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 70
and his children are all the scionsof families of distinction ; but although we cannot but acknowledge that such a littleness was a stigmaon a man of his merit, we must do homage to the genius which has gladdened us with the sight of somuch innocence and beauty. ^TiGOLlNO. This engraving is from a… … THE NATIVITY. IROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. merit lies chiefly in the execution, for the conception of the artist scarcely answers Dantes inspireddescription. Keynolds has represented the lofty and stern sufferer of the Italian poet rather as afamishing beggar than as a creature that…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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