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caryatidcar‧y‧at‧id /ˌkæriˈætɪd/ noun [countable] caryatidOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin caryatides (plural), from Greek, ‘female priests of the goddess Artemis at Caryae, a town in ancient Greece’ - Each of the legs of the table incorporated a naked ormolu caryatid.
- It included academic studies, theatrical studies, caryatids, sculptural heads, nudes, portraits, studies for paintings.
- Level was captivated by one of Modigliani's large caryatids in watercolour and wanted to buy it.
- The caryatids were sculpted not by Leoni himself but by Antonio Abbondio working to drawings by the owner.
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