John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition: containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools (1858)
Cassell, John, 1817-1865 · London, W. Kent and co. · leaf 405
e days of Leo X., the princes of the church seized with delight the opportunity of framingin gold and ebony some of Claudes illustrations of Ovids amorous scenes, such, for instance, as the 392 JOHN CASSELL»S ART TEEASUllES EXHIBITION. loves of Cupid and Psyche, and the legend of that njmph Egeria,… … Or, it might be, a beauty of the earth, Who found a more than common votary there, Too much adoring ! Whatsoeer thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth. Here didst thou dwell, in this enchanted cover,Egeria ! thy all heavenly bosom beatingFor the far footsteps of thy…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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