the many famous Pieces of Antiquity which are still to be seen at

Rome

, there is the Trunk of a Statue

[1]

which has lost the Arms, Legs, and Head; but discovers such an exquisite Workmanship in what remains of it, that

Michael Angelo

declared he had learned his whole Art from it. Indeed he studied it so attentively, that he made most of his Statues, and even his Pictures in that

Gusto

, to make use of the

Italian