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THE WORKS OP
three beautiful paintings of Ribera, one of
Saint Jerom, and a sellow of Saint Benedict,
painted in his mod clear style, in which cue
sees the molt beautiful touches of the pencil,
the most exact imitation of nature, and of an
expression not general in the face of Saint Be-
nedict. The other, representing the Martyr-
dom of a Saint, is also excellent, although of a
style more powerful.
It would be superssuous to speak of all the
paintings of Rubens, and his school, which are
in so great a number in that palace. One, how-
ever, is remarkable, which represents the adora+
tion of Kings; a work truly of the first class
among those of that author. He painted it in
Flanders, after his belt ftyle, and when he came
to Spain, he added more canvass, in order to make
the painting larger, and to augment the figures,
among which he did his own portrait. This
painting has all the beauty of which its author
was capable in historical subjedts, and the design
has fewer retouches than the others.
Among the disferent paintings of Vandyke,
there is one very beautiful, which represents
Christ in the Garden, painted with great taste,
and good colouring, as far as the subjecs permit-
ted it in a scene by night. The portrait, of half
figure, of the Cardinal Infant, is likewise excel-
lent sor its truth and colouring; and for being of
a touch the most easy, loft, and limpid.
The paintings of Lucas Giordano are almost
infinite, and one might say that he has
never made a thing absolutely bad, because one
THE WORKS OP
three beautiful paintings of Ribera, one of
Saint Jerom, and a sellow of Saint Benedict,
painted in his mod clear style, in which cue
sees the molt beautiful touches of the pencil,
the most exact imitation of nature, and of an
expression not general in the face of Saint Be-
nedict. The other, representing the Martyr-
dom of a Saint, is also excellent, although of a
style more powerful.
It would be superssuous to speak of all the
paintings of Rubens, and his school, which are
in so great a number in that palace. One, how-
ever, is remarkable, which represents the adora+
tion of Kings; a work truly of the first class
among those of that author. He painted it in
Flanders, after his belt ftyle, and when he came
to Spain, he added more canvass, in order to make
the painting larger, and to augment the figures,
among which he did his own portrait. This
painting has all the beauty of which its author
was capable in historical subjedts, and the design
has fewer retouches than the others.
Among the disferent paintings of Vandyke,
there is one very beautiful, which represents
Christ in the Garden, painted with great taste,
and good colouring, as far as the subjecs permit-
ted it in a scene by night. The portrait, of half
figure, of the Cardinal Infant, is likewise excel-
lent sor its truth and colouring; and for being of
a touch the most easy, loft, and limpid.
The paintings of Lucas Giordano are almost
infinite, and one might say that he has
never made a thing absolutely bad, because one