The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 333
the year 1610.He received his first lessons in his art from his father,who was an historical painter of no great repute. Heafterwards entered the school of Winantz, but the heatof his genius naturally led him to the study of nature,in which he so much excelled. It does not appear thathe ever… … JENEAS carrying his father, anchises, ON HIS SHOULDERS, TO PRESERVE HIMFROM THE CONFLAGRATION OF TROY. BLONDEL. This subject, taken from the second book of theiEneid, was proposed, in the year 1805, by the com-mittee of the fine arts of the National Institute, at Paris,for the first prize in…
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