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effect; he seems to have understood the management of trees well,
to which he always gives a beautiful looseness; there is great effect
in a small moonlight by this master, the whole is in dark shade ex-
cept three figures on the fore-ground. Overbeck etched a book of
Roman ruins, which are generally good, they are pretty large and
highly finished; his manner, and his light often well dihributed,
and his composition agreeable. Genoel's landscapes are rather free
sketches than finished prints; in that light they are beautiful, no
effect is aimed at, but the freedom with which they are touched is
pleasing; in the composition he is commonly good, though often
crowded. Both's taste in landscape is elagant and grand, his com-
position beautiful, and his execution rich and masterly in the greatest
degree, but his light is not always well distributed, his figures are
excellent; we lament we have not more of his works, as they are
certainly the best landscapes we have. Marco Ricci's works are
numerous, and have little merit; his human figures are good, and
his trees tolerable, but he produces no effect; his manner disgusts,
his cattle ill drawn, and his distances not well preserved. Le Veau's
landscapes are highly finished, they are graved with softness, ele-
gance and spirit; the keeping of this matter is well observed; his
subjeds are well chosen, and his prints make beautiful furniture.
Zuingg engraves like Le Veau, but not so elegantly. Zeeman was a
Dutch painter, and excelled in sea coasts, beaches, and distant
lands, which he commonly ornamented with sltiffs and fishing-boats ;
his execution is neat, and his distances well kept, but his light ill
distributed, his figures are good, and his skiffs admirable; in his
sea-pieces he introduces larger vessels, but his prints in this style
are aukward and disagreeable. Vandiefl; left behind him a few rough
Fetches, which are free in the execution. Gouty happily caught the
manner of Salvator, and in some things excelled him; there is a
richness in his execution, and a spirit in his trees, which Salvator
wants, but bis figures are bad, not only many gross instances of
indelicacy
effect; he seems to have understood the management of trees well,
to which he always gives a beautiful looseness; there is great effect
in a small moonlight by this master, the whole is in dark shade ex-
cept three figures on the fore-ground. Overbeck etched a book of
Roman ruins, which are generally good, they are pretty large and
highly finished; his manner, and his light often well dihributed,
and his composition agreeable. Genoel's landscapes are rather free
sketches than finished prints; in that light they are beautiful, no
effect is aimed at, but the freedom with which they are touched is
pleasing; in the composition he is commonly good, though often
crowded. Both's taste in landscape is elagant and grand, his com-
position beautiful, and his execution rich and masterly in the greatest
degree, but his light is not always well distributed, his figures are
excellent; we lament we have not more of his works, as they are
certainly the best landscapes we have. Marco Ricci's works are
numerous, and have little merit; his human figures are good, and
his trees tolerable, but he produces no effect; his manner disgusts,
his cattle ill drawn, and his distances not well preserved. Le Veau's
landscapes are highly finished, they are graved with softness, ele-
gance and spirit; the keeping of this matter is well observed; his
subjeds are well chosen, and his prints make beautiful furniture.
Zuingg engraves like Le Veau, but not so elegantly. Zeeman was a
Dutch painter, and excelled in sea coasts, beaches, and distant
lands, which he commonly ornamented with sltiffs and fishing-boats ;
his execution is neat, and his distances well kept, but his light ill
distributed, his figures are good, and his skiffs admirable; in his
sea-pieces he introduces larger vessels, but his prints in this style
are aukward and disagreeable. Vandiefl; left behind him a few rough
Fetches, which are free in the execution. Gouty happily caught the
manner of Salvator, and in some things excelled him; there is a
richness in his execution, and a spirit in his trees, which Salvator
wants, but bis figures are bad, not only many gross instances of
indelicacy