These figures of the Graces by Canova, in the Borghese Gallery, Rome,
are classic in outline and refined in treatment. They show not a trace
of sensuality. Many artists have delighted in reproducing this type of
the Graces.
[Illustration]
Pan.
“_Who weeps the death of Pan? Pan is not dead,
But loves the shepherds still; still leads the fauns
In merry dances o’er the grassy lawns,
To his own pipes; ...
Pan cannot die till Nature’s decease!
Full oft the reverent worshiper descries
His ruddy face and mischief-glancing eyes
Beneath the branches of old forest trees
That tower remote from steps of worldly men,
Or hear his laugh far echoing down the glen._”
--J. G. SAXE.