A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.36

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Vatican copy the eagle is shown as supported by the trunk of a tree in the background, with wings expanded and neck stretched upwards, grasping with tender firmness the nude youth, whose feet have just ceased to touch the receding earth. His robe, disclosing the nude figure, is so disposed as to protect his back from injury caused by the bird's talons. A dog, seated below, howls piteously for his vanishing master, as described by Vergil.¹ Nobody can look at Fig. 70, reproducing the best of the Buddhist adapta-