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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 368

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.In her right hand, lifted up, she holds the bloody sprig, at which she stares in con-fusion. Her left thigh comes forward. Her upper parts sway to the left; herbreast is almost fronting directly against the light; her face in profile more or lessturns back, and her feet are by this time fixed in… … Of Landscapes. 273 concern, wringing her clasped hands against Iier left cheek. Her head turned to theright hangs over her right shoulder; her breast heaves, and her under parts drawquite back. Her knees are bent, her right foot Hung out, and the left drawn back,as if she were fainting away. She is…

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