The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 385
h of the antique barbarism of the Germanichordes. He himself was in the habit of wearing his hair long, like theancient German kings. Upon the whole, however, his beautiful colouring,the skilful firmness of his drawing, his grand characteristics, his depth ofthought, the poetry, often terrible, of… … PAINTING ON WOOD, CANVAS, ETC. 3°5 to represent with no less success pleasant legends or the most charmingrealities. He is the painter of artless youths, aerially veiled, and of sportiveand enchanting virgins; and if some antique scene is created by hisdelicate and original pencil, it seem, to be…
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