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figures of boys amidst Festoons of foliage ; 

 but they are very close to each other, the 

 view is inwards towards the temple, and 

 only a very small portion of the sky is seen. 

 This alone would be sufficient to occasion 

 the striking difference between these two- 

 compositions, in point of airiness and light- 

 ness of effect : but there is another cause, 

 distinct from architecture, which clogs that 

 of Raphael ; and which deserves to be men- 

 tioned, as it shews the different character 

 and aim of the two painters. The figures 

 in this cartoon are of their natural size,while 

 the columns are on so much smaller a scale, 

 that the bodies of the figures which are be- 

 yond them, and therefore further removed 

 from the eye, are as large, or larger, than 

 their shafts : and consequently fill up the 

 space, which was already sufficiently crowd- 

 ed. It may be alleged, that a great history 

 painter, whose mind was occupied with the 

 character and expression of his figures, is 

 justified in having sacrificed propriety, and 

 even probability, in an inferior branch of 

 the art; and the judgment of Sir Joshua 



