Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 278
amepassion, the same ever-activefancy; yet all his pictures restin triumphant repose, whileevery one of Delacroixs seemsto resound as with a cry ofbattle. Looking at Rubensworks you feel that he was ahappy, healthy man; but bythe time you have seen half ascore of Delacroixs it is bornein upon you… … internal fire. DELACROIX. LArt.THE EXPULSION OF HELIODORUS. 240 THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING His portrait of himself in the Louvre, with its pale forehead, its large dark-rimmed eyes, its lean, hollow face, its parchment-like skin stretched tightlyover the bones, explains his pictures better than…
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