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RAPHAEL MENGS. ST
and in every light, you cannot deny, I repeat
but that these are merits which one sinds in a
superior degree in the beautifu1 productions of the
Greeks, You know yoursels what difficulty it
costs to acquire any of the aforesaid parts; and
wishing to be sincere I will confess that in op-
position to such merits, very little is that of ex-
pressing well the folds, the ssesh and the veins ;
and lastly grand fyokes, boldness of de-
sign, and that which is called Spirit, (the only
refuge of the moderns,) vanish by the side os
the solid beauty of the ancients.
Iwith you the glory of perfecting a work which
will convince the world os your superior talents,
and I seel great regret at not being able to see
the magnificent equestrian statue, whicli you
are working and of which I have heard such
praises, and which would give me, according to
my imagination, mucli pleasure, I with you
would publish your studies made upon Horses,
in order that the public and the arts might
profit of your lights.
I crave pardon for having troubled you with
so long a letter; and begging the honor of your
friendship I ofser you my services in Rome, to
to which place I thall go in the course of a
few days.
and in every light, you cannot deny, I repeat
but that these are merits which one sinds in a
superior degree in the beautifu1 productions of the
Greeks, You know yoursels what difficulty it
costs to acquire any of the aforesaid parts; and
wishing to be sincere I will confess that in op-
position to such merits, very little is that of ex-
pressing well the folds, the ssesh and the veins ;
and lastly grand fyokes, boldness of de-
sign, and that which is called Spirit, (the only
refuge of the moderns,) vanish by the side os
the solid beauty of the ancients.
Iwith you the glory of perfecting a work which
will convince the world os your superior talents,
and I seel great regret at not being able to see
the magnificent equestrian statue, whicli you
are working and of which I have heard such
praises, and which would give me, according to
my imagination, mucli pleasure, I with you
would publish your studies made upon Horses,
in order that the public and the arts might
profit of your lights.
I crave pardon for having troubled you with
so long a letter; and begging the honor of your
friendship I ofser you my services in Rome, to
to which place I thall go in the course of a
few days.