Epigrams upon the paintings of the most eminent masters, antient and modern with reflexions upon the several schools of painting / by J.E., Esq.

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Title
Epigrams upon the paintings of the most eminent masters, antient and modern with reflexions upon the several schools of painting / by J.E., Esq.
Author
Elsum, John, fl. 1700-1705.
Publication
London :: Printed for Dan. Brown ... and G. Strahan ...,
1700.
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Painting -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
Epigrams, English.
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Page 60

* Effigies of Erasmus, by Hans Holben. EPIG. LXXVIII. (Book 78)

THE famous Swiss no little skill hath shown In painting of his Generous Patron. This Work in England th' Artist much commends, By which he was prefer'd, and gain'd his ends. Thou mad'st Erasmus, Holben! as 'tis said, But I say that Erasmus Holben made.
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