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 441
XHIBITION. of The Virgin and Child; but the adjustment of theii- drapery betrays a lamentable carelessness.The folds of the garments never seem to fit the human form. No one would wish to see the raimentsticking like wax to the person j but without running into the opposite extreme, Bourdon might… … THE VIRGIN AND CHILP. FROM AN ENGRAVING BY BOURDON, i-igid adherence to this rule is in consequence more necessary than in a painting. There is in thedraperies of Bourdons engravings that same stiff metallic appearance for which Albert Durer has beenso much blamed. His Virgin even in the engraving…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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