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166 TRAVELS
“in my eyes of all portrait painters the moft difagreeable. In re-
fe {pect of defign, he. is indeed tolerably correct; but in every
‘¢ other particular his inferiority is decided. His compofitions are
‘‘ without tafte; his light and fhade bad; his colours cold, hard,
‘“‘ and without the leaft gradation of fhades; the effects difagree-
«able; his refemblances, though happy enough and to common
“« eyes f{triking, are neverthelefs wholly devoid of dignity, and his
“« contours fharp and harfh : he is but very imperfectly acquainted
“¢ with the laws of perfpective ; his figures are mean, and his dra-
“ very ftiff and conftrained.”
Mr. Lampi. The Duke and Duchefs of Sudermania being at
Vienna, had their portraits drawn there by this artift, and {ent
them to the exhibition at Stockholm. Although Lampi had not
by any means beftowed particular pains on thefe pictures, and
though they even fhew marks of conftraint and hurry, it may be
confidently affirmed that thefe two portraits eclipfed all the reft
in the exhibition, and proved the ftriking difference between the
fouthern and northern fchool. There was in thefe two pictures
a noble majefty and a happy imitation of nature. The compofi-
tion was pleafing, the colouring vivid, the effect fenfible, the
light and fhade foft, the contours well rounded, and the ftrokes of
the pencil drawn with the exact aim of an artift.
_ Mr. Antony Boffi, a miniature painter. He isa native of wal
nice, and came to refide at Stockholm only for a time; during
which he finifhed a confiderable number of portraits, all of them.
of great merit.
Among
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