Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

  • Francis Galton
Date:
1892
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    he married a cousin, the daughter of Pier Ilario. He was a painter of some success. The? is appended to his letter because it has been said that he was not a relation at all. It is singular to note the contradictions about the family concerns of the painters. There is less known of their domestic history than of any other class of eminent men except musicians. [uP. (and also ? UP).] Alessandro, son of Girolamo, and his scholar. He was but an inferior artist. Mieris, Francis (the Elder), (1635—1681, et. 46). “Tt is too much, with all his merits, to say he is superior to, or even equal with, Gerard Dow; his admirers should be content with placing him at the head of the next rank.” S. John Mieris; despaired of equalling his father in minute- ness and delicacy, so he followed historical painting and portraiture ; died et. 30. S. William Mieris; was an able artist et. 18, and was scarcely inferior to his father in the exquisite finish of his pictures. [P.] Francis Mieris (the Younger), son of William ; a painter in the same style as his father, but decidedly inferior to him. Murillo, Bartolomé Estevan (1613—1685, wet. 72). Few have a juster claim to originality than this ad- mirable Spanish painter. He showed early inclina- tion to the art. He was naturally humble-minded and retiring, and remarkably good and charitable, even to his own impoverishment. | u. Juan del Castillo, a painter of considerable merit, and the instructor of some of the greatest artists in Spain, namely, Murillo, Alonzo Cano, and Pedro de Moya. u. Augustin Castillo, a good painter. uS. Antonio del Castillo, y Salvedra; eminent painter as regards composition and design, but inferior in colouring. He sank into a despondency after visiting Seville, where he first saw a collection of Murillo’s pictures, so much superior to his own, and he died of it. Ostade, Adrian van (1610—1685, wt. 75); eminent painter of Dutch domestic scenes and grotesque subjects. B. Isaac van Ostade; began by copying his brother’s style
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