The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... pencil , the boldness of his design , and propriety of his attitude , drew after him a number of followers , who , for a time , forgot that the undignified character which he gave to his productions , by the ser- vile imitation of forms ...
... pencil , the boldness of his design , and propriety of his attitude , drew after him a number of followers , who , for a time , forgot that the undignified character which he gave to his productions , by the ser- vile imitation of forms ...
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... pencil , he has been rarely sur- passed . In the graceful airs of his heads , and the beau- tiful turn of his female forms , he is truly admirable , while the disposition of his objects in general , and his colour- ing , demand peculiar ...
... pencil , he has been rarely sur- passed . In the graceful airs of his heads , and the beau- tiful turn of his female forms , he is truly admirable , while the disposition of his objects in general , and his colour- ing , demand peculiar ...
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... pencil for a cardinal's cap . " In society , however , he was cautious and modest ; which proves that he was only desirous of being distinguished for his excel- lence in his art . He passed a life of celibacy , and his manners were ...
... pencil for a cardinal's cap . " In society , however , he was cautious and modest ; which proves that he was only desirous of being distinguished for his excel- lence in his art . He passed a life of celibacy , and his manners were ...
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... pencil . Every branch of his art was alike familiar to him , and with much propriety he was called the Poussin of France . But Lairesse tarnish- ed the brilliancy of his talents by a dissolute life . - He plunged into every species of ...
... pencil . Every branch of his art was alike familiar to him , and with much propriety he was called the Poussin of France . But Lairesse tarnish- ed the brilliancy of his talents by a dissolute life . - He plunged into every species of ...
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... pencil , amply compensated for the suspense he occasioned . Whatever Rembrandt designed , was without dignity , but full of expression ; his pains possessed fire , but he was incapable of elevation ; he was ignorant of the re- sources ...
... pencil , amply compensated for the suspense he occasioned . Whatever Rembrandt designed , was without dignity , but full of expression ; his pains possessed fire , but he was incapable of elevation ; he was ignorant of the re- sources ...
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