flee, an expression of consternation on her face, her lips parted to emit a cry of outraged horror. Her hair is parted in the centre: a cluster of curled lies on the forehead and a low coil on the nape of the neck. H. 10 3/4 inches. Collection of Cute J. de Bryas. Plate XXIII.30,000 Fine but should not be considered. It has been repeated too often. 160,000