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@AncientsHH Let's add some color, courtesy of Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (1814) and https://t.co/Hgk5PY3Sdt.

@Ronnaislloyd Ah, fantastic! I should have realized it was de Quincy. Same guy who did this rather famous etching/watercolor of 'Jupiter Olympius Enthroned' - and from the same book. Many thanks!

@ArtfulArchivist I know the drawing well and have seen it in person. Bescapè was one of Michelangelo's pupils, so he would have seen quite a lot of the master's sketches. But all art students at that time were influenced by the cartoon for da Vinci's Battle of Anghiari. (Rubens' sketch, below)

The 18th c. English artist George Stubbs was a bit obsessed with this theme. He had obviously seen the Roman lion attacking a horse sculpture group. Below, an enamel on copper painting, left, and an oil on canvas painting, right - both in the Tate, London.

@Deshpacito661 @TheAncientWorld No, they were based on tales of nomadic Scythian women of the Steppes. Horse-riding, expert archers, warriors when they needed to be. In the 19th c., European visitors to Africa named the Dahomey women warriors 'Amazons' after the ones from Greek legends.

@claviggi @caputmundiHeidi What I love is that it's so lightly restored (modern restorations below in gray). It was almost entirely whole when discovered. Apparently, Bernini's sword hilt was inspired by the commander's hilt on the Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus (tucked on his left side, below).

@J__Swift @NationalGallery See my comment about the fresco of Hercules and Telephus. The fingers of Bacchus are nearly identical; the face is very similar as well (closeup of Bacchus by @pompei79). Look how differently Ingres painted her in an earlier portrait, without using a classical source, below.

@Ceri_Shields

@DrNWillburger Same energy.

@artcrimeprof Whatever do you mean? 😆