Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Detroit, Mich., Published for the Bay View Reading Club by the Macmillan Company, New York · leaf 143
.His most famous oilpainting is the portraitof a lady in the Louvre,known as La Gio-conda, a still world-famous picture, whichwas purchased for alarge sum by theFrench king, FrancisI., during the lifetimeof the artist. In this painting andin the picture of theVirgin and St. Annein the same… … FiG. 72.—The Virgin and St. Anne. Da Vinci.Louvre. Leonardo da Vinci. 135 cult subjects for photograph. In oil painting, Da Vinciwas undoubtedly the first modern artist who reached com-plete success. The type of face which he affected in female subjects hasa refined and subtle character. In the…
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