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 252
on were they, if I may say so, a thousand stepslong; nay, the ground will always be most light forwards, without any difference, letthe light come from behind or forwards. I think no artist will be so soft as to ask,How then it shall appear whence the light comes ? Since it is a general rule,… … ^.<&I,<lir~p/~j,> />!/ J~. /ar~f)r///,r///
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