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 90
f seeking, says his biographer, into the secrets of the old painters, anddissected some of their performances, without remorse or scrujDle, to ascertain their mode of laying oncolour, and finishing with effect. Titian he conceived to be the great master spirit in portraiture ; andno enthusiast in… … THE DONKEY RACE, FROM A PAINTING BY THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH. concealed pursuit; lie disclosed his discoveries to none ; he lectured on Micliacl Angelo, and discoursedon Kaphael; but he studied and dreamed of Titian. To possess, said the artist, a real fine pictureby that great master, I would sell all…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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