DOI chapter:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
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AMERIGHI — AMES.
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nation tints, give great effect to his pictures. Some of his sacred
pictures were taken away from the altars where they were placed, on
account of their coarseness. One of his best works is the “ Behead-
ing of S. John,” in the Cath. of Malta. In Rome, there is at the
Vatican, the “Entombing of Christ; ” this is his most celebrated
picture. It is impressive in its solemnity, but devoid of sacredness or
sublimity. In S. Luigi de’ Francesci there is a chapel painted by
Caravaggio; in the Borghese Gall, an immense “Holy Family;”
in the Sciarra Pal., the “ Cheating Gamester ; ” in the Spada Pah,
“ Geometry,” as a ragged girl, playing with compasses; and in the
Gall, of the Capitol, a “ Fortune-teller,” which is a chef-cV oeuvre.
THE FALSE PLAYERS. BY' CARAVAGGIO.
These last are such subjects as he best represents. In the Berlin
Mus. is “ Earthly Love ” and a portrait. At the Louvre is the por-
trait of “ Vignacourt,” Grand Master of Malta.
Ames, Joseph, born in Roxbury, New Hampshire (1816-1872).
This painter studied in America and Italy and finally settled in New
York. His best fancy subjects are the “ Old Stone Pitcher ” and
“Maud Muller.” But his success was in portraits, of which he
sometimes executed seventy-five in a year. Of course they could not
be very carefully finished, but they were true to nature and his colors
were fresh and bright. His picture of “ Pope Pius IX.” was much
admired at Rome ; his portraits of Webster, Choate, Felton, Rachel,
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nation tints, give great effect to his pictures. Some of his sacred
pictures were taken away from the altars where they were placed, on
account of their coarseness. One of his best works is the “ Behead-
ing of S. John,” in the Cath. of Malta. In Rome, there is at the
Vatican, the “Entombing of Christ; ” this is his most celebrated
picture. It is impressive in its solemnity, but devoid of sacredness or
sublimity. In S. Luigi de’ Francesci there is a chapel painted by
Caravaggio; in the Borghese Gall, an immense “Holy Family;”
in the Sciarra Pal., the “ Cheating Gamester ; ” in the Spada Pah,
“ Geometry,” as a ragged girl, playing with compasses; and in the
Gall, of the Capitol, a “ Fortune-teller,” which is a chef-cV oeuvre.
THE FALSE PLAYERS. BY' CARAVAGGIO.
These last are such subjects as he best represents. In the Berlin
Mus. is “ Earthly Love ” and a portrait. At the Louvre is the por-
trait of “ Vignacourt,” Grand Master of Malta.
Ames, Joseph, born in Roxbury, New Hampshire (1816-1872).
This painter studied in America and Italy and finally settled in New
York. His best fancy subjects are the “ Old Stone Pitcher ” and
“Maud Muller.” But his success was in portraits, of which he
sometimes executed seventy-five in a year. Of course they could not
be very carefully finished, but they were true to nature and his colors
were fresh and bright. His picture of “ Pope Pius IX.” was much
admired at Rome ; his portraits of Webster, Choate, Felton, Rachel,