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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T0234   CID136  A common Mistake in painting Country-Pieces

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Many People are of Opinion, that, in an open Campagne, the Figures must appear more obscure, in proportion as they are further remov'd from the Eye; but herein they are unhappily mistaken, for the very contrary method ought commonly to be observ'd, excepting where the thing to be represented is White; as we shall have occasion to show more at large underneath.