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 470
him ofhis money, he quietly took him downby saying, I could easily be what youare ; but you could never be what Iam. The principal ciiefs-d ceuvre of Des-portes have now been despoiled of theirframes. The French nation, trampledunder the heel of despotism, care littlefor these reminiscences of the… … 08 458 JOHN CASSELLS ART TREASURES EXHIBITION. througli the same medium as Louis and his court beheld them. In contemplating the masterpieces ofthis artist, his countrymen feel that they are, like the illustrator of the scene, out of place and out ofdate. The painter loses his prestige by being…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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