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“ in my eyes of all portrait painters the moll; difagreeable. In re- 
“ fpect of defign, he is indeed tolerably correct; but in every 
“ other particular his inferiority is decided. His compofitions are 
* e without tade ; his light and fhade bad ; his colours cold, hard, 
** and without the lead gradation of fhades; the eftedls difagree- 
“ able; his refemblances, though happy enough and to common 
“ eyes driking, are neverthelefs wholly devoid of dignity, and his 
“ contours fharp and harfh : he is but very imperfectly acquainted 
“ with the laws of perfpedtive; his figures are mean, and his dra- 
“ pery diff and conflrained.” 
Mr. Lampi. The Duke and Duchefs of Sudermania being at 
Vienna, had their portraits drawn there by this artifl, and fent 
them to the exhibition at Stockholm. Although Lampi had not 
by any means beflowed particular pains on thefe pictures, and 
though they even fhew marks of condraint and hurry, it may be 
confidently affirmed that thefe two portraits eclipfed all the red 
in the exhibition, and proved the driking difference between the 
fouthern and northern fchool. There was in thefe two pictures 
a noble majedy and a happy imitation of nature. The compofi- 
tion was pleafmg, the colouring vivid, the effeCt fendble, the 
light and fhade foft, the contours well rounded, and the drokes of 
the pencil draw T n with the exaCt aim of an artid. 
Mr. Antony Bofli, a miniature painter. He is a native of Ve¬ 
nice, and came to refide at Stockholm only for a time; during 
which he finifhed a confiderable number of portraits, all of them 
of great merit. 
Among 
