The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 327
ng there, full of terror and inquietude, recognizedher lover, whose death she determined not to survive,and immediately precipitated herself into the sea. The moment chosen by the artist is that in whichHero discovers her lover extended upon the beach. Thevol. hi. o HERO AND LEANDER, figures of… … BERENICE REPROACHING PTOLEMY. TAILLASSON. Many kings of Egypt have borne the name of Ptolemy*and several queens of the same country that of Berenice.The artist has adopted the tradition which attributes tothe wife of Ptolemy Evergetes the event represented inthis picture. The observations which…
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