Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 53
theosis of form. He painted Io and Jupiter for Fred-erick Gonzaga of Mantua. This picture having passedto the son of the Regent, the two passionate heads sostrongly troubled his prudery that he cut them out andburned them. Coypel then begged the Prince to sparethe rest and to give it to him. He… … w1-1< Q o< MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT 2Q All the great museums of the world possess Correggios,and I will only mention the exquisite Saint Catherine andthe resplendent Antiope of the Louvre ; the Danae of theBorghese Gallery, a chef-doeuvre of grace and delicacy ;and, finally, in the Dresden…
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