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some of the colours. In a word, the tout-ensemble of the colours
is agreeable, and noble; and the parts of it are in general ex-
tremely, but not superlatively good.
I will only add one observation here concerning the colours of
the draperies of the apoRles, which are always the same in all the
cartons, only St. Peter, when he is a fisherman, has not his large
apostolical drapery on. This apostle, when dressed, wears a yellow
drapery over his blue coat; St. John a red one over a green; so
does St. Paul, which is also the same that he wears in the famous
St. Cecilia, which was painted near ten years before.
HANDLIN G.
IE) Y this term is understood the manner in which the colours are
left by the pencil upon the piHure ; as the manner of using the pen,
chalk, or pencil in a drawing is the handling of that drawing.
This, considered in itself abstradedly, is only a piece of me-
chanics, and is well, or ill, as it is performed with a curious, expert,
or heavy, clumsey hand; and that whether it is smooth, or rough,
or however it is done; for all the manners of working the pencil
may be well, or ill in their kind; and a fine light hand is seen as
much in a rough, as in a smooth manner.
I confess I love to see a freedom and delicacy of hand in Paint-
ing as in any other piece of work; it has its merit. Though to
say a picture is justly imagined, well disposed, truly drawn, is great,
has grace, or the other good qualities of a picture ; and withal that
it is finely handled, is as if one should say a man is virtuous, wise,
good-natured, valiant, or the like, and is also handsome.
But the handling may be such as to be not only good abstra&edly
considered, but as being proper, and adding a real advantage to
K the
some of the colours. In a word, the tout-ensemble of the colours
is agreeable, and noble; and the parts of it are in general ex-
tremely, but not superlatively good.
I will only add one observation here concerning the colours of
the draperies of the apoRles, which are always the same in all the
cartons, only St. Peter, when he is a fisherman, has not his large
apostolical drapery on. This apostle, when dressed, wears a yellow
drapery over his blue coat; St. John a red one over a green; so
does St. Paul, which is also the same that he wears in the famous
St. Cecilia, which was painted near ten years before.
HANDLIN G.
IE) Y this term is understood the manner in which the colours are
left by the pencil upon the piHure ; as the manner of using the pen,
chalk, or pencil in a drawing is the handling of that drawing.
This, considered in itself abstradedly, is only a piece of me-
chanics, and is well, or ill, as it is performed with a curious, expert,
or heavy, clumsey hand; and that whether it is smooth, or rough,
or however it is done; for all the manners of working the pencil
may be well, or ill in their kind; and a fine light hand is seen as
much in a rough, as in a smooth manner.
I confess I love to see a freedom and delicacy of hand in Paint-
ing as in any other piece of work; it has its merit. Though to
say a picture is justly imagined, well disposed, truly drawn, is great,
has grace, or the other good qualities of a picture ; and withal that
it is finely handled, is as if one should say a man is virtuous, wise,
good-natured, valiant, or the like, and is also handsome.
But the handling may be such as to be not only good abstra&edly
considered, but as being proper, and adding a real advantage to
K the