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He is the bell portrait painter in Sweden after Breda, and in the 
minuter parts of execution he fometimes furpafles him. The befl 
of his portraits that I have feen, is that of Governor Uglafs. Al¬ 
though the figure be fliff, as indeed all his pidlures are, it pofTeffes 
much animation and expreffion. The hands are done with the 
pencil of a mafler ; and the velvet drapery is worthy of the fatin 
of the Chevalier Vanderwerf. His Ariadne of 1 799 was unna¬ 
tural, ill defigned, and finifhed in a flovenly and taflelefs manner. 
The nakednefs of the figure was the only circumflance that flat¬ 
tered the eye, and drew the applaufe of the fpectators. 
FOREIGN MEMBERS. 
The works of foreign members do not, flrictly fpeaking, enter 
into an account of the Rate of the arts in Sweden ; but as they 
appeared at the exhibition, and as fome of thofe members are 
refident in Sweden, I cannot well avoid faying fomething of their 
productions. 
Mr. Inel, director of the royal academy of arts at Copenhagen. 
This painter makes a noife in the North that is incredible : he is 
looked upon as a prodigy. Of portrait painters he is confidered 
as the ne plus ultra, and his pictures are regarded as models of 
the art. The encomiums bellowed on this man appeared to me 
fo exceffive and difgufling, that I cannot help introducing in this 
place the remarks that were made on him by a great Italian con- 
noiffeur, who had feen many of his productions, and was per¬ 
fectly acquainted with his manner. “ Inel,” obferved he, “ is 
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