Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 349
320 FRENCH PAIXTIXG asks what artist co^-erecl that immense galerie des glaces withso many and varied paintings; and witli work whose quaUtycould hardly have been thought good even by the uneducated.It will be seen that the pictures were made to flatter royaltj,and any artist who paints simply to… … Flii. 22S.—Charles Lebrun. Christ in the Desert Waited on by Angelf. Louvre, Paris. if he is a king—could not be great. This prolific painter wasdiaries Lebrun (1619-1690), who certainly made up in quantitywhat he lacked in quality. He was appointed court painter l_iy Louis XR., a monarchwhose…
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