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 446
, and can never be acquired. Genius,says Poussin, is that golden branch describedby Virgil, which they alone can pluck whosehand destiny , directs. , This golden branchSebastian Bourdon never possessed, and in con-sequence he failed to reach the highest rank in thescale of art. Exuberance of fancy… … There is a splendid portrait of this great master in that fine edition of La Fontaines Fables, ^vhichwas illustrated by Oiidry himself. The expression of his noble countenance is at once tranquil,benevolent, and eminently intellectual This portrait was painted by Largilliere, and exquisitely…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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