ESTABLISHED 185 Brief Sketches of the Antiques, TO WHICH IS ADDED A CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST OF REPRODUCTIONS OF H.TIQUE. GRECIAIf, i pan MEDIAEVAL RELIGIOUS i PLASTER OF °ARIS ST/TUES, STATUETTES, BUSTS, Etc., Etc. t i By R. CASTELVECCH I, if No. 139 GRAND STREET, NEW YORK SSSfl REFERENCES: ART STUDENT'S LEAGUE, NEW YORK. NAT. ACADEMY OF DESIGN, NEW YORK YALE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, NEW HAVEN, CONN. COOPER'S INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK. SMITH COLLEGF, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED 1857. Brief Sketches of the Antiques, TO WHICH IS ADDED A CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST OF REPRODUCTIONS OF PAN, MEDIEVAL AND RELIGIOUS _jsES LASTED OF PAF^IS STATUES, STATUETTES, BUSTS, Etc., Etc. By R. CASTELVECCH I, No. 139 GRAND STREET, NEW YORK MYTHOLOGY. tT is observable that in all ages and countries, the several nations of the world, however different in their characters, institutions and manners, have always united in one essential point— the innate opinion of a worship and adoration due to a Supreme Being. Into whatever region we cast our eyes, we find priests, altars, sacrifices, festivals, religious rites, temples or places consecrated to religious worship. In every race of people we may discover a reverence for the Divinity, and homage and worship rendered to Him, and an undisguised prolession of an entire dependence on Him in all their undertakings, and occasions of need, adversity, or danger. But mere human reason is utterly unable to attain to any certain knowledge of the will, law, or attributes of the Supreme Being. For this a Divine revelation is necessary, and such a revelation only the Jews and Christians have ever possessed. The ideas of the ancients, respecting the nature and worship of God, were, therefore, dark, confused and very imperfect. Their whole religious belief flowing through the certain channel of tradition, and with such embel- lishments as poetic genius could invent, became more and more corrupt, and the grossest polytheism and idolatry prevailed among all ancient heathen nations. The Greeks and Romans worshipped a multiplicity of gods, celestial, aerial, terres- trial and infernal; but these were generally divided into three classes: celestial, marine, and infernal. All the gods and demi-gods were subject to Jupiter, who was considered the supreme deity of these nations. The mythology of the Greeks and Romans is a very extensive subject, and it is only intended here to give a brief sketch. The celestial deities were Jupiter, Apollo, Mars, Mercury, Bacchus, Vulcan, Juno, Minerva, Venus, Diana, Ceres and Vesta.* The marine deities were Neptune and his wife, Amphitrite; Oceanus and his wife, Tethys; Triton, Proteus, Nereus and his sister and wife, Doris, &c. The infernal deities were Pluto and his wife, Proserpine; Plutus, Charon, the Furies, Fate, the three Judges, Minos, yEacus and Rhadamanthus. The muses were nine in number, viz.: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Thalia, Terpsichore and Urania. Besides these there were rural deities, as' Pan, Sylvanus, Pricipus, Terminus, Vertumnus, and others. There were also the Syrens, the Gorgons, Harpies, Driades, Narades, Nereides, &c. APOLLO-BELVIDERE, Son of Jupiter and Latona, called also Phoebus, is often confounded with the sun. According to Cicero, there were four persons of this name. The first was son of Vulcan, and the tutelary god of the Athenians. The second was son of Corybas, and was born in Crete, for the dominion of which he disputed even with Jupiter himself. The third was son of Jupiter and Latona, and came from the nations of the Hyperboreans to Delphi. The fourth was born in Arcadia, and called Nomion, because he gave laws to the inhabitants. To the son of Jupiter and Latona all the actions of the others seem to have been attributed. The Apollo, son of Vulcan, was the same as the Orus of the Egyptians, and was the most ancient, from whom the actions of the others have been copied. The three others seem to be of Grecian origin. The tradition that the son of Latona was born in the floating island of Delos is taken from the Egyptian Mythology, which asserts that the son of Vulcan, which is supposed to be Orus, was saved by his mother, Isis, from the persecution of Typhon, and entrusted to the care of Latona, who concealed him in the island of Chemmis. When Latona was pregnant by Jupiter, Juno, who was ever jealous of her husband's amours, raised the serpent, Python, to torment Latona, who was refused a place to give birth to her children, till Neptune, moved at the severity of her fate, raised the island of Delos from the bottom of the sea, where Latona brought forth Apollo and Diana. Apollo was the god of the fine arts, of medicine, music, poetry and eloquence, of all which he was deemed the inventor. He was the only one of the gods whose oracles were in general repute over the world. The celebrated statue, pre-eminent for grace and beauty, is represented standing six feet ten inches in height, and nearly nude; his quiver hangs over his right shoulder, a pallium or mantle over the left arm, which is extended, and in the hand are the remains of a bow, from which he watches the flight. It was found towards the close of the fifteenth century, among the ruins of Antium, and it was purchased by Pope Julius the Second, then cardinal, and placed by him, on his elevation as Pontiff, in the Belvidere of the Vatican, whence it takes its name. MINERVA OR ATHENA, Daughter of Jupiter, said to have sprung from his brain completely crowned. She was goddess of wisdom, war and the liberal arts, the guardian and aider of heroes, and presiding goddess of Athens. She is always represented with a helmet, breast-plate and shield; on the latter was a Gorgon's head. DYING GLADIATOR. This statue is generally considered to be the third finest male statue in existence; the beauty of proportion in this statue is peculiarly striking as illustrative of profound anatomical knowledge ; the figure is reclining on an oval buckler, with a knotted cord around the neck, a short sword or dagger, and a broken horn beside him. This beautiful production was found at Porto d'Auger, by Cardinal Allani, about the year 1770, and was entire with the exception of the extremities of the feet. VENUS DE MEDICI, Daughter of Jupiter and Dione, and wife to Vulcan, the goddess of love and beauty, queen of laughter, and mistress of the graces and pleasures. Venus is supposed to have sprung from the foam of the sea, near the Island of Cyprus. The Venus de Medici, a woman rather than a goddess, embodying every human conception of the graceful, the beautiful and the chaste. The inscription upon the base describes the statue to Cleomenes, the son of Apollo- dorus at Athens. When found it was unquestionably broken into eleven pieces, the right arm and the lower part of the left arm are confessedly modern. The height of the statue is five feet one inch, and stands resting upon the left leg, which is strengthened by a dolphin, with its head downwards, upon which are sitting two little cupids, designated by antiquaries as Eros and Anteos. GROUP OF THE LAOCOON, Representing the father and his two sons struggling in the folds of the serpents, the group exactly described by Virgil. Laocoon, a priest of Apollo, was commissioned by the Trojans to offer a bullock to Neptune, in order to render him propitious. During the sacrifice two enormous serpents issued from the sea and attacked the two sons of the priest, who stood nearest the altar. The father immediately attempted to defend his children; but the serpents falling upon him, crushed him in their complicated folds, and he died in the greatest agonies. The composition of this group, the skilful contrast of the attitudes, the boldness and truth of outlines,* the perfection of the figure of the father, the emotion of one ol the sons and the dejection of the other — all these collective excellencies constitute this admirable group a masterpiece of art. It was found at the baths of Titus, at the commencement of the sixteenth century. GERMANIC US OF THE LOUVRE, Is represented standing erect, listening to the sound of a shell which he is holding in his right hand, and on the pedestal of which, immediately under the falling folds of the drapery, is a tortoise. As this animal was sacred to Mercury, the god of eloquence, Visconti conjectures that the statue may represent some distinguished Roman orator. A Greek inscription declares it to be the work of Cleomens, the son of Cleomens the Athenian, a name distinguished among those who illustrated Greece during the pros- perous times of sculpture. HERCULES FARNESE, In the Museo Borbonico, at Naples, is represented in an attitude of repose, leaning on his club, with the skin of the Nemsean Lion, having achieved the last of his twelve celebrated labors. He was the most celebrated hero of antiquity. He was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and born at Thebes. Juno early plotted his destruction, and her cruelty rendered him subject to the will of Ersytheus, king of Mycenae, who imposed on him twelve labors. To the sixteenth century, antiquarians have attributed the finding of this noted statue. MERCURY Is in the attitude of mounting upon a Zephyr blown from the mouths of ^Eolus. By the celebrated artist, John of Bologna. THE BUST OF CLYTIE. Supposed to be the portrait of a Roman lady. Chiselled by a Greek artist, which was at first denominated Clyde rising from a sunflower, and afterward Isis issuing from the Lotos. DIANA A LA BICHE Is the finest statue of its kind extant. It stands seven feet in height, and represents her in the act of running, the left hand resting upon the horns of a hind, while with the right she is in the act of drawing an arrow from the quiver suspended upon her shoulder. The folds of her vesture, which is short and girded around her, are borne back by the wind, and the feet are covered with a sort of buskin or sandal. She was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona; she was born at the same birth as Apollo, and she obtained from her father the permission to live in perpetual celibacy, and to preside over the travails of women. To shun the society of men, she devoted herself to hunting, and obtained the permission of Jupiter to have for her attendants sixty of the Oceanides and twenty other nymphs, all of whom, like herself, abjured the use of marriage. JASON, The celebrated leader of the Argonauts in the expedition to Colchis. He was the son of ^Eson and Alcimeda, and brought up the Centaur Chiron (vide Argonautic Ex- pedition.) He is represented tying on a sandal or buskin on one foot, while the other sandal lies on the plinth of the statue. PSYCHE, Signifying "the Soul," a nymph whom Cupid married. Venus, for a time, imposed on her the most unpleasant labors, which well nigh killed her; but Jupiter, at Cupid's request, conferred on her immortality. She is represented standing erect, partly nude; in her right hand she holds a bow, while with her left she is pointing to her mouth; also with the wings of a butterfly, to intimate the lightness of the soul, of which the butterfly is the symbol. ATLAS, One of the Titans, son of Japetus and Clymene, one of the Oceanides. He is repre- sented as supporting the world on his shoulders, which was allotted him in consequence of his having with other Titans, made war upon Zeno. It is generally considered one of the finest proportioned statues extant. ANTINOUS, A native of Ithaca, son of Euperthes, and one of Penelope's suitors. He was cruel and brutal in his manners, and excited his companions to destroy Telemachus, whose advice comforted his mother, Penelope. He was a youth of Bithynia, and the Emperor Adrian was so extreme 1 y fond of him, that at his death he erected a temple to him, and wished it to be believed that he had been changed into a constellation. He is represented in an attitude of repose, and antiquarians consider it the most beautiful statue of youth that has ever been discovered. ARISTIDES, A celebrated Athenian, son of Lysimachus, whose great temperance and virtue procured him the surname of Just. He was rival to Themistocles, by whose influence he was banished for ten years, B. C. 484; but before six years of his exile had elapsed, he was recalled by the Athenians. As a draped statue it cannot be excelled. The whole outlines and details are perfect. THE BUST OF ARIADNE. Daughter of Minos, second king of Crete, by Pasiphae. Fell in love with Theseus, who was shut up in the Labyrinth, to be devoured by the Minotaur, and gave him a clue of thread by which he extricated himself from the difficult windings of his confinement after he had conquered the Minotaur. He carried her away, according to rhe promise he had made, and married her; but when he arrived at the Island Naxos, he forsook her, though she was already pregnant, and repaid his love with the most endearing tenderness. Ariadne, upon being abandoned by Theseus, hung herself, according to some; but Plutarch says she lived many years after. HIPPOCRATES, A divinity, supposed to be the same as Orus, the son of Isis, among the Egyptians. He is represented as holding one of his fingers on his mouth, and from thence he is called the god of silence, and intimates that the mysteries of religion and philosophy ought never to be revealed to the people. The Romans placed his statue at the entrance of their temples. GANYMEDES, A beautiful youth of Phrygia, son of Tros, and brother to Ilus and Assaracus. According to Lucian, he was the son of Dardanus. He was taken up to heaven by Jupiter, as he was hunting, or rather tending his father's flocks on Mount Ida, and he became cup- bearer of the gods, in place of Hebe. He is represented standing by the side of an. eagle, with one arm raised. It is Considered a very fine antique. FLORA, The goddess of flowers and gardens among the Romans, the same as the Chloris of the Greeks. Some suppose that she was originally a common courtezan, who left to the Romans the immense riches which she had acquired by prostitution and lasciviousness, in remembrance of which a yearly festival was instituted in her honor. She was wor- shipped even among the Sabines, long before the foundation of Rome, and likewise among the Phoceans who built Marseiller, long before the existence of the capital of Italy. Tatius was the first who raised her a temple in the city of Rome. It is said that she married Zephyrus, and that she received from him the privileges of presiding over i flowers and enjoying perpetual youth. She is represented as crowned with flowers, and holding in her hand a bouquet of flowers. J/V view of the many additions to my collection, made from time to time, it seems advisable to again call the attention of my patrons and the general public to my Catalogue of Plaster of Paris goods, it will be found fuller than any previous issue, and I trust will be of service in making up orders. My collection has very recently been enriched by large importations from Rome, Paris, Florence, Berlin and elsewhere, of the finest works of Art, both antique and modern, and, it is believed, will well repay a personal examination. Included in my collection will be found a large and varied assortment of Religious Subjects for Churches, Convents, etc. Fine specimens of Ornamental Castings, Masques, Anatomical and other subjects, suitable for the use of Architects, Academies, Drawing Schools, etc. A new and unique collection- of Animals, by eminent artists of Paris and elsewhere, especially suitable for artists. Also a great variety of small Figures, Vases, etc. By the use of ski/led workmanship and careful attention in the manufacture of my moulds, i am enabled to offer copies that are believed to be unequalled for truthfulness and artistic finish, Respectfully, R. CASTELVECCHI, 139 Grand Street, N, Y, STATUES FROM THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE AND EARLY SCULPTURES Venus of Milo, from the Louvre. Exact copy of original. 3 feet, $6 oo. 7 feet, $50 00. Apollo Belvidere, from the Vatican at Rome, Apollo, Sauroctonos, (Louvre,) Antinous, from the Capitol at Rome, Adonis, from the Vatican at Rome, Amore Greco, or Genius of the Vatican, Size, ft. in. Price, 7 6 $75 OO 56 50 OO 60 50 OO 60 75 00 34 10 00 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, Diana a la Biche, from the Louvre. Size, 7 feet. Price, $75 00. Size, ft. in. Price. Achille Borghesi, from the Louvre, 7 4 $75 00 Amazon, from the Museum of Rio Clementi, Rome, 7 o 100 00 Arotino, (Listening Slave,) 6 o 50 00 Atlas, (with Globe,) 4 o 10 00 Boy Extracting Thorn, from the Capitol, 3 o 20 00 Bacchus, ( 5 o 25 00 Manufacturer and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. ii Discobolus of Myron. Discobolus of Naucydes. Size. 6 feet Price, $75 00 Size, 6 feet Price, $50 00 Machine reduction, 1 ft. 6 in. 11 3 00 Machine reduction, 2 ft. 1 in. k V 4 00 Fighting Gladiator, from the Louvre. Size, 6 feet. Price, $65 00 Machine Reduction, Size, 3 feet. Price, $6 00 Machine Reduction, Size, 2 feet. Price, $5 00 12 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, Minerva Giustigniani, from Naples. Size, 7 feet 6 inches .Price, $65 00 Machine reduction, 3 feet 4 in., " 10 00 Size, ft. in. Price, Cupid, ^by Michael Angelo, , 4 6 $40 00 Canephora, from the British Museum, 7 0 100 00 Ceres, from the Vatican, Rome, 5 6 75 00 DianaVla Biche, from the Louvre, 7 o 75 00 Discobolus of Myron, . from the Vatican, Rome, 6 o 75 00 Discobolus of Naueydes, from the Vatican, Rome, 6 o 50 00 Euterpe, from the Louvre, 5 0 5° 00 Faun Carying Kid, (from Madrid,) 5 o 45 00 Faun Dancing, (the Clapping Faun,) from Florence, 5 o 50 co Fighting Gladiator, from the Louvre, Paris, 6 o 65 00 Gladiator Dying, from the Capitol at Rome, 7 o 100 00 Germanicus, from the Louvre, 6 o 60 00 Mercury, by Giovanni d' Bolognia, 4 6 40 00 Mercury, by Thorwaldsen, 5 3 40 00 Mercury Flying, (on Pedestal,) 9 6 40 00 Manufacturer and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. Adonis, of the Vatican. Germanicus, from the Louvre. Size, 6 feet. Price, $75 00 Size, 6 feet. Price, $60 00 Machine reduction, 2 ft. 8 in. Price, $5 00 8iae, ft. in. Price. 4 $10 00 3 4 10 00 3 0 15 00 Supplicant Youth, from the Royal Museum at Berlin, ....... 4 6 25 00 3 0 10 00 5 3 30 00 7 0 50 00 ....... 6 0 75 00 0 50 00 3 6 40 00 14 R- Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, FULL SIZE MODERN STATUES. for halls, museums, theatres, academies, gardens, parlors, etc. Victory Holding Wreath, from Berlin. Size, 3 feet. Price, $15 00. Size, ft. in. Price. Bacchus, The God of Wine, with grapes and cup in hands 5 o $25 00 Two Candelabra Statues, each 5 6 30 00 Faun Playing on Flute 5 3 25 00 Flora Holding Wreath 5 6 30 00 Hebe, with Goblet, Companion to Flora 5 6 30 00 Hebe, by Thorwaldsen ... 5 2 30 00 Two Statues, " Horns of Plenty," each 56 2500 Two Statues, " Fisher and Hunter, " 50 3000 Psyche, by Thede 5 3 25 00 Sabrina, by Marshall 5 4 25 00 Air 3 6 8 00 Water 3 6 8 00 Venus Genetrix 2 4 5 00 Sophocles 3 o 6 00 Demosthenes • 3 o 6 00 Canephora 1 n 2 00 Two Boys, (Spanish,) one with horn and one with bird 2 7 4 00 Manufacturer and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. 15 ANTIQUE AND MEDI/EVAL STATUES. MACHINE REDUCTIONS FROM ORIGINALS — MEDIUM SIZE. Moses, by Michael Angelo. Size, 3 ft. 4 in. Price, $20 00. Size, ft. in. Price. Moses in a sitting position, by Michael Angelo 3 4 $20 00 Ceres 3 6 20 00 The Wrestler, Michael Angelo 1 4 6 00 Amazon 2 10 5 00 Baigneuse Venus 2 9 5 00 Silenus carrying young Bacchus 3 o 6 00 Venus, D'Arles, from the Louvre , ; 2 10 5 00 Walking Boy with Dolphin, from the old Palace at Florence 2 6 6 00 Narcissus de Pompeii 2 2 4 00 Egyptian Anteno 2 o 4 00 " Desse Pacht, sitting 2 2 4 00 Boy, by Donatello, from St. Laurence, Florence 2 2 3 00 Boy, by Fiamingo 1 8 2 50 " " 1 6 2 00 i6 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, Size. Size. Three Graces. 2 ft. 4 in. Price $6.00 1 ft. 3 in. Price 3.00 Size, ft. in Price. Supplicant Youth 2 2 $2 50 Dragon, by John Bologna 2 6 400 Euterpe. ... 2 o 3 00 Four Boys, representing the four seasons, each 3 2 600 G. F. Haendel I 9 2 50 Joh. Seb. Bach 1 9 2 50 Goethe 2 o 2 50 Schiller 2 o 2 50 Bethoven 1 8 2 50 Manufacturer and^ Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. i7 Size. ft. in. Price. Mozart 1 8 $2 50 Forced Prayer, from Vienna 1 10 1 50 The First Sorrow " 110 150 Venus of Medici 2 1 3 00 Three Graces, (Group) 2 o 6 00 Discobolus throwing Dices 2 2 3 00 Two Female Figures, representing Industry and Art, each 2 4 400 Flora 4 o 8 00 Diana 4 o 8 00 Two Figures, Strength, each 4 o 8 00 Flora 3 8 5 00 Psyche 3 7 5 00 Bacchus j 3 6 5 00 Achille Borghese 3 6 8 00 Two Dancing Girls of Canova 3 6 5 00 Minerva 3 5 5 00 Boy with Shell on his Head 3 4 5 00 Washington on .Horseback 3 o 15 00 Venus of the Bath 3 o 6 00 Apollo Belvidere 3 o 8 00 Venus of Milo 3 o 6 00 Dying Gladiator ... 3 o 5 00 Fighting Gladiator 3 o 6 00 " ; " /. 2 o 5 00 Flora of Canova 3 o 400 Asia 3 o 4 00 Africa 3 o 4 00 Europe 3 o 4 00 America 3 o 4 00 The Two Seasons, each : 3 o 5 00 Two Boys; one Fisher, the other Hunter, each 3 o 4 00 Venus, holding apple in hand, by Thorwaldsen 3 o 6 00 Boy holding a shell in front 2 10 8 00 Germanicus 2 8 5 00 Diana 2 6 5 00 Two Boys; one with a nest of birds, the other killing the birds' mother, each 2 6 4 00 Hercules Farnese 2 6 5 00 Venus de Medici 2 6 4 00 Antinous, from the Museum at Naples 2 6 5 00 Flying Mercury 2 4 400 Cincinnatus r 2 4 5 00 Psyche and Cupid, (group,) by Thorwaldsen 24 700 Apollo, from the Antique 2 2 5 00 Faun Playing on Flute 2 o 4 00 i8 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, STATUETTES. SMALLER— MACHINE reductions from originals. Apollino de Medici. Size, 2 ft. 10 in. Price, $4.00 Size, ft. in. Cupid Asleep 2 o Two. Male Figures of Night and Morning, by Michael Angelo, each 2 I Two Female Figures, Night and Morning, by Michael Angelo, each 2 1 Dante 2 1 Ariosto 2 o Tasso 2 o Petrarch 2 o Hebe 2 o Flora . 2 o Psyche 2 o Comedy 2 0 Venus de Medici, from the Gallery at Florence. Size, 5 ft. 3 in. Price, »35-°° Machine Reduction, 2 ft. 10 in. Price, $10.00 M " 2 ft. 1 in. " 3.00 11 " 1 ft. 4 in. " 2.00 Size, Price. $4 OO 6 OO Venus of Canova Paul and Virginia crossing the water. Group Group of the Three Graces, Venus of the Vatican Venus of the Pigeons Discoboles throwing quoits ft. in. Price. 2 O $2 50 2 O 4 OO 2 O 4 00 2 O 4 00 2 O 3 00 2 O 3 00 IO 2 OO 8 2.00 4 2 OO I 6 2 OO 6 2 OO 5 2 OO I 4 I 25 I 3 I 25 Manufacturer and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. 19 GROUPS. antique and modern. Laocoon Group. Size, 6 feet. Price, $200 00. Machine Reduction,' 1 3 " " -5 00. Wrestlers, by Michael An- gel o Laocoon Washington on Horseback. Cupid and Psyche Ajax and Patroclus Niobe Group. , . Singing Boys, from Florence Faith, Hope and Charity . . Temptation of St. Anthony. Goose Boy, from the Louvre Silenus and Infant Bacchus, Newsboy Size, ft. in . Price. I 4 $6 OO 3 0 25 OO 3 0 20 OO 2 4 7 OO 2 0 6 00 2 2 6 00 3 O 15 00 1 6 3 °o 1 2 3 5o 1 6 3 50 2 10 6 00 2 6 00 Size, ft. in. Price. Jealousy LastfSummer. Scene, Sea Beach. The young man writing on sand, " I love you." Young lady look- ingon 1 Three 'Graces 1 Three Graces 2 o CupidrSleeping ..2 o Paul and, Virginia 2 10 Home Again 1 5 Mina Baley, Sir 1 5 5 $10 00 3 3 00 o £6 00 o 4 00 to 4 00 io„.oo 10 00 20 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, BUSTS COLOSSAL AND ORIGINAL SIZE Juno, from'Original. Size, Size, ft. in. Price. David, by Michael Angelo, from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, . 4 5 $50 00 Lucius Verrus, Roman Em- peror, 3 5 30 00 Pallas de Velletri, 3 o 10 00 Juno, 2 9 8 00 Jupiter, 211 8 00 Ajax, 3 o 10 00 Niobe Mother, 210 10 00 Venus de Nardo, 2 10 8 00 Apollo Belvidere, ....... 2 8 6 00 Diana a la Biche, 2 6 6 00 Bacchus, 2 7 6 od Minerva, 2 10 5 00 Paris, 2 o 3 00 2 feet'g inches. Price, $8 00. Size, ft. in. Venus of the Capitol, .... 2 o Amore Greco, or Genius of the Vatican, 2 o Ariadne, 2 4 Venus of Milo, 2 10 Antinous, 3 2 Psyche, from the Museum of Naples, 2 3 Achille Borghese, 2 10 Julius de Medici, 2 2 Venus de Aries, 2 o Mercury, by Thorwaldsen, 2 4 Clytie, 2 4 Venus, by Thorwaldsen, . . 2 4 Sabrina, by Marshall, .... 2 3 Venus de Medici, 2 4 Price. $3 00 4 00 6 00 6 00 t; 00 Manufacturer and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. 21 Busts, Colossal and Original Size. — Continued. Size, ft. in. Price. Niobe Daughters, (two,) each, 2 i $3 oo Julius Caesar, from the Louvre, 2 i 6 oo Ajax, 2 2 5 oo Persio, by Cellini, from the Capitol, Rome, 2 3 6 00 Size, ft. in. Price. Wounded Amazon, ...... 2 3 $6 00 King Lear, 2 2 600 Triano Chreche, from Florence, 2 3 6 00 Laocoon, 2 I 500 Calligula, (a Tyrant,) 23 600 Discobolus, ...2 4 600 Jupiter. Size, 2 feet 11 inches. Price, $8 00. LIFE SIZE MODERN BUSTS. Shakespeare, $5 00 Walter Scott, 5 00 Byron, 5 00 Washington, 4 00 Franklin, 4 00 Henry Clay, 4 00 General Jackson, 4 00 General Taylor, 4 00 round base. Daniel Webster, $4 00 Prescott, 4 00 Washington Irving, 4 00 Lincoln, 5 00 Grant, 5 00 Milton, 5 00 Christopher Columbus, 5 00 22 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, Life Size Modern Busts.— Continued. Prices furnished on application. Adams, John Quincy, sixth President of the United States ; the "old man elo- quent;" remarkable for memory, firmness and force. Born in Baintree, now Quincy, Mass., July 11, 1767 ; died in Washington, D. C, Feb. 23, 1848. Benton, Thomas H., thirty years United States Senator from Missouri ; known for pride, pluck and practical talent. Born March 14, 1782; died April 10, 1858 Black Hawk, celebrated war chief of the Sac and Fox tribe. Born in 1768; died October 3, 1838. Remarkable for practical talent and immense force of character Bruce, Robert, Scottish Chief and King. Born March 21, 1274; died June 6, 1329 Burns, Robert, the Poet ; large head and strong temperament. Born January 15, 1759; died July 21, 1796 Burr, Aaron, a cast taken from his head after death, the face being shortened by the loss of teeth. Amativeness excessive ; destructiveness, combative - ness, firmness and self-esteem, large. He was Vice-President under Jeffer- son. Born February 6, 1756. In 1804 he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, after which he lost the esteem of his friends and the public, and died on Staten Island, September 14, 1836, aged 80 years Burritt, Elihu, the learned blacksmith. He worked eight hours a day on the anvil, studied eight, and rested and recreated eight hours, and thus mas- tered fifty-two different languages. He is more scholarly than philosophi- cal. Born in New Britain, Conn., December 8, 181 1 Calhoun, John C, United States Senator and Vice-President under Jackson. Born March 18, 1782; died March 13, 1850 Chase, Salmon P., Chief Justice of the United States ; Governor of Ohio ; Sec- retary of the Treasury under Lincoln. Born January 13, 1808 ; died May 6, 1873. (Colossal.) $40 00 Clinton, De Witt, Governor of New York, United States Senator, projector and father of the Erie Canal. Born March 2, 1769 ; died February 11, 1828. . Cook, Captain, eminent navigator. Was killed and eaten by the cannibals of the Sandwich Islands, February 14, 1779 Combe, George, author of the "Constitution of Man," and other good works on phrenology. Born in Edinboro, October 21, 1788; died August 14, 1858. Douglass, Stephen A., " the little giant;" United States Senator from Illinois. Candidate for the Presidency in i860. Born April 23, 1813; died June 3, 1861 Edison, inventor of phonograph and electric light Fillmore, Millard, Vice-President under Taylor, and succeeded to the Presi- dency on General Taylor's death. He was genial and moral, a man of respectable ability, and inclined to conciliate all parties. Born January 7, 1800; died March 8, 1874 , Gall, Dr. Francis Joseph, the discoverer of phrenology. Born in Germany, March 9, 1758. Commenced public lectures on phrenology in 1796, and died in Paris, August 22, 1828. A philosophic thinker, and a brave pioneer in the realm of discovery Gaston, William, an eminent lawyer and Judge in North Carolina. Born Sep- tember 19, 1778; died January 13, 1844 Graham, Sylvester, a leader in hygienic reform. He was a brave, eloquent speaker, the first man in America to lecture on reform in diet. The bread he recommended has taken his name. Author of "Science of Human Life." born in Sheffield, Conn., 1794: died in Northampton, Mass., Sept. 11, 185 1. Greeley, Horace, founder of the New York Tribune. Born February 3, 181 1 ; died November 29, 1872 Manufacturer -and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. 23 Life Size Modern Busts. — Continued. Prices furnished on application. Keokuk, (Sly Fox,) Indian Chief. Keokuk's Wife La Fayette, Marquis de, the patriotic Frenchman who became a General in the • Army in the American Revolution Lancaster, Joseph, popular educator, founder of what was called " Lancasterian System of Instruction, " in England. Born in London in 1778; died in New York, October 24, 1838 Locke, Richard Adams, author of the celebrated " Moon Hoax," written about 1837 Loomis, Hon. A., a sound thinker and statesman, eminent as a Judge and law reformer Mann, Horace, the father of the improved School system in Massachusetts and America : the organizer and educator ; lawyer by profession ; he was elected, in 1848, a Member of Congress, to succeed J. Q. Adams ; Presi- dent of Antioch College, Ohio, in which office he died, August 2d, 1859. Born in Franklin, Mass., May 4, 1796 Mi-chi-wa-ta, (Long Hair,) Keokuk's son. Very large destructiveness, secre- tiveness and cautiousness McClellan, General George B. Born in Philadelphia, December 3, 1826. Son of Dr. George McClellan. Graduated at West Point, 1846 ; July 22, 1861, took command of the Army of the Potomac; fought the battle of Antietam September 17, 1862; was relieved of command November 7, 1862, and re- signed his commission in the Army November 8, 1864 O'Connell, Daniel, great Irish orator and reformer. Born in the County of Kerry, Ireland, August 6, 1775; died at Genoa, May 15, 1847 Pitt, William, British Prime Minister, son of the great Earl of Chatham. Born May 28, 1759; died January 23, 1806 Polk, James K., eleventh President of ihe United States.' Born November 2, 1795; died June 15, 1849 Pratt, Colonel Zadok, great tanner in central New York ; man of uncommon business talent and enterprise, and became a Member of Congress. Born October 30, 1790; died April 5, 1871 Rolling Thunder, Indian Chief, Black Hawk's son Scott, General Winfield. Distinguished for services in the war of 181215, and in Mexico in 1847-8. Born in Petersburg, Va., June 13, 1786 ; died at West Point, May 29, 1866 Seward, William H., lawyer and statesman; Governor of New York; Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson. Born May 16, 1801 ; died October II, 1872 Tallmadge, C. B., Judge ; large reasoning organs, moderate perceptiveness, well developed moderate and social powers ... Tallmadge, Nathaniel P., United States Senator, Governor of Iowa, etc. Born February 8, 1795; died November 2, 1864 Tardy, the pirate. Excuted in 1831. A low, villainous head Taylor, General Zachary, the twelfth President of the United States ; the hero of Buena Vista. Born September 4, 1784; died July 9, 1850 Van Buren, Martin, eighth President of the United States ; Attorney General and Governor of New York ; United States Senator ; Minister to England ; Secretary of State under Jackson. Very secretive, smooth and politic. Born at Kinderhook, December 5, 1782 : died July 24, 1862 Voltaire, a brilliant writer of the skeptical school in France. Very large lan- guage and mirthfulness ; small spirituality and large veneration, which made him a sycophant to power and greatness. Born February 20, 1694 ; died May 30, 1778 Woodbury, Levi, United States Senator ; Secretary of the Treasury under Van Buren ; Governor of New Hampshire : Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States 24 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, LIFE SI SQUj Size, ft. Price. Cicero, 2 $3 00 Plato, 2 3 00 Virgilis, 2 3 00 Homer, 2 3 00 Dante, 2 3 00 Demosthenes, 2 3 00 Goethe, 2 3 00 Raphael, 2 3 00 Schiller, 2 3 00 SMALL Size, ft. in. Price. Diana, 1 3 $1 50 Diana, 1 6 1 50 Roman Muse, (Vatican,) . . 1 8 1 50 Greek Girl, 1 6 1 50 Shakespeare, 1 10 3 00 Louis Napoleon, 1 6 3 00 Milton, 1 10 3 00 Alexander Hamilton, .... 2 o 3 00 Walter Scott, 2 o 3 00 Byron, 1 10 3 00 Psyche, (Canova,) 1 9 2 50 Fiamingo Boys, (two) each, 1 7 2 50 Schiller and Goethe, each, 1 7 2 00 Lincoln, I 5 1 50 Demosthenes, 1 4 1 50 Homer, 1 4 1 50 Dickens, 1 6 1 50 Burns, 1 6 1 50 Washington Irving, I 6 1 50 Pres. George Washington, .1 o 1 co General Custer, I 6 3 00 Pres. Hayes, 1 6 3 00 Minerva, 1 8 1 50 Lucretia, I 2 1 co Ajax, 1 6 1 50 Flora, 1 2 1 00 Venus of Milo, 1 2 1 00 Apollo, 1 2 1 00 Clytie, 1 3 1 50 Schiller and Goethe, each, 10 75 Beethoven, 10 75 E BUSTS. E BASE. Size, ft. Price. Hypocrites, .... 2 $3 00 Esculape, 2 3 00 Ambrose Pare, 2 3 00 Humboldt, 2 3 00 Dupuytren, 2 3 00 Galenus, 2 300 Hanneman, . 2 3 00 Bichat, 2 300 BUSTS. Size, ft. in. Price. Mozart, 10 $0 75 Mercury, . 10 75 Psyche of Naples, 10 75 Slave, by Michael Angelo, . 10 75 Juno, 10 75 Minerva, 10 75 Antinous, 10 75 St. Bruno, 10 75 Esculape, 10. 75 Virgile, 10 75 Michael Angelo, 10 I 00 Raphael, 10 I 00 Diana de Poiters, 1 o I 00 Dancing Faun, 10 I 00 Venus de Medici, 10 75 Jessica, Queen Elizabeth, 1 o I 00 Plato, 10 1 00 Winfield Scott, 10 I 00 Locke, 10 1 00 Dante,.' 10 75 Webster, 10 75 Lincoln and Sumner, each, 10 1 00 Prof. Agassiz, 10 I 00 Henry Wilson, 1 o I 00 Governor Andrew, 1 o 1 00 Bowditch, 1 o 1 00 Prescott, 1 o 1 00 Myerbeer, 2 o 300 Mendelssohn, 2 o 300 Bacchus and Ariadne, each, 1 o 1 00 HEADS FROM THE ANTIQUE. Size, in. Price. ! Re Etrusco, 18 $3 00 Child, (Florentine school,). . . 18 2 50 Brutus, by Michael Angelo, . . 20 2 00 Tete de Brontolone, by Luca della Robbia, 20 2 50 St. John, from the National Museum at Florence, (Cal- ligula school,) 17 2 50 Size, in. Price Fiametto, from the Gallery of Florence, 20 $3 00 St. John, by Donatello, ... .18 2 00 King Agrippe, 19 3 00 Young Augustus, 21 3 00 Achille, (Dying,) 21 3 00 Slave, by Michael Angelo, . . 17 3 00 Manufacturer and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. 25 MASQUES, ANTIQUE AND MODERN. ORIGINAL SIZE. Minerva, $1 50 Niobe Mother, 150 Sappho, 1 00 Apollo, 1 50 St. Francis, 1 00 Slave, by Michael Angelo, 3 00 Caligula, 1 00 St. Jerome, 1 00 Vetellius, 1 00 Germanicus, 1 00 Jupiter, (Colossal,) 5 00 Demosthenes, 1 co Psyche, from the Museum at Naples, 1 00 Diana, . . ". 1 00 Venus of the Bath, 1 00 Three Boys' Heads, by Flamingo, each, 1 00 Brutus, (with Pedestal,) 1 00 Moses, (Colossal,) 3 00 Clytie, 1 00 Juno, 1 00 Venus de Milo, 1 00 Madonna, by Michael Angelo, ... 1 00 Psyche, Size, 3 ft. 2 in. Price, #10 00 Diomede, $1 00 Two Boys, by Donattelo, each, . . 1 00 Apollo Belvidere, 150 Mercury, I 50 Achille Borghese, 1 50 Agrippe, I 00 Spartacus, 1 50 Gladiator, I 50 Julius Csesar, I 50 Isis, 1 50 Niobe Daughters, (two,) each, ... 1 00 Fiamingo Boys, (3 on 1 panel,). . . 3 00 Plato, 1 50 Cicero, 1 50 Diana de Gabi, I 50 Dying Alexander, 1 50 Julian de Medici, I 50 Paris, I 50 Venus of the Capitol, 1 50 Antinous, I 50 Venus of Aries, 1 50 Eve, by Thorwaldsen, 1 50 TORSO. Size, ft. in. Price. Amore Greco, or Genius of the Vatican 3 4 $10 00 Female Torso, 1 8 3 00 Female Torso, (full body,) . .2 3 3 00 Female Torso, 13 3 00 Laocoon Torso, 1 3 1 50 Fighting Gladiator Torso, ..10 1 00 Torso Belvidere, 1 8 3 00 Torso Belvidere, 10 1 00 Torso Laocoon, 19 2 co Torso Venus de Medici, ....19 2 50 Torso Psyche, from the Museum at Naples. Bust, 2 feet 4 inches. " 4 00 Masque, 11 1 00 26 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, ANATOMICAL STUDIES. Size, ft. in. Price. Statue, Anatomy of Man, by Goudron, 6 o $35 00 " Anatomy of Man, 3 3 6 00 " Anatomy of Man, by Goudron, 26 4 00 " Anatomy of Man, 24 4 00 " Anatomy of Man, by Goudron, 22 4 00 " Anatomy in fighting position, 20 4 00 " Anatomy of Man, by Michael Angelo, 1 I 1 5° " Anatomy of Man, 10 1 50 Anatomical Leg, by Goudron, 4 00 Anatomical Leg, different, 2 50 Anatomical Arm, with Shoulder, by Houdon, • 3 00 Anatomical Arm, bending, by Houdon, 3 00 Anatomical Arm, straight, different, 2 00 Anatomical Hands, (two,) different, each, 1 00 Anatomical Foot, I 00 Elementary Studies — Cones, Octagons, &c, 50 cents each. FRACTIONS OF THE BODY. Back, from life, $5 00 Chest, from life, 5 00 Arms, from nature, (six different,) from $2 00 to 6 00 Legs, from nature, " " 2 00 to 6 00 Female Arms, " 2 00 to 3 00 Female Hands, " 50 to 2 00 Female Feet, " 75 to 1 50 Female Legs, " 2 00 to 4 00 Hand of Hercules Farnese, from original, 3 00 Hand of Apollo, from original, . . , I 5° Hand of Venus de Medici, from original, I 00 Hands, from nature, (four,) each, 1 00 Hand, with Cherry in Fingers, 1 00 Right and Left Hands of Julia's De Medici, one holding Scroll, and one with Money, each, I 00 Two Boys' Hands, each, < • 50 " Child's Hands, each, 25 " " " larger 50 " Ladies' Hands resting on cushion, 75 Hands Clasped, I 00 Michael Angelo's Hand, from death, 1 OO Manufacturer and Importer of Busts, Statues, etc. 27 Fractions of the Body. — Continued. Colossal Hand, (Male,) $1 50 Colossal Hand, (Female,) I 50 Both Feet, Apollo Belvidere, each, , 2 00 Both Feet, Fighting Gladiator, each, 1 50 Both Feet, Venus de Medici, each, 1 00 Child's Arms, Feet, Legs and Hands, in great variety, from $0 50 to 1 00 Also, a large assortment of Casts of Hands, Feet, and fractions of the human body, from nature and otherwise, from $0 50 to 2 00 Also, a great variety of Ears, Noses, Eyes, Mouths, Vases, Balls, Cones, Octa- gons, etc., for the use of Drawing Schools and Artists, each, 50 RELIEFS. BASSO J±NT> ALTO FRIEZE, ETC. The Four Seasons, (circular, 25 inches, Basso Relievo,) each, $4 00 Frieze, The Battle of the Amazons, from the Temple of Minerva. Four pieces, the whole 11 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in., 40 00 Four pieces, by Jean Gougeon. Pilaster of the Madeleine. Each, 2 00 Eight pieces, by Jean Gougeon. Naked. (Basso.) Each 1 ft. 6 in. x 9 in., 1 00 Two Oval pieces, Night and Morning, by Gougeon. (Basso.) Each, 1 50 St. Cecilia, from the Gallery at Florence. (Basso.) 1 ft. 10 in. x I ft. 3 in., . . 2 50 St. John, by Donatello, from the Gallery at Florence. (Alto.) 1 ft. 8 in. x 10 in. 2 00 Four Panels of Boys, in Relief, by Donatello. Each 2 ft. 3 in. x 9 in., 2 00 Venetian Panel with Griffin. 1 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. 4 in., 3 00 Two Rosettes, (circular,) from the Vatican. Each, 2 00 Head of Lion, (circular,) I 00 One Ornament, by Tarryiano, from Westminster Abbey, 5 00 Five pieces, Elementary Work. Each, , 1 00 The Seige of Troy (oval). 30 in. x 23 in., 3 00 Marriage of Cupid. 9 in. x 7 in., 1 00 Frieze Pomegranate, Egg Plant and Dove, from the Gates of the Presbytery, Florence. Each 18 in. x 15 in. Each, 2 00 Two Panels of Storks (two). Each 25 in. x 7 in. Each, 1 50 Partridge, Alto Relievo, (two, oval,) life size. Each, 3 00 Partridge, from nature, (oval,) life size, I 00 Woodcock, Alto Relievo, (oval,) groups. Each, 3 00 Frieze Erectheuim, e 3 00 Charlotte Corday and Companion (oval). Each, 2 50 Also, a well assorted stock of Basso and Alto Reliefs, for Designing purposes. ANIMALS. Skeleton Horses,by Mene, 1 ft. 3 in. $3 00 Horse, by Mene, 1 ft. 3 in 3 00 Lion, by Mene, 2 00 Tiger, by Mene, 2 00 Boar, by Cellini, 1 50 Sheep, 1 00 Cow Standing, by Mene, 2 00 Cow lying down, 1 00 Large Lion, by Monti, 4 00 Smal% Tiger, 1 00 Lamb lying down, 1 00 Dog resting on haunches, by Borg- hese, from Louvre, 10 00 Dog, sitting position, from Louvre, 10 00 Boar Hunt, by Mene, $6 00 Stag Hunt, by Mene, 6 00 Cow and Calf, by Mene, 3 00 Cow and Calf, smaller, by Mene, . 2 00 Horse, by Mene, 2 00 Four different Dogs, standing,each, I 00 Bull, by Mene, I 00 Lamb lying down, by Mene, 2 00 Lamb lying down, head erect, by Mene, 1 00 Donkey, , 1 00 Camel, by Monti, 1 50 Elephant, 4 00 Lamb s with head erect, 3 00 28 R. Castelvecchi, 139 Grand Street, New York, HEADS OF ANIMALS. Stag's Head, $6 00 Pig's Head, 2 00 Wolf's Head, I 50 Tiger's Head, large, 3 00 Lion's Head, large, 5 00 Sheep's Head, I 50 Panther's Head, by Mene, 3 00 Horse's Head, by Mene, 1 50 Two large Dog's Heads, each, . . .$2 00 Young Deer, from nature, 2 00 Goat, 2 00 Young Goat, 1 00 Ram, 2 00 Horse's Head, from nature, 5 00 Also, a large assortment of small heads of animals, each 50 SMALL MODELS OF ANIMALS. Lion, 50 cts. Lioness, 50 " Fox, 50 " Wolf, 50 " Sheep, 50 " Cow, 50 " Bull, 50 " HEADS BY MENE. Terrier, 50 cts. Pointer, 50 " Goat, 50 " Stag, 50 " Setter Dog, 50 " Horse, 50 " Greyhound, .... 50 " Reindeer, 50 cts, Bloodhound, 50 " Another " .... 50 " Boar, 50 " Rabbit, 50 " Bulldog, 50 «« Orange on Panel. Price, $i 50. Size, in. Price. Calla Lily on square panel, 16x13 $2 00 Lemons, with Leaves, ... . 14x10 1 50 Oranges, Quinces, Apples, Grapes, Plums, Pumpkin, . 12x10 . 14x10 . 14x10 . nx 8 . 14x10 . iox 9 1 50 1 00 1 25 Size, in. Price. Grapevine, with 2 bunches Grapes and 8 Leaves, . . 28x18 $5 00 Tobacco Leaf, 15X 7 1 00 Thistle and Leaves, 6x 8