The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 389
s the river Nile is representedby an animated figure. It is a poetical idea, whichPoussin, no doubt, appreciated; for similar figures areobservable in many of his other compositions. The in-troduction, however, of mythology and allegory, in sacredsubjects, is nevertheless difficult to approve. This… … MOSES TRAMPLING ON THE CROWNOF PHARAOH. AFTER A PICTURE BY N. POUSSIN- To Josephus, the celebrated Jewish historian, isPoussin indebted for the subject of this picture. Thisauthor, zealous for the glory of his nation, has introducedin the life of the law-giver of the Jews, circumstanceswhich had…
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