The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page
... draperies are disposed with considerable grandeur , and are appropriated with singular judgment . Though deficient in the principles of chiaro - scuro , he sometimes practised it with success . His pencil was light , his touch free ...
... draperies are disposed with considerable grandeur , and are appropriated with singular judgment . Though deficient in the principles of chiaro - scuro , he sometimes practised it with success . His pencil was light , his touch free ...
Page
... drapery , and his little acquaint- ance with the works of the Italian masters , often occasion- ed him to lose sight of the vigour and animation of his first ideas . He would frequently alter , four or five times , the head of a ...
... drapery , and his little acquaint- ance with the works of the Italian masters , often occasion- ed him to lose sight of the vigour and animation of his first ideas . He would frequently alter , four or five times , the head of a ...
Page
... drapery in the back ground , as represented in the annexed sketch . This drapery does not exist in the original composition , whose ground is of a single tint . catures . This artist excelled in portraits , or overcharged cari- He gave ...
... drapery in the back ground , as represented in the annexed sketch . This drapery does not exist in the original composition , whose ground is of a single tint . catures . This artist excelled in portraits , or overcharged cari- He gave ...
Page
... drapery in the back ground , as represented in the annexed sketch . This drapery does not exist in the original composition , whose ground is of a single tint . catures . This artist excelled in portraits , or overcharged cari- He gave ...
... drapery in the back ground , as represented in the annexed sketch . This drapery does not exist in the original composition , whose ground is of a single tint . catures . This artist excelled in portraits , or overcharged cari- He gave ...
Page
... draperies are in a good style ; and the disposal of the three figures , presents a whole , which young artists would do well to study . The execution of the celebrated work corresponds with the grandeur and energy of the subject . 7 Vol ...
... draperies are in a good style ; and the disposal of the three figures , presents a whole , which young artists would do well to study . The execution of the celebrated work corresponds with the grandeur and energy of the subject . 7 Vol ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable afterwards ancient Angelo Annibal antiquity Antwerp appeared artist ASTOR Bacon beauty Bernini Boileau born Bruno Caracci Caravaggio Cassander celebrated character Charles CHARLES BORROMEO Chartreux chiaro-scuro church Cigoli colouring compelled composition considerable court Cromwell daughter death Demosthenes desirous Diogenes distinguished drapery elegance eminent endeavoured England engraved esteem excelled executed expression extraordinary fame father favour figures France friends gave genius grace Guido hand happy head Helvetius honour Hood & Sharpe Hotel Lambert illustrious imitated Italy king labours lively London Louis XIV Madame de Pompadour manner master merit Metromania mind Moliére Montesquieu nature observed painter painting Paris parliament pencil person personages philosopher picture placed poet poetry portraits possessed present prince produced pupil queen Raphael Rembrandt rendered reputation Rome Rubens sent Sharpe Poultry soon Stanislaus Strafford style Sueur talents taste tion Titian Vandyck Vernor vigour Voltaire Wickliffe Winckelman young