Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts (1826)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 · London : Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major · leaf 93
ix German gentlemen of highrank, who were so struck with her beauty and air, that theyexpressed their admiration in the most high-flown terms whichthat language could supply. She addressed herself to them inGerman, observing that such extravagant praise in the presenceof any lady conveyed no real… … Aktt^k- ;sii: PAINTERS IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES II. 69 and drew small histories, portraits both in largeand small, understood music, and spoke Latin,German, Italian, and other languages. ANTONIO VERRIO,* Born 1634, Died 1707, a Neapolitan; an excellent painter for the sortof subjects on which he was…
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