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BRONZES FROM THE MORGAN COLLECTION in MR. FRICK'S LIVING HALL

M.B.19. NEPTUNE AND SEA-MONSTER. BELLANO. Full-length nude, standing on the back of a sea dragon which he holds with a bridle, while the monster, impatient of restraint, tosses its head backwards with wide open jaws. The head of the god, which is massive and powerfully modeled is bent forward looking down. He presses his knee against the monsters head and rests his heel upon its tail, raising his trident aloft as if to urge it forward, the composition is finely conceived and the workmanship is admirable. Spitzer Hainaueer Collections. Plate XVI. H. 13-1/2 inches. L. 11-1/4 inches. Too much. 100,000. One of the best. A beauty. L5000-6000.

M.B.22. MARSYAS. BELLANO. Full-length nude, standing in an attitude which seems to denote consternation and despair, shrinking back as it were in horror from his impending fate. His body is inclined towards the right, the weight thrust upon the right leg, which makes a forward movement as though about to flee: theft foot, in the act of being drawn after the right, rests lightly upon a stone. The head is slightly inclined to the left, the countenance wears a set expression of concentrated anxiety and pain: the arms are bent and the hands drawn up in a somewhat contorted manner as if about to fling away the flute. Probably designed as a pendant to the copy of the classic Marsyas, but treated with much originality and representing a new and dramatic version of the myth. Closely related in style to the Neptune No. 19. Pfungst Collection. Plate XIX. H. 13-3/4 inches. O.K. 35,000 N.G.