The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 299
ntial to that art. The first consideration ofa painter should be disposition, then ornament, agreementof parts, beauty, taste, spirit, costume, attention to nature,and judgement above all. These nine points embracemany things worthy of description from the pens of themost intelligent writers. The… … ST. JOHN BAPTISING ON THE BANKS OFTHE RIVER JORDAN. POUSSIN, In the year 29, of Jesus Christ, St. John began topreach repentance on the border of the river Jordan, andbaptized all who came thither. The picture representshim surrounded by numerous Neophytes, of every age andsex, who hastened from…
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