The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages (1880)
Sandhurst, Phillip T · N.Y., Worthington · leaf 146
shoulders of a largewoman, and a countenance much underjawed, and almost ferocious in expression.Her companion, Nicolasito Pertusano, although better proportioned than the lady,and of a more amicable aspect, was very inferior in elegance as a royal plaything tohis contemporary, the valiant Sir… … VELASQUEZ. 91 large picture in the Louvre representing two of them leading by a cord a greatspotted hound, to which they bear the same proportion that men of the usual sizebear to a horse. In 1648 Velasquez again visited Italy, sent by the king this time to collectworks of art for the royal…
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