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History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1906)

Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 466

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d thelifelike heads and admirably studied limbs are painted with a bold and surehand, while the landscapes are brilliant and truthful. We recognise the samequalities in the Madonna pictures of his best time—some earlier and still stiffexamples may be seen in the Galleries of Bergamo and Vicenza—and… … Fig. 317. 432 HISTORY OF PAINTING. in colour is remarkably independent, equally removed from the golden glow ofthe Venetians and the harsh motley of the Veronese. In his landscapes histones are fresh and airy, and the richly-coloured garments of the figures aredistinct but harmonious. One of his…

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