The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 371
s of expression. The figure of the young prince isextremely fine ; the leg of Theseus might serve as amodel both for the sculptor and the painter. The co-louring is smooth, and the shadows transparent; thedraperies well adjusted, and the harmony complete.There are, in this composition, no useless… … 6 i ULYSSES, ICARUS, AND PENELOPE. AFTER A PICTURE BY GAUFFIER. The beauty of Penelope,and her fidelity to her husbandUlysses, have been celebrated by the poets of Greece.This princess was the daughter of Icarus, brother ofTyndarus, king of Sparta. Several of the Grecian princesaspired to her hand.…
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