 The whole is conducted with the most consummate art. The composition is bold and uncommon, with circumstances which no other painter had ever before thought of, such as the breaking of the limbs and the expression of the Magdalen, to which we may add...  How to Visit the Great Picture Galleries - Page 115by Esther Singleton - 1911 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...had ever before thought of; such as the breaking of the limbs, and the expression of the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses, which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner : the nearest bears the thief whose limbs are breaking;... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...had ever before thought of; such as the breaking of the limbs, and the expression of the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses, which ttte placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner : the nearest •bears the thief whose... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses,which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner: the nearest bears...are breaking ; the next the Christ, whose figure is straiter than ordinary, as a contrast to the others ; and the furthermost, the penitent thief: this... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses,which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner: the nearest bears...are breaking ; the next the Christ, whose figure is straiter than ordinary, as a contrast to the others ; and the furthermost, the penitent thief: this... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 pages
...had ever before thought of; such as the breaking of the limbs, and the expression of the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses, which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner: the nearest bears the thief whose limbs are breaking;... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 pages
...had ever before thought of; such as the breaking of the limbs, and the expression of the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses, which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner : the nearest bears the thief whose limbs are breaking... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 514 pages
...had ever before thought of; such as the breaking of the limbs, and the expression of the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses, which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner : the nearest bears the thief whose limbs are breaking... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 612 pages
...had ever before thought of; such as the breaking of the limbs, and the expression of the Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses, which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner : the nearest bears the thief whose limbs are breaking... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pages
...add the disposition of the three crosses, which are placed »respectively in an uncommon picaresque manner : the nearest bears the thief whose limbs are breaking ; the next, the Christ, whose figure is straiter than ordinary, as a contrast to the others; and the furthermost, the penitent thief: this... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pages
...Magdalen, to which we may add the disposition of the three crosses, which are placed prospectively in an uncommon picturesque manner : the nearest bears the thief whose limbs are breaking ; 134 ROUTE XXII. — ANTWERP". 135 the next, the Christ, whose figure is straiter than ordinary, as... | |
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