ha, better knownunder his assumed name of Canon. Canons in-s])irations were truly second-hand. Among othershe imitated Rubens; but he imitated the letterand not the spirit. His colouring, in trying to viewith that of the old master, acquired a lustre whichis best characterised by the word stagey.… … the banks of the nidda80 in them the hard, inharmonious gamut of glaringcolours recurs. The figures are over-modelled, andwhether indoors or out, they are seen in a studiolight. But fortunately such reminiscences occurseldom, and the less said about his Canon periodthe better. At the end of the…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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