Chapter III: BASSO RELIEVO’S. The Story of Niobe, alto relievo, very ancient

there are twenty figures; the marble is 2400 weight; seems to have been a pannel in some temple of Apollo, or Diana. The story of Meleager, being the side of a _sarcophagus_, seventeen figures, _mezzo relievo_, 1500 weight, of an admirable taste. Curtius on horseback, leaping into the gaping cavern, of most excellent work. M. Aurelius and Faustina, _adversa capita_, fine work. Caracalla, a three-quarters _relievo_. The three Graces. One on horseback, cutting at a soldier defending himself under the horse. The ancient manner of eating, Jupiter served by Hebe: he is accumbent. A frize of a sea-triumph, small figures. Cleopatra with the asps in a covered vase, _alto relievo_. Part of a frize from a temple of Neptune, Naiades and Tritons. A _basso_ from a temple of Bacchus, the _thyrsus_, &c. A _basso relievo_ on porphyry of Roemitalces king of Thrace. A child stealing fruit from the altar through a mask.