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duce, and those he by no means wanted* 

 He is 'another example of the union of the 

 two professions ; for he was an architect of 

 great reputation, and some churches in 

 Rome built after his designs, are highly 

 esteemed. The architecture in his pictures 

 is enriched with a greater profusion of or- 

 naments than that of almost any other 

 master, but he has compensated that pro- 

 fusion (as far as it can be compensated) by 

 a skilful arrangement of the parts, and a no 

 less judicious combination of the whole. 

 The qualities which he possessed, though 

 they do not accord with the higher style of 

 painting, or with the purest taste, are not to 

 be despised, when so eminently displayed ; 

 and the effect of richness, and grouping, 

 cannot be better studied than in his works. 



A striking contrast to his style in every 

 branch of the art, may be taken from a na- 

 tion and a school, generally thought to have 

 a strong tincture of his merits, and his de- 

 fects : it is hardly necessary to name N. 

 Poussin. There is no master, whose works, 

 both in history and landscape, afford so many 



