He appears to most advantage, perhaps, in small figures, many of which he inserted in the landscapes of the celebrated Tempesta.
He chiefly employed himself for private persons, with fables and histories, consisting of small figures, in which he succeeded, though having addicted himself to these compositions as a trade, he despatched them with more facility than care.
In small figures, however, he appears to have had merit.
In small figures he was extremely graceful, a specimen of which may be seen in a choir of Santa Caterina, at Vicenza, where he executed some very beautiful histories, in the most glowing colours imaginable.
Finding afterwards that his talent lay more in small figures than in large, he pursued that department and became very celebrated in his school.
His pictures usually represent views near Amsterdam, "with a variety of shipping and boats, and a number of small figures, correctly drawn, and handled with spirit.
One of these was Alberto Carlieri, a Roman, a painter also of small figures, of whom Orlandi makes mention.
He occasionally employed his talents in sacred subjects, as in the Miracle of the Sacrament, which he represented by a number of small figures in two pictures, which are preserved in the sacristy of the Corpus Domini.
I shall here mention only Evangelista Martinotti, the scholar of Salvator Rosa, of great excellence in landscapes, small figures, and animals, as Orlandi informs us.
Bartolommeo, representing the Acts of the holy Apostle, with others of the Baptist, in small figures, is not from his hand.
The Serabends and their class have one border peculiar to themselves and a centre of double, triple, or multiple diamonds in outline, in which are scattered irregular rows of small figures, generally palm leaves, so called.
Reproductions of the old Shiraz designs with the centre field filled with innumerable odd, small figures used to be common a few years ago.
It contains a very large number of small figuresand a choir of angels and saints, produced with great diligence.
This is canvas stretched on a panel, containing subjects from the life of Our Lady and of St John the Baptist in small figures, executed in a much better style, and with more diligence and grace than the large ones.
In the refectory he has done the history of St Louis, a Last Supper, and a Tree of the Cross, while the presses of the sacristy are decorated with some scenes from the lives of Christ and of St Francis in small figures.
Arcadius, executed in small figures, in which, as well as in the grotesque, he was very eminent, and nearly approached the modern style.
He was accustomed to introduce into his pictures some episode, unconnected with the principal story, in small figures, a style in which he excelled.
Filippo; a celebrated artist at that time, and distinguished by his pictures containing a great number of small figures in which he strongly resembled Andrea Mantegna; though his heads were less beautiful.
He was very eminent in small figures, and in this style he painted the history of the Magdalen, and especially the martyrdom of S.
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