Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 312
creation, in front of the canvas, he could not bear direct contactwith it. The influence of the model, he wrote, lowers the painters tone ;a stupid fellow makes you stupid. Delaroche draped his models as was re-quired, made them posture and pull faces, and while he was painting,laboriouslyscrewed… … COUTURE. THE LOVE OF GOLD. passion into operatic scenes, so he perfected his position as a man of com-promise by imitating the academic style in his Hemicycle. Here it wasIngres laurels which robbed him of his sleep. The fame which this picturehas acquired is mainly due to Henriquel Duponts fine…
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