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MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY
M. HENRY ROUJON
BASTIEN-LEPAGE
(1848-1884)
IN THE SAME SERIES
REYNOLDS CHARDIN
VELASQUEZ MILLET
GREUZE RAEBURN
TURNER SARGENT
BOTTICELLI CONSTABLE
ROMNEY MEMLING
REMBRANDT FRAGONARD
BELLINI DUeRER
FRA ANGELICO LAWRENCE
ROSSETTI HOGARTH
RAPHAEL WATTEAU
LEIGHTON MURILLO
HOLMAN HUNT WATTS
TITIAN INGRES
MILLAIS COROT
LUINI DELACROIX
FRANZ HALS FRA LIPPO LIPPI
CARLO DOLCI PUVIS DE CHAVANNES
GAINSBOROUGH MEISSONIER
TINTORETTO GEROME
VAN DYCK VERONESE
DA VINCI VAN EYCK
WHISTLER FROMENTIN
RUBENS MANTEGNA
BOUCHER PERUGINO
HOLBEIN ROSA BONHEUR
BURNE-JONES BASTIEN-LEPAGE
LE BRUN GOYA
[Illustration: PLATE I.--THE SONG OF SPRINGTIME
(Museum at Verdun)
This is one of the artist's earliest works. A certain embarrassment may
be noted in the manner in which the Cupids are treated; even at this
period, it is easy to see that allegory is not suited to the precise and
realistic talent of this painter; yet the young girl is designed with a
vigour which already foreshadows the masterly art of _Hay-making_.]