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Excerpt from The Dances of Death, Through the Various Stages of Human Life, Wherein the Capriciousness of That Tyrant Is Exhibited, in Forty-Six Copper-Plates: Done From the Original Designs, Which Were Cut in Wood, and Afterwards Painted, by John Holbein, in the Town-House of Basil; To Which Are Prefixed, Descriptions of Each Plate in French and English, With the Scripture Text From Which the Designs Were Taken
The invention' of Holbein was surprisingly fruitful, and often poetical his execution was remarkably quick, and his application indefatigable. His pencil was exceedingly delicate; his colouring had a/ wonderful degree of force; he finished his pictures with exquisite/neatness and his carnations were life itself. He ex celled all his cotemporaries in portrait, and his genuine works are always distinguishable by the true, round, lively imitation of ?esh visible in them, and also by the amazing delicacy of his finishing.
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