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ha!
Found him! Métabus, roi des Volsques. And he's from the Aeneid, so it would have been 'rex' in the original, dammit. Also, escalier means staircase. So I totally didn't hallucinate that part.
I spent most of my time standing at, approximately, the statue's left hand, which is the one view not supplied on the website. He's holding a short sword in his right hand, and that's a dog between his feet.
And I only had to page through 1,213 other sculptures to get there.
ETA: Another gorgeous image of the sculpture is available on this blog. Scroll down a bit.
I spent most of my time standing at, approximately, the statue's left hand, which is the one view not supplied on the website. He's holding a short sword in his right hand, and that's a dog between his feet.
And I only had to page through 1,213 other sculptures to get there.
ETA: Another gorgeous image of the sculpture is available on this blog. Scroll down a bit.