The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 311
oldness andenergy observable in the monument of Richeheu, by Gir-ardon; but the study of nature, and the simplicity ofidea it exhibits, lead us to think that if the taste of Coy-sevox had been more pure, and formed upon the antique,he, in the present instance, would have surpassed hisrival. The… … f}eorae,Cboke- scu !.rndon:lkbLU}u!. i VENUS. A STATUE.—N. COUSTOU. Venus selects an arrow from the quiver of her son,Cupid, who is observed preparing his bow to receive it. It is in vain to seek in this figure the beauties of theVenus of antiquity. Its forms are tolerably well varied,but somewhat…
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