Smith, Gerard William · New York, Scribner · leaf 162
ghtfulness—areflex, however faint, of the spirit of Poussin. The desire, atleast, to attain a higher ideal than was within his reach, is trace-able in his work, the best examples of which are his pictures inthe Louvre. The Reprobation of Gain after the death of Abel,painted on his reception for the… … t-^i o 134 PAIXTING IN FRANCE. releasing the Jews, and Solon explaining his Laws to the Atheni-ans. Severus distributing Corn, and Trajan holding an Audience,are more theatrical. The latter shows the study of Le Sueur. The defects observable to some extent in Noel Coypel took amore pronounced form…
Painting, Spanish · Painting, French
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