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the contraft we are fpeaking of. But this will juftify its fuffi-
ciently.
Nor is this contraft only neceffary in every particular picture ;
but, if feveral are made to hang in one room, they ought to con-
traft one another.
The mafters to be ftudied for Compofition are Raphael, Ru-
bens, and Rembrandt, moft efpecially, though many others are
worthy notice, and to be carefully confidered ; amongft which,
V. Velde ought not to be forgotten, who, though his fubjects
were fhips, which, confiding of fo many little parts, are very
difficult to fling into great maffes, has done it by the help of
fpread fails, fmoak, and the bodies of the veffels, and a judicious
management of light and fhadows. So that his Compofitions
are many times as good as thofe of any mafter.
CONCORD, is reprefented, in painting, &c. by a grave
beautiful lady in an antique drefs, holding in her right hand a
bafon with a heart, and pomegranate in it, and a garland of
fruits and flowers on her head, and in her left a fcepter; on the
top of which are various flowers and fruits. The heart and
pomegranate denote Concord, becaufe the pomegranate is full
of little grains clofely united, to that degree, that, if the roots be
feparated, they mutually twift together again.
Concord is alfo reprefented, in painting, as a lady in a fkv-
coloured robe, and a yellow mantle, holding in her right hand
a charger for facrifice, and, in her left, a cornucopia, with the
word Concordia, or thus : As a fair virgin, holding in one hand
a pomegranate, and in the other a bunch of myrtle. The rea-
fon of which is, that the nature of thefe trees is fuch, that, if
they are planted, although at a good fpace from one another,
they will meet, and with twining embrace one another.
CONFIDENCE, is reprefented, in painting, &c. by a wo-
man, with her hair hanging about her ears, bearing up a fhip
with both her hands. The fhip fhews that, although the fea be
terrible, yet fhe is confident that, by the help of this fhip, fhe
may truft herfelf with that barbarous element, threatening ruin
and deftruclion.
CONJUGAL Love, is reprefented, in painting, &c. by a
man at a woman's right hand, both clad in purple ; one gold
chain incircles both their necks, having a heart for a pendant,
fupported only by one hand of each. The chain denotes matri-
mony, ordained by nature and the divine law, which would have
the hufband and wife to be one flefh and bone, not to be fepa-
rated but by death.
CONNOISSANCE, in painting, is a fkill in that particular
fcience. See CONNOISSEUR.
CONNOISSEUR. It is not enough, fays Mr. Richardfon,
the contraft we are fpeaking of. But this will juftify its fuffi-
ciently.
Nor is this contraft only neceffary in every particular picture ;
but, if feveral are made to hang in one room, they ought to con-
traft one another.
The mafters to be ftudied for Compofition are Raphael, Ru-
bens, and Rembrandt, moft efpecially, though many others are
worthy notice, and to be carefully confidered ; amongft which,
V. Velde ought not to be forgotten, who, though his fubjects
were fhips, which, confiding of fo many little parts, are very
difficult to fling into great maffes, has done it by the help of
fpread fails, fmoak, and the bodies of the veffels, and a judicious
management of light and fhadows. So that his Compofitions
are many times as good as thofe of any mafter.
CONCORD, is reprefented, in painting, &c. by a grave
beautiful lady in an antique drefs, holding in her right hand a
bafon with a heart, and pomegranate in it, and a garland of
fruits and flowers on her head, and in her left a fcepter; on the
top of which are various flowers and fruits. The heart and
pomegranate denote Concord, becaufe the pomegranate is full
of little grains clofely united, to that degree, that, if the roots be
feparated, they mutually twift together again.
Concord is alfo reprefented, in painting, as a lady in a fkv-
coloured robe, and a yellow mantle, holding in her right hand
a charger for facrifice, and, in her left, a cornucopia, with the
word Concordia, or thus : As a fair virgin, holding in one hand
a pomegranate, and in the other a bunch of myrtle. The rea-
fon of which is, that the nature of thefe trees is fuch, that, if
they are planted, although at a good fpace from one another,
they will meet, and with twining embrace one another.
CONFIDENCE, is reprefented, in painting, &c. by a wo-
man, with her hair hanging about her ears, bearing up a fhip
with both her hands. The fhip fhews that, although the fea be
terrible, yet fhe is confident that, by the help of this fhip, fhe
may truft herfelf with that barbarous element, threatening ruin
and deftruclion.
CONJUGAL Love, is reprefented, in painting, &c. by a
man at a woman's right hand, both clad in purple ; one gold
chain incircles both their necks, having a heart for a pendant,
fupported only by one hand of each. The chain denotes matri-
mony, ordained by nature and the divine law, which would have
the hufband and wife to be one flefh and bone, not to be fepa-
rated but by death.
CONNOISSANCE, in painting, is a fkill in that particular
fcience. See CONNOISSEUR.
CONNOISSEUR. It is not enough, fays Mr. Richardfon,