There was not an object within to draw off his attention; neither, at that moment, would a picture of Titian's, nor a statue from the hands of praxiteles, have had sufficient charms to attract his observation.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
Later she learned that there were a number of smaller painting-rooms right and left, above and below, but the dirtiest room of all was that in which lumps of clay lay casually about on tables and rests and on the floor, where embryonic things perched upon tripods, like antediluvian birds and saurians, and where the daughters of praxiteles and sons of Phidias pursued their claggy but fascinating studies under a sculptor who possessed the inestimable gift of teaching more than he knew himself.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
The Dancing Fawn, attributed to praxiteles, is one of the most exquisite works of art that remains of the ancients.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black