A treatise on the art of painting, in all its branches; accompanied by seventy engraved plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters .. (1817)
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Craig, W. M. (William Marshall), ca. 1765-ca. 1834 · London, E. Orme · leaf 153
of Virtue.She appears sitting composedly before a large looking-glass, the frame whereof iscarved and gilt, and adorned with monsters; she views herself in it, holding arounded serpent twined with laurel; her aspect is sedate, her sway majestic ; andshe is attired like a ROMA : near her stand some… … Of Things Antique and Modern. 12$ a shell of water, out of which He blows hubbies with a reed ; and a fifth is playingwith a puppet ; these children are partly hoys and partly girls. ! The sense of this picture is evidedt; but, if the curious want further scope, let themconsider only, for instance,…
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