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" Few like Rembrandt knew how' to improve an accident into a beauty, or give importance to a trifle. If ever he had a master, he had no followers. Holland was not made to comprehend his power : the succeeding school consisted of colourists, content to tip... "
The Photographic News: A Weekly Record of the Progress of Photography - Page 71
1875
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The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 26

1805 - 752 pages
...baldnefs, and plucked a flower in every defart. Few like Rembrandt knew to improve an accident into beauty, or give importance to a trifle. If ever he had a mafrer he had no followers ; Holland was not made to comprehend his power: the fucceeding fchool confifted...
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The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical ..., Volume 2

1808 - 578 pages
...gave interest to insipidity or boldness, and plucked a flower in every desart. Few, like Rembrandt, knew how to improve an accident into a beauty, or give importance to style. If ever he had a master, he had no follower : Holland was not made to comprehend his power ;...
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The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; Or, Biographical Review ...

1812 - 424 pages
...gave interest to insipidity or boldness, and plucked a flower in every desert. Few, like Rembrandt, knew how to improve an accident into a beauty, or give importance to style. If ever he had a master, he had no follower : Holland was not made to comprehend his power ;...
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A guide to Burghley house, Northamptonshire [by T. Blore].

Thomas Blore - 1815 - 320 pages
...gave interest to insipidity or •boldness, add plucked a flower in every desert. Few like Rembrandt knew how to improve an accident into a beauty, or...made to comprehend his power: the succeeding school consisted of colourists, content to tip the cottage, the hamlet, the boor, the ale-pot, the shambles,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 26

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 pages
...abodes, gave interest to insipidity or baldness, and plucked a flower in every desert. Few like Rembrandt knew how to improve an accident into a beauty, or...made to comprehend his power : the succeeding school consisted of colourists, content to tip the cottage, the hamlet, the boor, the ale-pot, the shambles,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

1816 - 536 pages
...abodes, gave interest to insipidity or baldness, and plucked a flower in every desert. Few like Rembrandt knew how' to improve an accident into a beauty, or...made to comprehend his power : the succeeding school consisted of colourists, content to tip the cottage, the hamlet, the boor, the ale-pot, the shambles,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 26

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 pages
...abodes, gave interest to insipidity or baldness, and plucked a flower in every desert. Few like Rembrdndt knew how to improve an accident into a beauty, or...made to comprehend his power : the succeeding school consisted of colourists, content to tip the cottage, the hamlet, the boor, the ale-pot, the shambles,...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 21

1833 - 468 pages
...baldness, and plucked a flower in every desert. Few like Kembrandt knew how to improve an incident into a beauty, or give importance to a trifle. If...made to comprehend his power : the succeeding school consisted of colourists, content to tip the cottage, the hamlet, the boor, the ale-pot, the shambles,...
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Lectures on Painting

James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - 1848 - 586 pages
...interest to insipidity or baldness, and plucked a flower in every desert. None ever like Rembrandt knew to improve an accident into a beauty, or give importance to a trifle. If ever he had a master, he had iio. followers ; Holland was not made to comprehend his power. The succeeding school of colourists...
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Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 4

1855 - 458 pages
...full empire of light and shade, and of all the tints that float between them. None ev^r like Rembrandt knew how to improve an accident into a beauty, or give importance to a trifle." (Lecture II.) Rembrandt had many followers, of these Gertrand van den Eeckhont was the nearest imitator;...
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