This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...to Paris, and, among other works, painted for the church of St. Benedict the ' Descent from the Cross, ' now in the Louvre, which was much admired. Family affairs calling him to Montpellier, he there painted, in 1659, for the cathedral church of St. Peter, an immense picture of the 'Fall of Simon Magus, ' which was ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...to Paris, and, among other works, painted for the church of St. Benedict the ' Descent from the Cross, ' now in the Louvre, which was much admired. Family affairs calling him to Montpellier, he there painted, in 1659, for the cathedral church of St. Peter, an immense picture of the 'Fall of Simon Magus, ' which was severely criticised by a local painter named Samuel Boissiere. An affray ensued, and matters threatened to become serious, when bourdon prudently left Montpellier. After his return to Paris he, in 1663, painted, with the fable of Phoebus and Phaeton, the nine compartments of the ceiling of the fine gallery of the Hotel de Bretonvilliers in the He St. Louis, a mansion which has now entirely disappeared. This was Bourdon's most important work, and it is fortunate for his renown that the decorations of the H6tel de Bretonvilliers have been handed down by the engravings of Friquet de Vaurose, one of his favourite pupils. His last work was a ceiling in the Tuileries, representing the 'Deification of Hercules.' Bourdon died a Calvinist in Paris on the 8th of May, 1671. He was endowed with wonderful fertility of imagination and facility of execution, but the quality of his work was very unequal, and his drawing often incorrect He ftainted historical and genre subjects, portraits and andscapes, the last somewhat resembling those of Salvator Rosa. He has enjoyed a great reputation as a colourist, notwithstanding the somewhat vulgar preponderance in his pictures of reds and browns. The Louvre possesses drawings by him which are perhaps of even greater value than his paintings. They are 29 in number, and include the studies for the 'Martyrdom of St. Peter' and the 'Descent from the Cross, ' as well as the so-called portrait of himself, which he introduced into...
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