The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 401
d of. On this head the following remark of Sir JoshuaReynolds, in one of his excellent lectures on paint-ing, is particularly applicable: we ought rather tocontemplate what the pictures of the great colouristshave been, than what they are, if we would render tothe painters the justice which is due… … CHRIST TAKEN FROM THE CROSS. VANDYCK. If this picture had been less laboured it might rea-sonably, with respect to its extent, be considered amere sketch: but although the figures are of the pro-portion only of a foot, it may perhaps be put in com-petition with the best works of Vandyck. In this…
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