Great masters of Dutch and Flemish painting (1909)
Bode, Wilhelm von, 1845-1929, Clarke, Margaret L · London : Duckworth and co.; New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 140
this is onlya secondary consideration. The principal thing withhim is the pictorial presentation of the subject. But itis through this that his most unimportant situations havetheir convincing truth, their most varied and delicatecharacteristic effect. This has led our greatest Germanpoet to the… … TER BORCH THE LETTER Buckingham Palace To face p. 92 GERARD TER BORCH 93 praise for the artist that the characterisation is so sharp,the situation so natural, as to permit of such interpreta-tion. Only the works of the greatest masters exercise acharm which extends beyond the limits of their art,…
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