Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts (1826)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 · London : Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major · leaf 277
church-yard of St. Martins. * He was so poor that he engaged himself as a domestic inthe service of Cardinal Dada, the popes nuncio; but quittedhim before night. f He excelled in copying Rubens, and even passed offseveral prints which he had washed, for original drawings ofthat master. But this… … one of the greatest masters that has appeared forpainting flowers. They are not so exquisitelyfinished as Van Huysums, but his colouring andcomposition are in a bolder style. He was bornat Lisle in 1635, and educated at Antwerp as apainter of history, which he soon changed for * V. Graham, and the…
