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ORLEANS COLLECTION.
The schools of Spain, of France, of Flanders,
and of Holland, began to make a figure in the
world of art, when those of Italy had got weak,
and when that of Bologna alone retained its pris-
tine force and vigour. Their period was, how-
ever, of short continuance; they appeared like
brilliant meteors for a time, and were again lost
sight of in the same expanse from whence they
had sprung.
The school of Spain js formed on the design
and composition of the Italian masters, to which
is added a power and richness of colouring peculiar
to itself. The brilliancy, freedom of execution, and
strong character, which exist in the works of Ve-
lasquez ; the rich and delicate tones, the splendid
and harmonious compositions of Morillo, assign
to these great masters a place of the first con-
sideration in the art of Painting;—they do honour
to the country which gave them birth.—Seville
formed these two eminent painters; and its
churches and convents long bore proof of their
high talents.
The school of France acquired an importance
through the admirable works of Nicholas Poussin,
of Claude de Lorraine, of Le Sueur, and Le Brun,
which it could not otherwise have possessed.
These most excellent painters have given to
this school a consequence, which entitles it to
ORLEANS COLLECTION.
The schools of Spain, of France, of Flanders,
and of Holland, began to make a figure in the
world of art, when those of Italy had got weak,
and when that of Bologna alone retained its pris-
tine force and vigour. Their period was, how-
ever, of short continuance; they appeared like
brilliant meteors for a time, and were again lost
sight of in the same expanse from whence they
had sprung.
The school of Spain js formed on the design
and composition of the Italian masters, to which
is added a power and richness of colouring peculiar
to itself. The brilliancy, freedom of execution, and
strong character, which exist in the works of Ve-
lasquez ; the rich and delicate tones, the splendid
and harmonious compositions of Morillo, assign
to these great masters a place of the first con-
sideration in the art of Painting;—they do honour
to the country which gave them birth.—Seville
formed these two eminent painters; and its
churches and convents long bore proof of their
high talents.
The school of France acquired an importance
through the admirable works of Nicholas Poussin,
of Claude de Lorraine, of Le Sueur, and Le Brun,
which it could not otherwise have possessed.
These most excellent painters have given to
this school a consequence, which entitles it to