Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works ; a handbook (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 580
e foreground. His sacred subjectsare his least m^itorious works; he excelled in guard-house scenes,peasant life in every aspect, representations of the alchemist, inwhich he is unequalled, and fairs and festivals of all sorts. Hislight, brilliant touch, his exquisite coloring, especially in detail,… … PICTURE BY TEXIERS. Madrid Gall. are so numerous and so excellent, that it is very difficult to mention asmall number and do him any good degree of justice. The Louvre,Vienna, Munich, and Madrid galleries are richer in his best worksthan other public collections; there are fine pictures of his in…
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