WORKMAN (n.)

ARTEFICE (ita.) · DOZIJNWERKER (nld.) · OUVRIER (fra.)
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DOZIJNWERKER (nld.) · OUVRIER (fra.)

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But it would haply be objected, that these accurate Designes of the pen, were never esteemed among the nobler parts of Drawing, as for the most part appearing to finnicall, stiff and contrain’d : To this, we reply ; that the remark is not impertinent, as commonly we find by experience : But it has not proceeded from the least defect in the Instrument, but from that of the Artist, whose aptitude is not yet arriv’d to that perfection which is requisite, and does infaillibly confirme, and dispose the hand to whatever it addresses ; affording so great a delight and satisfaction to some excellent Workmen, as that they never derir’d to advance further, then this Triumph of the pen, which has celebrated their names, and equaliz’d their renown with that of the most famous Painters  (...)

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L’ARTISTE → qualités
EFFET PICTURAL → qualité du dessin