Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists by Horace Walpole. With additions by James Dallaway, and Vertue's catalogue of engravers who have been born or have resided in England. (1888)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 · London, S. Sonnenschein and Lowrey · leaf 240
GN OF JAMES II. mentions a small piece (about two feet and a half high), highly finished, by him, representing himself, his wife, and two children. ‘The painter is standing, and leans on a pede- stal; his wife is sitting; one of the children stands, the other sits, playing with fruit and flowers;… … of Antwerp, painted landscapes, and had studied the views on the Rhine his drawings of which in water-colours are lords in waiting, ‘‘ Regardez cet enfant, on ne croiroit jamais, si on ne le voyoit, car ce n’est qu’un enfant.” The king demanded an original from him, and he pre- sented three which…
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