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Six sculptures from the 1817 catalogue

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Five young women, holding hands, dance around a temple of Corinthian architecture. They give an idea of those choruses in which the singing of hymns and dancing came together to embellish the festivals of paganism.

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English, synthetic voice. A reading of the 1817 catalogue. Independent demonstration, not a Louvre commission.

Visconti, 1817, pages 7, entry 16.

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