Fifty years of modern painting, Corot to Sargent (1908)
Phythian, John Ernest, 1858- · London, G. Richards · leaf 287
athe may get that which will feed them all. Another of hispictures, The Beheading of John the Baptist, shows clearlythat, although in a moment the headsman will have severedthe Baptists head from his body, the victory lies with him,not with his murderers. The Reapers needs no comment. The… … THE REAPER PUVIS DE CHAVANNES PAINTING IN FRANCE 225 were well adapted to the end he had in view. It is idle tocompare him with Raphael or Rubens, and say that he didnot paint as they painted—and this has been done—unlessit be to point out that without having the technical skilland resource…
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