. The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages . ee years of age, his Coral Finders at last madean impression on the public. The year after, the splendid colour of his Cleopatrasailing down the Cydnus was a still more decided hit, and, according to Leslie, onemorning he—Etty—woke famous, after the opening of the Exhibition. He had alsofound a worthy patron in Sir Francis Freeling. In the following year, 1822, Etty went abroad—he was still but thirty-four yearsold—and remained for eighteen months, this time visiting Rome and Naples, as well asFlorence, but making his longes
. The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages . ee years of age, his Coral Finders at last madean impression on the public. The year after, the splendid colour of his Cleopatrasailing down the Cydnus was a still more decided hit, and, according to Leslie, onemorning he—Etty—woke famous, after the opening of the Exhibition. He had alsofound a worthy patron in Sir Francis Freeling. In the following year, 1822, Etty went abroad—he was still but thirty-four yearsold—and remained for eighteen months, this time visiting Rome and Naples, as well asFlorence, but making his longest stay, as was natural for him who was to be the greatEnglish colourist, in Venice, which he apostrophized as Venice the birth-place andcradle of colour, the hope and idol of my professional life. In 1826 he tried a much larger canvas in The Combat—woman Pleading for theVanquished, which was bought by his fellow-worker Martin (the painter of high art inideal landscapes, and such historical scenes as BelsJtazzars Feast; a man of genius, * See 0 Q
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