The art of the Dresden gallery; notes and observations upon the old and modern masters and paintings in the royal collection . ance,Holland, and Italy. He died in Geneva in model for La Belle Chocolatiere was , a chocolate girl of Vienna. The lovelyBaldauf made such an impression upon the CountDietrichstein through her portrait that he fell inlove with her and finally married her. Algarottipurchased the picture and gives an account of it ina letter to a friend. I have bought from thefamous Liotard a pastel about three feet high. Itrepresents in profile a young German femme
The art of the Dresden gallery; notes and observations upon the old and modern masters and paintings in the royal collection . ance,Holland, and Italy. He died in Geneva in model for La Belle Chocolatiere was , a chocolate girl of Vienna. The lovelyBaldauf made such an impression upon the CountDietrichstein through her portrait that he fell inlove with her and finally married her. Algarottipurchased the picture and gives an account of it ina letter to a friend. I have bought from thefamous Liotard a pastel about three feet high. Itrepresents in profile a young German femme dechamhre, who carries a tray upon which is a glassof water and a cup of chocolate. The picture isalmost without shadows on a plain background andis lighted by means of two windows whose reflec-tions appear in the glass of water. The work isin delicate half-tints with insensible gradations oflight and in perfect relief. It is not mannered;and although painted in Europe, it is almost inChinese taste. They are the enemies of shade, asyou know! As to the finish of the work, to sumit up in a word, it is a Holbein in pastel!. LIOTARD. THE CHOCOLATK CARL Ipastels an^ /iDiniatures iSi The picture of La Belle Lyonnaise, No. 162, isa portrait of the artists niece, Mile. himself, in his Turkish attire, may be seenin No. 159. It is said that in Paris Liotard wasconsidered a little dry and hard in finish: his col-ouring is very low in tone and the French con-sidered his carnations too pale; but that is a matterof fashion. Among the miniatures are several by a well-known Dresden painter in enamel, Sophie Dinglin-ger; they are chiefly family portraits in the artistsown circle. The Preuss Collection comprises forty-nine busts of celebrated rulers, chiefly copied fromportraits by noted artists. The collection was ownedby Herr Friedrich Preuss, who donated it in of these portraits are familiar. Several Popesand Emperors, Kings and Queens, are here setbefore us, prett
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