Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 · New York, S. Hess · leaf 83
ndedon authentic pictures of their time, but dressed up to suit the artists notion of the subjectspersonality. The Frederic the Great is an animated, stirring image of that Alexandrede nos jours —a splendid sword in a rough sheath. The Maria Theresa is perhaps ratherthe Rex Noster of the legend and… … HEAD-PIECE BY MENZEL. FROM KUGLERS FREDERICK THE GREAT. A III. DOLF FRIEDERICH ERDMANN MENZEL, one of the first of modem draughtsmen,recognized both at home and abroad as a chief in the modern school of historicalpainters, was born at Breslan in 1815. His father, though not an artist, was…
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