Alexandre Dumas

(RAPHAEL)

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

(ANDREA DEL SARTO)

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

(VELASQUEZ)

THÉOPHILE GAUTIER

The Surrender of Breda, better known under the name of Las Lanzas, mingles in the most exact proportion realism and grandeur. Truth pushed to the point of portraiture does not diminish in the slightest degree the dignity of the historical style.

(LEONARDO DA VINCI)

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

We will now turn to The Last Supper, which was painted on the wall of the refectory of St. Maria delle Gratie in Milan.

The place where this picture is painted must first be considered: for here the knowledge of this artist is focussed. Could anything more appropriate, or noble, be devised for a refectory than a parting meal which the whole world will reverence for ever?

(BORDONE)

THÉOPHILE GAUTIER

(GENTILE DA FABRIANO)

F.A. GRUYER

(MURILLO)

AIMÉ GIRON

(VAN DYCK)

JULES GUIFFREY

(BOTTICELLI)

WALTER PATER