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The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists (1905) Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · Boston, L.C. Page & company · leaf 236
prince and princessaccurately arrayed in full court costume of the time ofLouis XIII. is certainly a degradation of the veryprinciples of art. And yet it remains true, that, con-sidering the limitations under which the decorationswere made, the execrable taste of the time, and especiallyMarie de*… … Salle Dan Dpcfe an& ©alette IRubens 179 successful. They are truly extraordinary in the gorgeous-ness as a whole and in the unity of their great diversity. Of the entire series the best are, The Birth of LouisXIII., where the queen is shown in the purity and beautyof first motherhood with a… Musée du Louvre · Painting
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