Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 292
enteenth centuries, mostly as unpleasant astheatrical gesture and false taste can makethem. Number 198, Alessandro AUoris Annuncia-tion, while preserving many of the traditionalfeatures, is yet a noble and valuable monumentof absolute vulgarity. The flyaway Gabriel,with coarsely painted lily, the… … The Tuscan Galleries. 197 are as vile as Allori could make them. But thecrowning point of bad taste in this picture issurely the eldest of the boy-angels, just out ofschool, and apparently sprawling in ambush on acloud to play some practical joke on an unseenperson. Comparison of this hateful…
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