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Title: The Vienna galleries : giving a brief history of the public and private galleries of Vienna ; with a critical description of the paintings therein contained
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Preyer, David C. (David Charles), 1861-1913
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: Boston : St. Botolph Soc.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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lower-right corner two putti are peltingeach other with snowballs, balancing in the com-position the dark wing of the wind-god in theupper-left corner. Numberless copies have beenmade of this remarkable work. We see in thispicture the wonderful perfection which Rubensattained in a most difficult department of painting,in which he was habitually superior, that is, in thedrawing of very substantial bodies floating lightlyin space without any support. The secret of thislies in the manner, never surpassed and only ap-proached by Tintoretto, in which he foreshortened.It was a talent which alone enabled him to presentso naturally the wonderful productions of hiscreative fancy in every possible variety of attitude. It is but natural that our thoughts will revert tothat other Abduction we saw in the ImperialMuseum, of Ganymede by the Eagle of Jupiter,painted by Correggio. A comparison of the rela-tive position of these two artists will at oncesuggest itself to the mind, and the judgment will
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•ffmperial Hcafcems ot jfine Hrts 199 be that while the Italian master had greater re-finement and the distinction of beauty in formand colour, the Flemish master far surpasses himin boldness, strength and grandeur. The Three Graces (No. 646) is a magnifi-cent example of the rich, voluptuous presentationof the female nude figure. The three beautifulfigures hold a large basket, filled to overflowingwith roses, above their heads. The luxuriantdisplay of white, rosy flesh, the mellow supplenessof the yielding torsos, the bloom of life, the rich-ness of natures ornaments of brilliant flowers,the iridescent mingling of colour and light — allshow Rubens in his glory. And still another masterpiece is the Tigressand her Young (No. 606. Plate XXIX). Hereis not a thin and languid captive of the menagerie,but the free and terrible beast of the jungle, ofsudden, catlike leaps, muscles of steel, fearful jawsand claws — even as she now reclines to maternalduties. What soft, silky fur, brown a

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