At length Mercury’s patience was exhausted by her obstinacy, and, with a touch of his caduceus, he transformed her to a statue. […] He had nothing to do but to exhibit the Medusa, and Phætus became a statue in that very palace from which he had banished his brother. […] Useful art, is the making of useful, necessary things; the making of shoes, and weaving cloth, are useful arts, but making statues belongs to the fine arts. […] This famous statue stands in an apartment of the Vatican which has a singularly fine prospect. […] Who made the statue?