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 Roman Sculpture. 211 Huntress, or Diana with the Stag (Fig. 88), in the Louvre, the best existing representation of the fair-limbed goddess ; and above all, the Torso of the Belvedere in the Vatican, the remains of a white 1 marble statue of Hercules in repose, so remarkable for its combination of energy, grace, strength, and pliability, that it is" said to have been studied from by Michelangelo. The Venus de' Medici (Fig. 83) in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, — found in the sixteenth century in the villa of Hadrian, near Tivoli, and bearing on its base the name of Cleomenes son of Apollodorus of Athens, — is supposed to be an original work of the late Attic school. Roman sculpture, properly so called, may be divided into three periods : from the conquest of Greece to the time of Augustus (146 B.C. to 14 a.d.) ; from Augustus to Hadrian (14 — 138 a.d.) ; from Hadrian to the decline of the Roman Empire. First Period, 146 B.c. to 14 a.d. Following the brilliant Attic school mentioned above, a Roman school rose into importance, the productions of which were chiefly iconic or portrait statues, and reliefs representing historical events. These iconic statues are many of them spirited and masterly likenesses, in which the personal appearance and dress of the person depicted are most faithfully rendered. A second class of statues, called Achillean statues, aimed at combining in one form the characteristics of an emperor and a god. Of these statues, one of Pompey in the Spada Palace, Rome ; one of Csesar, wearing the toga, in the Berlin Museum ; and p 2