Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)ANECDOTESReading editionChapter navigation187 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…ANECDOTESPAINTERS, ENGRAVERSS. SPOONER, M. D.,ANECDOTESEGYPTIAN ART.ANCIENT THEBES.THE TEMPLE OF CARNAC.TEMPLE OF LUXOR.THE STATUES OF MEMNON.HELIOPOLIS.MEMPHIS.LAKE MOERIS.THE COLOSSAL SPHINX.THE LABYRINTH OF EGYPTTHE CATACOMBS OF EGYPT.THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT.PERILOUS ASCENT OF THE PYRAMID OF CEPHREN.EGYPTIAN OBELISKS.REMOVAL OF AN OBELISK BY FONTANA.REMOVAL OF AN OBELISK FROM THEBES TO PARIS.CARBURI'S BASE FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF PETER THE GREAT.COMPARATIVE SKILL OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN MECHANICS.THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR RAILWAY BRIDGE.THE TUBES.CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUBES.FLOATING OF THE TUBES.RAISING THE TUBESGLORY OF ANCIENT ROME.THE CAPITOL.MODERN ROME.>THE FOUNDATION OF VENICE.THEODORIC THE GREAT, AND HIS LOVE OF THE FINE ARTS.ARCHIMEDES.THE TRIALS OF GENIUS.BRUNELLESCHI'S ENTHUSIASM.BRUNELLESCHI AND DONATELLO.DONATELLO.DONATELLO AND THE MERCHANT.DONATELLO AND HIS KINSMAN.DEATH OF DONATELLO.DONATELLO AND MICHAEL ANGELO COMPARED.SOFONISBA ANGUISCIOLA'S EARLY DISTINCTION.SOFONISBA'S VISIT TO SPAIN.SOFONISBA'S MARRIAGES.SOFONISBA'S RESIDENCE AT GENOA, AND HER INTERCOURSE WITH VANDYCK.CARRIERA ROSALBA.ROSALBA'S MODESTY.ROSALBA'S KNOWLEDGE OF TEMPERS.ELIZABETH SIRANI.DEATH OF ELIZABETH SIRANI.RACHEL RUYSCH.SIR ANTHONY VANDYCK.VANDYCK'S VISIT TO ITALY.VANDYCK'S RETURN TO ANTWERP.VANDYCK'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.WILLIAM VAN DE VELDE, THE ELDER.VAN DE VELDE AND CHARLES II.WILLIAM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER.THE YOUNGER VAN DE VELDE'S WORKS.NICHOLAS POUSSIN.POUSSIN'S FIRST CELEBRITY.POUSSIN'S FIRST VISIT TO ROME.POUSSIN'S DISTRESS AT ROME.POUSSIN'S SUCCESS AT ROME.POUSSIN'S INVITATION TO PARIS.SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS' CRITIQUE ON POUSSIN.POUSSIN'S VIEWS OF HIS ART.POUSSIN'S WORKS.MARINO AND POUSSIN.POUSSIN ROMANIZED.POUSSIN'S HABITS OF STUDY.POUSSIN'S OLD AGE.POUSSIN'S LAST WORK AND DEATH.POUSSIN'S IDEAS OF PAINTING.POUSSIN AND THE NOBLEMAN.POUSSIN AND MENGS.POUSSIN AND DOMENICHINO.POUSSIN AND SALVATOR ROSA.POUSSIN, ANGELO, AND RAFFAELLE COMPARED.REMBRANDT.REMBRANDT'S WORKS.REMBRANDT AS AN ENGRAVER.ANECDOTE OF SCHWARTS.JACQUES CALLOT.CALLOT'S PATRIOTISM.INGENUITY OF ARTISTS.A HINT TO JEWELERS.CURIOUS PAINTINGS.THE OLDEST OIL PAINTING EXTANT.CURIOUS REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HARPIES.ADRIAN BROWER.BROWER, THE DUKE D'AREMBERG, AND RUBENS.DEATH OF BROWER.BROWER'S WORKS.ROSA DA TIVOLI.ROSA DA TIVOLI'S WORKS.ROSA DA TIVOLI'S FACILITY OF EXECUTION.ROSA DA TIVOLI'S HABITS.LUCA CAMBIASO'S FACILITY IN PAINTING.CAMBIASO'S WORKS IN SPAIN.CAMBIASO'S ARTISTIC MERITS.RARITY OF FEMALE PORTRAITS IN SPAIN.MURILLO'S PICTURES IN SPANISH AMERICA.MURILLO'S "VIRGIN OF THE NAPKIN."ANECDOTE OF AN ALTAR-PIECE BY MURILLO.MURILLO AND HIS SLAVE GOMEZ.AN ARTIST'S LOVE ROMANCE.ESTEBAN MARCH'S STRANGE METHOD OF STUDY.MARCH'S ADVENTURE OF THE FISH FRIED IN LINSEED OIL.A PAINTER'S REBUKE.A PAINTER'S RETORT COURTEOUS.ARDEMANS AND BOCANEGRA—A TRIAL OF SKILL.A PAINTER'S ARTIFICE TO "KEEP UP APPEARANCES."A GOOD-NATURED CRITICISM.ALONSO CANO AND THE INTENDANT OF THE BISHOP OF MALAGA.CANO'S LOVE OF SCULPTURE.CASTILLO'S SARCASM ON ALFARO.TORRES' IMITATIONS OF CARAVAGGIO.PANTOJA AND THE EAGLE.THE PAINTER METHODIUS AND THE KING OF BULGARIA.JOHN C. VERMEYEN AND CHARLES V.BLAS DE PRADO AND THE EMPEROR OF MOROCCO.DON JUAN CARRENOCARRENO'S COPY OF TITIAN'S ST. MARGARET.CARRENO'S ABSTRACTION OF MIND.ANECDOTE OF CESPEDES' LAST SUPPER.ZUCCARO'S COMPLIMENT TO CESPEDES.DONA BARBARA MARIA DE HUEVA.THE MIRACULOUS PICTURE OF THE VIRGIN.THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER.THE SAGRO CATINO, OR EMERALD DISH."THE PAINTER OF FLORENCE."LEGEND OF THE PAINTER-FRIAR, THE DEVIL AND THE VIRGIN.GERARD DOUW.DOUW'S STYLE.DOUW'S METHOD OF PAINTING.DOUW'S WORKS.ALBERT DURER.DURER'S WORKS AS A PAINTER.DURER'S WORKS AS AN ENGRAVER.DURER'S FAME AND DEATH.DURER'S HABITS AND LITERARY WORKS.LUDOLPH BACKHUYSEN.JOHN BAPTIST WEENIX, THE ELDER.WEENIX'S FACILITY OF HAND.JOHN BAPTIST WEENIX, THE YOUNGER.JAN STEEN.JAN STEEN'S WORKS.KUGLER'S CRITIQUE ON THE WORKS OF JAN STEEN.FROLICS OF MIERIS AND JAN STEEN.SIR ANTHONY MORE.SIR ANTHONY MORE AND PHILIP II.MORE'S SUCCESS AND WORKS.PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF A PAINTER.ANECDOTE OF JOHN DE MABUSE.CAPUGNANO AND LIONELLO SPADA.MICHAEL ANGELO DA CARAVAGGIO—HIS QUARRELSOME DISPOSITION.JACOPO AMICONI.PAINTING THE DEAD.TADDEO ZUCCARO.ZUCCARO'S RESENTMENT.ROYAL CRITICISM.PIETRO DA CORTONA."KNOW THYSELF."BENVENUTO CELLINI.FRACANZANI AND SALVATOR ROSA.POPE URBAN VIII. AND BERNINI.EMULATION AND RIVALRY IN THE FINE ARTS.THE NOTTE OF CORREGGIO.THE DRESDEN GALLERY.PAINTING AMONG THE EGYPTIANS.PAINTING AMONG THE GREEKS.NUMISMATICS.RESTORING ANCIENT EDIFICES.NAPOLEON'S LOVE OF ART.NAPOLEON'S WORKS AT PARIS.THE NAPOLEON MEDALS.THE ELEPHANT FOUNTAIN.INTERESTING DRAWINGS.SEVRES CHINA.DISMANTLING OF THE LOUVRE.REMOVAL OF THE VENETIAN HORSES FROM PARIS.REMOVAL OF THE STATUE OF NAPOLEON FROM THE PLACE VENDOME.THE MUSEE FRANCAIS AND THE MUSEE ROYAL.BOYDELL'S SHAKSPEARE GALLERY.BRIEF SKETCH OF A PLAN FOR AN AMERICAN NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.INDEX.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PAINTERS, ENGRAVERSAll chapters and sections (187)ANECDOTESPAINTERS, ENGRAVERSS. SPOONER, M. D.,ANECDOTESEGYPTIAN ART.ANCIENT THEBES.THE TEMPLE OF CARNAC.TEMPLE OF LUXOR.THE STATUES OF MEMNON.HELIOPOLIS.MEMPHIS.LAKE MOERIS.THE COLOSSAL SPHINX.THE LABYRINTH OF EGYPTTHE CATACOMBS OF EGYPT.THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT.PERILOUS ASCENT OF THE PYRAMID OF CEPHREN.EGYPTIAN OBELISKS.REMOVAL OF AN OBELISK BY FONTANA.REMOVAL OF AN OBELISK FROM THEBES TO PARIS.CARBURI'S BASE FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF PETER THE GREAT.COMPARATIVE SKILL OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN MECHANICS.THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR RAILWAY BRIDGE.THE TUBES.CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUBES.FLOATING OF THE TUBES.RAISING THE TUBESGLORY OF ANCIENT ROME.THE CAPITOL.MODERN ROME.>THE FOUNDATION OF VENICE.THEODORIC THE GREAT, AND HIS LOVE OF THE FINE ARTS.ARCHIMEDES.THE TRIALS OF GENIUS.BRUNELLESCHI'S ENTHUSIASM.BRUNELLESCHI AND DONATELLO.DONATELLO.DONATELLO AND THE MERCHANT.DONATELLO AND HIS KINSMAN.DEATH OF DONATELLO.DONATELLO AND MICHAEL ANGELO COMPARED.SOFONISBA ANGUISCIOLA'S EARLY DISTINCTION.SOFONISBA'S VISIT TO SPAIN.SOFONISBA'S MARRIAGES.SOFONISBA'S RESIDENCE AT GENOA, AND HER INTERCOURSE WITH VANDYCK.CARRIERA ROSALBA.ROSALBA'S MODESTY.ROSALBA'S KNOWLEDGE OF TEMPERS.ELIZABETH SIRANI.DEATH OF ELIZABETH SIRANI.RACHEL RUYSCH.SIR ANTHONY VANDYCK.VANDYCK'S VISIT TO ITALY.VANDYCK'S RETURN TO ANTWERP.VANDYCK'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.WILLIAM VAN DE VELDE, THE ELDER.VAN DE VELDE AND CHARLES II.WILLIAM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER.THE YOUNGER VAN DE VELDE'S WORKS.NICHOLAS POUSSIN.POUSSIN'S FIRST CELEBRITY.POUSSIN'S FIRST VISIT TO ROME.POUSSIN'S DISTRESS AT ROME.POUSSIN'S SUCCESS AT ROME.POUSSIN'S INVITATION TO PARIS.SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS' CRITIQUE ON POUSSIN.POUSSIN'S VIEWS OF HIS ART.POUSSIN'S WORKS.MARINO AND POUSSIN.POUSSIN ROMANIZED.POUSSIN'S HABITS OF STUDY.POUSSIN'S OLD AGE.POUSSIN'S LAST WORK AND DEATH.POUSSIN'S IDEAS OF PAINTING.POUSSIN AND THE NOBLEMAN.POUSSIN AND MENGS.POUSSIN AND DOMENICHINO.POUSSIN AND SALVATOR ROSA.POUSSIN, ANGELO, AND RAFFAELLE COMPARED.REMBRANDT.REMBRANDT'S WORKS.REMBRANDT AS AN ENGRAVER.ANECDOTE OF SCHWARTS.JACQUES CALLOT.CALLOT'S PATRIOTISM.INGENUITY OF ARTISTS.A HINT TO JEWELERS.CURIOUS PAINTINGS.THE OLDEST OIL PAINTING EXTANT.CURIOUS REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HARPIES.ADRIAN BROWER.BROWER, THE DUKE D'AREMBERG, AND RUBENS.DEATH OF BROWER.BROWER'S WORKS.ROSA DA TIVOLI.ROSA DA TIVOLI'S WORKS.ROSA DA TIVOLI'S FACILITY OF EXECUTION.ROSA DA TIVOLI'S HABITS.LUCA CAMBIASO'S FACILITY IN PAINTING.CAMBIASO'S WORKS IN SPAIN.CAMBIASO'S ARTISTIC MERITS.RARITY OF FEMALE PORTRAITS IN SPAIN.MURILLO'S PICTURES IN SPANISH AMERICA.MURILLO'S "VIRGIN OF THE NAPKIN."ANECDOTE OF AN ALTAR-PIECE BY MURILLO.MURILLO AND HIS SLAVE GOMEZ.AN ARTIST'S LOVE ROMANCE.ESTEBAN MARCH'S STRANGE METHOD OF STUDY.MARCH'S ADVENTURE OF THE FISH FRIED IN LINSEED OIL.A PAINTER'S REBUKE.A PAINTER'S RETORT COURTEOUS.ARDEMANS AND BOCANEGRA—A TRIAL OF SKILL.A PAINTER'S ARTIFICE TO "KEEP UP APPEARANCES."A GOOD-NATURED CRITICISM.ALONSO CANO AND THE INTENDANT OF THE BISHOP OF MALAGA.CANO'S LOVE OF SCULPTURE.CASTILLO'S SARCASM ON ALFARO.TORRES' IMITATIONS OF CARAVAGGIO.PANTOJA AND THE EAGLE.THE PAINTER METHODIUS AND THE KING OF BULGARIA.JOHN C. VERMEYEN AND CHARLES V.BLAS DE PRADO AND THE EMPEROR OF MOROCCO.DON JUAN CARRENOCARRENO'S COPY OF TITIAN'S ST. MARGARET.CARRENO'S ABSTRACTION OF MIND.ANECDOTE OF CESPEDES' LAST SUPPER.ZUCCARO'S COMPLIMENT TO CESPEDES.DONA BARBARA MARIA DE HUEVA.THE MIRACULOUS PICTURE OF THE VIRGIN.THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER.THE SAGRO CATINO, OR EMERALD DISH."THE PAINTER OF FLORENCE."LEGEND OF THE PAINTER-FRIAR, THE DEVIL AND THE VIRGIN.GERARD DOUW.DOUW'S STYLE.DOUW'S METHOD OF PAINTING.DOUW'S WORKS.ALBERT DURER.DURER'S WORKS AS A PAINTER.DURER'S WORKS AS AN ENGRAVER.DURER'S FAME AND DEATH.DURER'S HABITS AND LITERARY WORKS.LUDOLPH BACKHUYSEN.JOHN BAPTIST WEENIX, THE ELDER.WEENIX'S FACILITY OF HAND.JOHN BAPTIST WEENIX, THE YOUNGER.JAN STEEN.JAN STEEN'S WORKS.KUGLER'S CRITIQUE ON THE WORKS OF JAN STEEN.FROLICS OF MIERIS AND JAN STEEN.SIR ANTHONY MORE.SIR ANTHONY MORE AND PHILIP II.MORE'S SUCCESS AND WORKS.PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF A PAINTER.ANECDOTE OF JOHN DE MABUSE.CAPUGNANO AND LIONELLO SPADA.MICHAEL ANGELO DA CARAVAGGIO—HIS QUARRELSOME DISPOSITION.JACOPO AMICONI.PAINTING THE DEAD.TADDEO ZUCCARO.ZUCCARO'S RESENTMENT.ROYAL CRITICISM.PIETRO DA CORTONA."KNOW THYSELF."BENVENUTO CELLINI.FRACANZANI AND SALVATOR ROSA.POPE URBAN VIII. AND BERNINI.EMULATION AND RIVALRY IN THE FINE ARTS.THE NOTTE OF CORREGGIO.THE DRESDEN GALLERY.PAINTING AMONG THE EGYPTIANS.PAINTING AMONG THE GREEKS.NUMISMATICS.RESTORING ANCIENT EDIFICES.NAPOLEON'S LOVE OF ART.NAPOLEON'S WORKS AT PARIS.THE NAPOLEON MEDALS.THE ELEPHANT FOUNTAIN.INTERESTING DRAWINGS.SEVRES CHINA.DISMANTLING OF THE LOUVRE.REMOVAL OF THE VENETIAN HORSES FROM PARIS.REMOVAL OF THE STATUE OF NAPOLEON FROM THE PLACE VENDOME.THE MUSEE FRANCAIS AND THE MUSEE ROYAL.BOYDELL'S SHAKSPEARE GALLERY.BRIEF SKETCH OF A PLAN FOR AN AMERICAN NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.INDEX.OFPAINTERS, ENGRAVERS →