Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers / edited and translated by Esther Singleton (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, Morse, Alice C. (Alice Cordelia), b. 1862, binding designer · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co · leaf 28
retending simplicity. Putting asidethese higher conditions and looking only to perfection ofexecution and essentially artistic power of design, I rankthis Carpaccio above either of them, and therefore, as inthese respects, the best picture in the world. I know noother which unites every nameable… … Ml r M. 1 \ N P \ I M /IAN K DUE CORTIGIANE VENEZIANE II Venice, severest in Florence, naturalcst in England. What-ever de Hooghe could do in shade, Van Eyck in detail—Giorgione in mass—Titian in colour—Berwick and Land-seer in animal life, is here at once; and I know no otherpicture in the world…
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