Miniatures, ancient and modern . ways, but notquite so fine. At the court of Louis XIV Petitot found aready field for his talent, and he made severalbeautiful enamels of the King, a splendidmodel. Although enamel portraits were mostly doneby foreigners, there have been a few Englishartists who have succeeded well in this their foreign companions in this beautifulart, they have nearly all worked as miniaturistsas well. Many, especially the English artists,have done their best work as copyists. Charles Boit (1663-1726) was a native ofStockholm ; he started in life as a jeweller,which
Miniatures, ancient and modern . ways, but notquite so fine. At the court of Louis XIV Petitot found aready field for his talent, and he made severalbeautiful enamels of the King, a splendidmodel. Although enamel portraits were mostly doneby foreigners, there have been a few Englishartists who have succeeded well in this their foreign companions in this beautifulart, they have nearly all worked as miniaturistsas well. Many, especially the English artists,have done their best work as copyists. Charles Boit (1663-1726) was a native ofStockholm ; he started in life as a jeweller,which has been the stepping-stone of so manyartists, and then became a teacher of began with large enamels, but soon gavethem up for small ones. The practical diffi-culties of making large enamels are moreinsistent than they are with small ones. Evennow when muffles and furnaces are much moreunder control by reason of gas, it is infinitelymore risky to attempt big work than small,especially as large work is usually done on. KENKIKTTE, DUCHESSE doULEANSDAUGHTER OF KING CHARLES J By y<:an PctUot iHE .hKW YORK PUBLIC LTiiRARY TtL,9Mn FOUNDATIONS VhJs i\EW YORK PUBLIC LI8RARY
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