The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 219
artist has omittednothing that could explain the subject, and shew theplace where the action passes. The architecture of theOrientals, the burning sky of Syria, and the position ofthe city cf Jaffa, are rciidered with the greatest exactness.The colouring is beaaliful, the design vigorous and bold… … tAa^ry^y. THE SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM. HOLBEIN, It is surprising that an artist like Holbein, who becamean admirable painter without the assistance of a goodmaster, and without witnessing any chef-doeuvre in paint-ing, should not have been sensible of the impropriety ofrepresenting Abraham in the…
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