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72 BRU
for, if they do not lie clofe, but fprawl abroad, fuch will never
work well; and, if they are not faft bound in the ftock, the
briftles will come out when you are unrig them, and fpoil your
work ; as may be feen where the loofe hairs of the Brum have
lain up and down in the colours laid on, to the great difparage-
ment of the work.—To prevent this, if they are not faft bound,
drive in fome thin wooden wedges, between the thread with
which they are bound round, and this will render the briftles
tight and fecure.
IVire Brushes, are of ufe for fcrubbing thofefilver, copper,
and brafs pieces which are to be gilded over, thereby perfectly
to free them from any dirt, ruft, or filth which may adhere to
them i which, not being taken off, would hinder the clofing of
the gold with them. They are therefore ufed by gilders, fii*
verfmiths, &c. and are ufually fold by iron mongers.
Mr4 £ j str* frdlk rrr* ^IHk He ufed three marks
XLJUU W SDX^S vi l^LJf annexed at different
times.
Charles le BRUN, was born at Paris, anno 1620, and he
began his ftudies under Simon Voiiet. and finifhed at Rome by
the favour of Monfieur the chancellor Sequier, who fent him
thither with a confiderable penfion for three years; the firft
proofs of his abilities, after he returned home, were the prize-
pieces he made two years fuccefsfully for the church of Notre
Dame ; and his performances foon afterwards, in feveral of the
fine houfes in France, gave fuch a luftre to his pencil, that the
King, upon the recommendation of Monfieur Colbert, made
him his chief painter, ennobled him, and honoured him with the
order of St. Michael. He had a genius, lively, penetrating, and
equal to every thing he undertook ; his invention was eafy, and
his talent (excepting in landfcapes only) univerfal
He was not indeed admired for his colouring, nor for his fkill
in the diftrihution of his lights and fhadows; but for a good
guftoof defign, an excellent choice of attitudes, an agreeable
management of his draperies, a beautitul and juft expreflion,
and withal a ftricT: obfervance of the decorum of his compofiti-
ons, which wil) command the attention and admiration of the
niceft judges.
His capital works are the cieling of the gallery and grand
ftair-cafe of Verfailles, and his five large pieces, containing the
hiftory of Alexander the Great, the prints of which are, alone,
enough to render his name famous to pofterity. He had the fu-
perintendency of the manufactures at the Gobelines, and, for
fome years, governed all the king's artificers. He died in France
anno 1690, ietat. 70.
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for, if they do not lie clofe, but fprawl abroad, fuch will never
work well; and, if they are not faft bound in the ftock, the
briftles will come out when you are unrig them, and fpoil your
work ; as may be feen where the loofe hairs of the Brum have
lain up and down in the colours laid on, to the great difparage-
ment of the work.—To prevent this, if they are not faft bound,
drive in fome thin wooden wedges, between the thread with
which they are bound round, and this will render the briftles
tight and fecure.
IVire Brushes, are of ufe for fcrubbing thofefilver, copper,
and brafs pieces which are to be gilded over, thereby perfectly
to free them from any dirt, ruft, or filth which may adhere to
them i which, not being taken off, would hinder the clofing of
the gold with them. They are therefore ufed by gilders, fii*
verfmiths, &c. and are ufually fold by iron mongers.
Mr4 £ j str* frdlk rrr* ^IHk He ufed three marks
XLJUU W SDX^S vi l^LJf annexed at different
times.
Charles le BRUN, was born at Paris, anno 1620, and he
began his ftudies under Simon Voiiet. and finifhed at Rome by
the favour of Monfieur the chancellor Sequier, who fent him
thither with a confiderable penfion for three years; the firft
proofs of his abilities, after he returned home, were the prize-
pieces he made two years fuccefsfully for the church of Notre
Dame ; and his performances foon afterwards, in feveral of the
fine houfes in France, gave fuch a luftre to his pencil, that the
King, upon the recommendation of Monfieur Colbert, made
him his chief painter, ennobled him, and honoured him with the
order of St. Michael. He had a genius, lively, penetrating, and
equal to every thing he undertook ; his invention was eafy, and
his talent (excepting in landfcapes only) univerfal
He was not indeed admired for his colouring, nor for his fkill
in the diftrihution of his lights and fhadows; but for a good
guftoof defign, an excellent choice of attitudes, an agreeable
management of his draperies, a beautitul and juft expreflion,
and withal a ftricT: obfervance of the decorum of his compofiti-
ons, which wil) command the attention and admiration of the
niceft judges.
His capital works are the cieling of the gallery and grand
ftair-cafe of Verfailles, and his five large pieces, containing the
hiftory of Alexander the Great, the prints of which are, alone,
enough to render his name famous to pofterity. He had the fu-
perintendency of the manufactures at the Gobelines, and, for
fome years, governed all the king's artificers. He died in France
anno 1690, ietat. 70.
Ti c