Works
Among his most famous works are:
- Holy Family, after Raphael
- Penitent Magdalene, after Charles le Brun
- Alexander at the Tent of Darius, after Le Brun
- Combat of Four Knights, after Leonardo da Vinci
- Christ surrounded with Angels, after Le Brun
- St. Louis praying, after Le Brun
- St Charles Borromeo before a crucifix, after Le Brun
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Famous quotes containing the word works:
“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honor.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm VIII (l. VIII, 5–6)
“To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“The ancients of the ideal description, instead of trying to turn their impracticable chimeras, as does the modern dreamer, into social and political prodigies, deposited them in great works of art, which still live while states and constitutions have perished, bequeathing to posterity not shameful defects but triumphant successes.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)