 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...if there is one, to ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented :...shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such an appearance of the .heaviness of death, that nothing can exceed it. . Of the three Maries,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 452 pages
...if there is one, to ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented :...execute. The hanging of the head on his shoulder, dfid the falling of the body on one-side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of de^Tth, that... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1809 - 442 pages
...ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest iigures that ever was invented: it is most correctly drawn,...shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of death, tha^ nothing can exceed it. Of the three Maries,... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...if there is one, to ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented :...shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of death, that nothing can exceed it. Of the three Maries,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art, English - 1819 - 446 pages
...if there is one, to ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented:...shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of death, that nothing can exceed it. bestowed on female... | |
 | 1836 - 790 pages
...observes, that " the hanging of the head on his shoulder, the falling of his body on one side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of death, that nothing can exceed it." The deep affliction of the Virgin, the beautiful features of the weeping Magdalene, and the expressive... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1824 - 324 pages
...if there is one, to ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented:...shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of death, that nothing can exceed it. Of the three Marys,... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 226 pages
...white linen, opposed to flesh, must have, with his powers of colouring. The Christ, in this picture, is one of the finest figures that ever was invented : it is most correctly drawn, and in an attitude of the utmost difficulty to execute. The hanging of the head on his shoulder, and the... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 pages
...if there is one, to ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented :...shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of death, that nothing can exceed it. Of the three Maries,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1835 - 514 pages
...if there is one, to ascertain how far Rubens was indebted to it for his Christ, which I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented :...shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such an appearance of the heaviness of death, that nothing can exceed it. Of the three Maries,... | |
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I consider as one of the finest figures that ever was invented : it is most correctly drawn, and I apprehend in an attitude of the utmost difficulty to execute. The hanging of the head on his shoulder, and the falling of the body on one side, gives such... 
