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A descriptive catalogue of the maiolica, Hispano-Moresco, Persian, Damascus, and Rhodian wares in the South Kensington Museum : with historical notes, marks, & monograms (1873)

South Kensington Museum, Fortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward), 1820-1899 · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 274

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round his waift, and a loofe yellow mantle falls fromhis left ftioulder over the right knee ; tight hofe, black ftioes, and a lowred cap or herretta complete the drefs. His light auburn hair hangslong behind. The painter, indeed, is the moft coftume of the party. Aclofe-fitting ftiort green jacket,… … fhoes, tied over the inftep, and his dark hair confined in a ilriped green bag or --fachet is furmounted by a low red cap, fimilar to that of his patron ; he wears an apron to proteft his drefs. The general artiftic merit of thispainting is of a very high order; deli-cately fine in the details, it…

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