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Date: c. 1508?
"The mind of the painter should be like a mirror which always takes the colour of the thing that it reflects and which is filled by as many images as there are things placed before it."
preview | full record— Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519)
Date: w. 1782, 1786, 1816
"Having uttered this exclamation, Soliman raised his hands towards heaven, in token of supplication; and the Caliph discerned through his bosom, which was transparent as crystal, his heart enveloped in flames."
preview | full record— Beckford, William (1760-1844)
