Advice to proprietors, on the care of valuable pictures painted in oil, by an artist1835 - 80 pages |
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Page 66 - And, of our more special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant unto the said...
Page 15 - I was disappointed. However, this disappointment did not proceed from any deficiency in the picture itself; had it been in the original state in which Rubens left it, it must have appeared very different ; but it is mortifying to see to what degree it has suffered by cleaning and mending.
Page 10 - The composition is upon the same plan as that of St. Bavon at Ghent. The picture is divided into two parts ; the Saint and Christ are represented in the upper part, and the effects of the plague in the lower part of the picture. — In this piece the grey is rather too predominant, and the figures have not that union with their ground which is generally so admirable in the works of Rubens. I suspect it has been in some picture-cleaner's hands, whom I have often known to darken every part of the ground...
Page 55 - From the number of his works he must have been indefatigable ; for though he was not above forty-two when he died, they are not exceeded by those of Rubens. He lived sumptuously, kept a great table, and often detained the persons who sat to him, to dinner, for an opportunity of studying their countenances, and of retouching their pictures again in the afternoon.
Page 16 - However, there is enough to be seen to satisfy any connoisseur, that in its perfect state it well deserved all its reputation. The composition of this picture is said to be borrowed from an Italian print: this print I never saw; but those who have seen it, say, that Rubens has made no deviation from it, except in the attitude of the Magdalen. On the print is written, "Peter Passer, Invenit; Hieronymus Wirix, sculpsit.
Page 55 - Towards the end of his life, the king bestowed on him for a wife, Mary, the daughter of the unfortunate lord Gowry, and soon after his marriage he set out for Paris, in hopes of being...
Page 47 - ... though of an extraordinary beauty, of as extraordinary a fame ; his changing and rechanging his religion . and...
Page 65 - Know yee, that we, in consideration of the good and acceptable service done, and to be done, unto us by our beloved servant, Sebastian Cabota...
Page 36 - Vandyck alone hesitated ; but moved by their entreaties, as dreading himself the anger of Rubens, he complied, and performed his task so well, that the next day Rubens, on examining the picture, said to his pupils, " that arm and head are among the best things I ever did.