The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 251
has displayed thefertility of his imagination. The drawing is spiritedand ferocious, the colouring lively ; and, the masterlystyle with which it is executed, produces the happiesteffect. This animated composition would have appeared stillmore beautiful, had Rubens adopted hghter models for THE… … 6^4ta^/^k<^W< d la- Verrwt-.lTood Sc Sharpc.Ccullr^-.iScS. CHRIST DEAD, UPON THE KNEES OF THEVIRGIN, WITH OTHER FIGURES. RUBENS. This picture, the subject of which is too well known torequire any explanation, is remarkable for a species ofAnachronism, very common to religious pictures.…
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