The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 281
ion, Paris.) 261 THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES the finest portraits in the Louvre, thatof Marie Leczynska, the neglected wifeof Louis XV. Madame Vigee-Lebrun,who lived till 1842, but who belongs tothe reign of Louis XVL by her talent,painted susceptible, affected beautieswith a certain… … FIG. 506.—CUPID AND PSYCHE.CANOVA. (The Louvre.) fountain-head. The French school hasno better title to fame than the groupof portraits by David in the Louvre,that of Madame Recamier (Fig. 501),flanked by those of M. and MadameSerizat. The two tendencies, frivolous andacademic, appear in…
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