Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works : a handbook (1875)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 589
pictures. These are much more carefullytreated than his large subjects; they are freely and even grandlyconceived, and are full of life. Some of his paintings are enormous;it would seem that the larger the canvas, the more he was pleased.One of his works is 74x30 feet, and the school of S. Roch has… … ALLEGORICAL PICTURE. BY TINTORETTO. In the Doges Pal., Venice. the latter is probably, all things considered, his best work. It islike a great theatrical representation, in which are crowds of figureson foot and on horseback, with all imaginable expressions and move-ments. The immense canvas…
