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 489
t which he himself so (successfully put into practice. Hewould have given a Dorian severity of tint to The Death of Socrates; and, to render his piecemore touching, would have made it less attractive. David, on the other hand, in studying the embel-lishment of his chef-dceuvre, has so far… … NAPOLEON THE GREAT CROSSING THE ALPS, FROM A PAINTING BY DAVID. there is nothing equal or second to it in the repertoire of any school ot painting, the critic must judgeof it by the engraving, and not the original picture. J. LOUIS DAVID. 477 I POPE PIUS VII. The portrait of Pins VII., wliicli we…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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