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 and Eighteenth Centuries. 269 possession of the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth ; the statue of Paris, at Munich; Venus leaving the Bath, in the Pitti Palace ; Hebe, one of Canova's most beautiful works, in the possession of the Albrizzi family of Venice ; Psyche, another very favourite work, in the possession of Mr. Blundell ; Mars and Venus, in Buckingham Palace ; the Magdalene, one of Canova's most admired works, full of pathetic beauty, the property of Count Somariva ; the famous Perseus, conqueror of the Gorgon, in the Vatican ; the head of the colossal statue of Pope Clement XIII. in St. Peter's, Rome, an extremely good portrait, finely executed ; and lastly, the Sleeping Lion from the tomb of the same pope, considered the grandest work ever produced by Canova. Of the groups, etc., of which we have no casts, we must name the Daedalus and Icarus at Venice, one of Canova's earliest works ; the tomb of Maria Christina of Austria, at Vienna, a very beautiful composition, in which the figures are admirably grouped : the Theseus, conqueror of the Centaur (Fig. 112;, in the Volks-garten at Vienna, in which the most thorough knowledge of anatomy is displayed, and strength in action admirably rendered ; and the Zephyrus carrying away Psyche, in the Louvre. Several of his best works, including a colossal bust of Napoleon, are at Chatsworth. In France, in the middle of the seventeenth century, we find a remarkable artist rising into notice. Pierre Puget (1622 — 1694), who was a proficient alike in architecture, painting, and sculpture, has been called the Rubens of sculpture, and the French Michelangelo. Unfortunately, however, his education was deficient, and his works, though