Baldry, A. L. (Alfred Lys), 1858-1939 · London, New York : Goupil · leaf 55
correct and conscientious Flemishpainter, Philippe de Champaigne, who had Largilliere, and HyacintheRigaud, the painterof Kings and courtiers, had no power tocheck the progress of the new movement. 48 THE WALLACE COLLECTION. And vet as can he seen by their works at Hert-ford House these men were… … ,1. li. PATEIl iiii; SWIM aSthetic spirit ot France. The taste forclassic severities had worn itself out, and therebound from the restrictions of an artisticcreed which could not satisfy a gay and pleasure-loving people, threw the new schoolinto an orgy of pictorial frivolity. This frivolity,…
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