Anecdotes of Painters

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Spooner, Shearjashub, 1809-1859

Title

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 1 of 3)

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Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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English

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N: Fine Arts

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Artists -- Anecdotes

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eBook-No. 66010

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August 8, 2021

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Contents

1. 1.ANECDOTES OF PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS, Sculptors and Architects , AND CURIOSITIES OF ART.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — ANECDOTES OF PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS.
4. 4.EXTRACT FROM TEXT TO PLATE LIII OF THE AMERICAN EDITION OF BOYDELL’S ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKSPEARE.
5. 5.ADVANTAGES OF THE CULTIVATION OF THE FINE ARTS TO A COUNTRY.
6. 6.ANTIQUITY OF THE FINE ARTS.
7. 7.THE PŒCILE AT ATHENS.
8. 8.MOSAICS.
9. 9.THE OLYMPIAN JUPITER.
10. 10.PAINTING FROM NATURE.
11. 11.APELLES.
12. 12.APELLES AND THE COBBLER.
13. 13.APELLES’ FOAMING CHARGER.
14. 14.APELLES AND ALEXANDER.
15. 15.APELLES AND PROTOGENES.
16. 16.ANECDOTES OF BENJAMIN WEST. HIS ANCESTRY.
17. 17.WEST’S BIRTH.
18. 18.HIS FIRST REMARKABLE FEAT.
19. 19.LITTLE BENJAMIN AND THE INDIANS.
20. 20.HIS CAT’S TAIL PENCILS.
21. 21.WEST’S FIRST PICTURE.
22. 22.WEST’S FIRST VISIT TO PHILADELPHIA.
23. 23.WEST’S AMBITION.
24. 24.WEST’S FIRST PATRONS.
25. 25.WEST’S EDUCATION.
26. 26.WEST’S DEDICATION TO ART.
27. 27.WEST’S EARLY PRICES.
28. 28.WEST’S ARRIVAL AT ROME.
29. 29.WEST’S EARLY FRIENDS.
30. 30.WEST’S COURSE OF STUDY.
31. 31.A REMARKABLE PROPHECY.
32. 32.WEST’S FONDNESS FOR SKATING.
33. 33.WEST’S DEATH OF WOLFE.
34. 34.MICHAEL ANGELO.
35. 35.MICHAEL ANGELO AND JULIUS THE SECOND.
36. 36.ST. PETER’S CHURCH.
37. 37.MICHAEL ANGELO’S FIRST PATRON.
38. 38.THE CARTOON OF PISA.
39. 39.MICHAEL ANGELO’S LAST JUDGMENT.
40. 40.MICHAEL ANGELO’S COLORING.
41. 41.MICHAEL ANGELO’S GRACE.
42. 42.MICHAEL ANGELO’S OIL PAINTINGS.
43. 43.MICHAEL ANGELO, HIS PROPHETS, AND JULIUS II.
44. 44.BON-MOTS OF MICHAEL ANGELO.
45. 45.WASHINGTON ALLSTON.
46. 46.ALLSTON’S DEATH.
47. 47.AMERICAN PATRONAGE AT HOME AND ABROAD.
48. 48.RAFFAELLE SANZIO DI URBINO.
49. 49.RAFFAELLE’S AMBITION.
50. 50.RAFFAELLE AND MICHAEL ANGELO.
51. 51.RAFFAELLE’S TRANSFIGURATION.
52. 52.DEATH OF RAFFAELLE.
53. 53.CHARACTER OF RAFFAELLE.
54. 54.LA BELLA FORNARINA.
55. 55.THE GENIUS OF RAFFAELLE.
56. 56.RAFFAELLE’S MODEL FOR HIS FEMALE SAINTS.
57. 57.RAFFAELLE’S OIL PAINTINGS.
58. 58.PORTRAITS OF POPE JULIUS II.
59. 59.MANNERS OF RAFFAELLE.
60. 60.PETER PAUL RUBENS.
61. 61.RUBENS’ VISIT TO ITALY.
62. 62.RUBENS’ ENTHUSIASM.
63. 63.RUBENS’ RETURN TO ANTWERP.
64. 64.RUBENS’ HABITS.
65. 65.RUBENS’ DETRACTORS.
66. 66.THE GALLERY OF THE LUXEMBOURG.
67. 67.RUBENS SENT AS AMBASSADOR TO THE COURTS OF SPAIN AND ENGLAND.
68. 68.DEATH OF RUBENS.
69. 69.RUBENS’ NUMEROUS WORKS.
70. 70.THE FIRST PICTURE BROUGHT TO ROME.
71. 71.ETRUSCAN SCULPTURE.
72. 72.CAMPUS MARTIUS.
73. 73.ELECTIONEERING PICTURES AT ROME.
74. 74.DRAMATIC SCENERY AT ROME.
75. 75.APELLES OF EPHESUS AND PTOLEMY PHILOPATOR.
76. 76.APELLES’ FAMOUS PICTURE OF CALUMNY.
77. 77.SIR GODFREY KNELLER.
78. 78.KNELLER AND JAMES II.
79. 79.KNELLER’S COMPLIMENT TO LOUIS XIV.
80. 80.KNELLER’S WIT.
81. 81.KNELLER’S KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSIOGNOMY.
82. 82.KNELLER AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
83. 83.KNELLER AND CLOSTERMANS.
84. 84.THE CAVALIERE BERNINI.
85. 85.BERNINI’S PRECOCITY.
86. 86.BERNINI’S STRIKING PREDICTION.
87. 87.BERNINI AND LOUIS XIV.
88. 88.BERNINI’S WORKS.
89. 89.BERNINI AND THE VEROSPI HERCULES.
90. 90.FANATICISM DESTRUCTIVE TO ART.
91. 91.PAINTINGS EVANESCENT.
92. 92.THE ENGLISH NATIONAL GALLERY.
93. 93.THE NUDE FIGURE.
94. 94.DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF PAINTING COMPARED.
95. 95.THE OLD MASTERS.
96. 96.PRICES OF GALLERIES.
97. 97.LOVE MAKES A PAINTER.
98. 98.JOHN WESLEY JARVIS.
99. 99.THE BIGGEST LIE.
100. 100.JARVIS AND BISHOP MOORE.
101. 101.JARVIS AND COMMODORE PERRY.
102. 102.JARVIS AND THE PHILOSOPHER.
103. 103.JARVIS AND DR. MITCHELL.
104. 104.JARVIS’ HABITS.
105. 105.ROBERT FULTON.
106. 106.AN EXALTED MIND AND A TRUE PATRIOT.
107. 107.GILBERT CHARLES STUART.
108. 108.STUART GOES TO LONDON.
109. 109.STUART AN ORGANIST.
110. 110.STUART’S INTRODUCTION TO WEST.
111. 111.STUART AND WEST.
112. 112.STUART’S SCHOLARSHIP.
113. 113.STUART’S RULE OF THE PAYMENT OF HALF PRICE AT THE FIRST SITTING.
114. 114.STUART’S POWERS OF PERCEPTION.
115. 115.STUART’S CONVERSATIONAL POWERS.
116. 116.STUART’S SUCCESS IN EUROPE.
117. 117.STUART IN IRELAND.
118. 118.STUART’S RETURN TO AMERICA.
119. 119.STUART AND WASHINGTON.
120. 120.STUART’S LAST PICTURE.
121. 121.STUART’S REPUTATION.
122. 122.STUART’S DRAWING.
123. 123.STUART A PUNSTER.
124. 124.STUART BORN IN A SNUFF-MILL.
125. 125.STUART’S NOSE.
126. 126.STUART’S SITTERS.
127. 127.STUART’S MARK.
128. 128.STUART AND HIS DOG.
129. 129.THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS.
130. 130.THE DYING GLADIATOR.
131. 131.FABIUS MAXIMUS.
132. 132.LOVE OF THE ARTS AMONG THE ROMANS.
133. 133.COMPARATIVE MERITS OF THE VENUS DE MEDICI, AND THE VENUS VICTRIX.
134. 134.THE EFFECT OF PAINTING ON THE MIND.
135. 135.PAUSIAS.
136. 136.THE GARLAND TWINER.
137. 137.PROTOGENES, THE GREAT RHODIAN PAINTER.
138. 138.PARRHASIUS.
139. 139.THE DEMOS AND OTHER WORKS OF PARRHASIUS.
140. 140.PARRHASIUS AND THE OLYNTHIAN CAPTIVE.
141. 141.THE VANITY OF PARRHASIUS.
142. 142.THE INVENTION OF THE CORINTHIAN CAPITAL.
143. 143.THE INVENTION OF SCULPTURE.
144. 144.PRAXITELES.
145. 145.PRAXITELES AND PHIDIAS COMPARED.
146. 146.THE WORKS OF PRAXITELES.
147. 147.THE VENUS OF CNIDUS.
148. 148.PRAXITELES AND PHRYNE.
149. 149.THE KING OF BITHYNIA AND THE VENUS OF CNIDUS.
150. 150.PHIDIAS.
151. 151.PHIDIAS AND ALCAMENES.
152. 152.INGRATITUDE OF THE ATHENIANS.
153. 153.THE JUPITER OF PHIDIAS.
154. 154.PHIDIAS’ MODEL FOR THE OLYMPIAN JUPITER.
155. 155.APOLLODORUS THE ATHENIAN.
156. 156.APOLLODORUS THE ARCHITECT.
157. 157.TRAJAN’S COLUMN.
158. 158.THE DEATH OF APOLLODORUS.
159. 159.HOGARTH.
160. 160.HOGARTH’S APPRENTICESHIP.
161. 161.HOGARTH’S REVENGE.
162. 162.HOGARTH’S METHOD OF SKETCHING.
163. 163.HOGARTH’S MARRIAGE.
164. 164.SUCCESSFUL EXPEDIENT OF HOGARTH.
165. 165.HOGARTH’S PICTURE OF THE RED SEA.
166. 166.HOGARTH’S COURTESY.
167. 167.HOGARTH’S ABSENCE OF MIND.
168. 168.HOGARTH’S MARCH TO FINCHLEY.
169. 169.HOGARTH’S UNFORTUNATE DEDICATION OF A PICTURE.
170. 170.HOGARTH’S MANNER OF SELLING HIS PICTURES.
171. 171.HOGARTH’S LAST WORK.
172. 172.JACQUES LOUIS DAVID.
173. 173.DAVID’S PICTURE OF THE CORONATION OF NAPOLEON.
174. 174.DAVID AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
175. 175.DAVID AND THE CARDINAL CAPRARA.
176. 176.DAVID AT BRUSSELS.
177. 177.PIERRE MIGNARD.
178. 178.SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
179. 179.REYNOLDS’ NEW STYLE.
180. 180.REYNOLDS’ PRICES.
181. 181.REYNOLDS IN LEICESTER SQUARE.
182. 182.THE FOUNDING OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
183. 183.REYNOLDS AND DR. JOHNSON.
184. 184.DR. JOHNSON’S FRIENDSHIP FOR REYNOLDS.
185. 185.JOHNSON’S APOLOGY FOR PORTRAIT PAINTING.
186. 186.THE LITERARY CLUB.
187. 187.JOHNSON’S PORTRAIT.
188. 188.JOHNSON’S DEATH.
189. 189.REYNOLDS AND GOLDSMITH.
190. 190.THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
191. 191.GOLDSMITH’S “RETALIATION.”
192. 192.POPE A PAINTER.
193. 193.REYNOLDS’ FIRST ATTEMPTS IN ART.
194. 194.THE FORCE OF HABIT.
195. 195.PAYING THE PIPER.
196. 196.REYNOLDS’ MODESTY.
197. 197.REYNOLDS’ GENEROSITY.
198. 198.REYNOLDS’ LOVE OF HIS ART.
199. 199.REYNOLDS’ CRITICISM ON RUBENS.
200. 200.REYNOLDS AND HAYDN’S PORTRAIT.
201. 201.RUBENS’ LAST SUPPER.
202. 202.REYNOLDS’ SKILL IN COMPLIMENTS.
203. 203.EXCELLENT ADVICE.
204. 204.SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS AND HIS PORTRAITS.
205. 205.REYNOLDS’ FLAG.
206. 206.BURKE’S EULOGY.
207. 207.REYNOLDS’ ESTIMATE AND USE OF OLD PAINTINGS.
208. 208.THE INFLUENCE OF THE INQUISITION UPON SPANISH PAINTING.
209. 209.A MELANCHOLY PICTURE OF THE STATE OF THE FINE ARTS IN SPAIN.
210. 210.DON DIEGO VELASQUEZ.
211. 211.VELASQUEZ HONORED BY THE KING OF SPAIN.
212. 212.VELASQUEZ’S SLAVE.
213. 213.LUIS TRISTAN.
214. 214.TRISTAN AND EL GRECO.
215. 215.ALONSO CANO.
216. 216.CANO’S LIBERALITY.
217. 217.CANO’S ECCENTRICITIES.
218. 218.CANO’S HATRED OF THE JEWS.
219. 219.CANO’S RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH.
220. 220.RIBALTA’S MARRIAGE.
221. 221.APARICIO, CANOVA, AND THORWALDSEN.
222. 222.BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO.
223. 223.MURILLO AND VELASQUEZ.
224. 224.MURILLO’S RETURN TO SEVILLE.
225. 225.MURILLO AND IRIARTE.
226. 226.MURILLO’S DEATH.
227. 227.MURILLO’S STYLE.
228. 228.MURILLO’S WORKS.
229. 229.MURILLO’S ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN.
230. 230.CASTILLO’S TRIBUTE TO MURILLO.
231. 231.CORREGGIO.
232. 232.CORREGGIO’S GRAND CUPOLA OF THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN AT PARMA.
233. 233.CORREGGIO’S GRAND CUPOLA OF THE CATHEDRAL AT PARMA.
234. 234.CORREGGIO’S FATE.
235. 235.ANNIBALE CARACCI’S OPINION OF CORREGGIO’S GRAND CUPOLA AT PARMA.
236. 236.CORREGGIO’S ENTHUSIASM.
237. 237.CORREGGIO’S GRACE.
238. 238.CORREGGIO AND THE MONKS.
239. 239.CORREGGIO’S MULETEER.
240. 240.DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S CORREGGIO CAPTURED AT VITTORIA.
241. 241.CORREGGIO’S ANCONA.
242. 242.PORTRAITS OF CORREGGIO.
243. 243.DID CORREGGIO EVER VISIT ROME?
244. 244.SINGULAR FATE OF CORREGGIO’S ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS.
245. 245.CURIOUS HISTORY OF CORREGGIO’S “EDUCATION OF CUPID.”
246. 246.MAGDALEN BY CORREGGIO.
247. 247.DISCOVERY OF A CORREGGIO.
248. 248.LIONARDO DA VINCI.
249. 249.PRECOCITY OF DA VINCI’S GENIUS.
250. 250.EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS OF DA VINCI.
251. 251.DA VINCI’S WORKS AT MILAN.
252. 252.DA VINCI’S “BATTLE OF THE STANDARD.”
253. 253.LIONARDO DA VINCI AND LEO X.
254. 254.LIONARDO DA VINCI AND FRANCIS I.
255. 255.DEATH OF DA VINCI.
256. 256.DA VINCI’S LEARNING.
257. 257.DA VINCI’S WRITINGS.
258. 258.DA VINCI’S SKETCH BOOKS.
259. 259.THE LAST SUPPER OF LIONARDO DA VINCI.
260. 260.COPIES OF THE LAST SUPPER OF DA VINCI.
261. 261.DA VINCI’S DISCRIMINATION.
262. 262.DA VINCI’S IDEA OF PERFECTION IN ART.
263. 263.DA VINCI AND THE PRIOR.
264. 264.DA VINCI’S DRAWINGS OF THE HEADS IN HIS CELEBRATED LAST SUPPER.
265. 265.FRANCIS I. AND THE LAST SUPPER OF VINCI.
266. 266.AUTHENTICATED WORKS OF DA VINCI.
267. 267.WORKS IN NIELLO.
268. 268.SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN.
269. 269.WREN’S SELF-COMMAND.
270. 270.WREN’S RESTRAINTS IN DESIGNING HIS EDIFICES.
271. 271.THE GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.
272. 272.ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL.
273. 273.WREN’S DEATH.
274. 274.WREN AND CHARLES II.
275. 275.THOMAS BANKS, THE ENGLISH SCULPTOR.
276. 276.THE GENIUS OF BANKS
277. 277.BANKS’ KINDNESS TO YOUNG SCULPTORS.
278. 278.THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER OF BANKS.
279. 279.FLAXMAN’S TRIBUTE TO BANKS.
280. 280.JOSEPH NOLLEKENS, THE ENGLISH SCULPTOR.
281. 281.NOLLEKENS’ VISIT TO ROME.
282. 282.NOLLEKENS AND GARRICK.
283. 283.NOLLEKENS’ TALENTS IN BUST SCULPTURE.
284. 284.NOLLEKENS’ BUST OF DR. JOHNSON.
285. 285.NOLLEKENS’ LIBERALITY TO CHANTREY.
286. 286.NOLLEKENS AND THE WIDOW.
287. 287.NOLLEKENS’ COMPLIMENTS.
288. 288.AN OVERPLUS OF MODESTY.
289. 289.THE ARTIST FOOTMAN.
290. 290.AN ARCHITECT’S STRATAGEM.
291. 291.THE FREEDOM OF THE TIMES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES II.
292. 292.HANNEMAN’S PICTURE OF “PEACE”
293. 293.WEESOP.

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