The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... imitated the style of Raphael . The figure is remarkable for the grace of its attitude and the chastity of its design ; and the drapery is arranged in the most tasteful manner . SCHAH - ABBAS . London Publishd by Vernor Hood &
... imitated the style of Raphael . The figure is remarkable for the grace of its attitude and the chastity of its design ; and the drapery is arranged in the most tasteful manner . SCHAH - ABBAS . London Publishd by Vernor Hood &
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... figures are too short , and there is too much sameness in his expression , his draperies , and his attitudes . His local colours have been censured by De Piles as being very indifferent . Among his principal works may be enumerated the ...
... figures are too short , and there is too much sameness in his expression , his draperies , and his attitudes . His local colours have been censured by De Piles as being very indifferent . Among his principal works may be enumerated the ...
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... figures is a little over- charged , but his compositions are rich , and his colour- ing tolerably true . We have also , of this master , various pen drawings , with figures as large as life , and ably characterised : the mellow and ...
... figures is a little over- charged , but his compositions are rich , and his colour- ing tolerably true . We have also , of this master , various pen drawings , with figures as large as life , and ably characterised : the mellow and ...
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... figures observable through the whole . In the public library at Basle there is an admirable figure of a dead man , painted on a pannel , engraved by Michel , who has likewise given a series of engravings from the original de ...
... figures observable through the whole . In the public library at Basle there is an admirable figure of a dead man , painted on a pannel , engraved by Michel , who has likewise given a series of engravings from the original de ...
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... figures amiable and graceful , and his attitudes well chosen . He likewise excelled in crayon painting ; and his portraits in that way , by some connoisseurs , are held in no less esti- mation than those which he finished in oil ...
... figures amiable and graceful , and his attitudes well chosen . He likewise excelled in crayon painting ; and his portraits in that way , by some connoisseurs , are held in no less esti- mation than those which he finished in oil ...
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