The art of the Prado : a survey of the contents of the gallery, together with detailed criticisms of its masterpieces and biographical sketches of the famous painters who produced them (1907)
Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931 · Boston : L.C. Page & company · leaf 322
cing, and the height atwhich they are seen. They hang in rooms largeenough only to admit three pictures in line oneach wall, and at a height from the ground whichallows the light to strike and illumine the pigmentand not merely to dissect it. I should be glad ifthis tribute to Sefior Madrazos… … TITIAN OF PHILIP II XTitian an& t)fs pictures in tbe prafco 307 touching the ground, as a full-length portraitshould. This is the original canvas which wassent to England to testify to Philips personalappearance at the time of the negotiations forhis marriage with Queen Mary. A tear in the…
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