After Waterloo: Reminiscences Of European Travel 1815-1819, By Major W. E Frye













































































































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The Piazza del Gran Duca is very striking to the eye of the northern
traveller; the statues of the Gods - Page 257
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The Piazza Del Gran Duca Is Very Striking To The Eye Of The Northern Traveller; The Statues Of The Gods In White Marble In The Open Air Would Make Him Fancy Himself In Athens In The Olden Time.

The following statues in bronze and white marble are to be seen on this Piazza.

In bronze are: a statue of Perseus by Cellini; Judith with the head of Holofernes by Donatello; David and Goliath; Samson. In white marble are the following beautiful statues: a group representing Hercules and Cacus; another representing a Roman carrying off a Sabine woman. The Hercules, who is in the act of strangling Cacus, rests on one leg. Nearly in the centre of the Piazza, opposite to the post office and in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, is the principal ornament of the Piazza, which consists of a group representing Neptune in his car or conch (or shell) drawn by sea-horses and accompanied by Tritons. The statue of Neptune is of colossal size, the whole group is in marble and the conch of Egyptian granite. This group forms a fountain. There is likewise on this Piazza an immense equestrian statue in bronze of Cosmo the First by John of Bologna. The Palazzo Vecchio is a large Gothic building by Arnulpho and has a very lofty square tower or campanile.

The Gallery of Florence being so close to my abode demanded next my attention. The building in which this invaluable Museum is preserved forms three sides of a parallelogram, two long ones and one short one, of which the side towards the south of the quai of the Arno is the short one.

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