Smith, Gerard William · New York, Scribner · leaf 214
clearly where his real merits and defects lay. David,then, like Poussin—with whom he claims to be compared—turned for inspiTation to pagan models, and even went beyondPoussin in altogether refusing to undertake Christian subjects.But his inferiority to his great predecessor is at once seen in… … the antique spirit, and his strong and varied genius, under thesecongenial conditions, produced Avorks that will always remain 186 PAINTING IN FRANCE. great, always command a certain interest, in spite of all revolu-tions in taste. But it is difficult to imagine that the pictures ofDavid—considered…
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