battoni-like

Updated: July 21, 2025

But whilst architects praised the pure proportions of her figure and form, painters averred that her neck, shoulders, and bosom were almost too chastely modelled, and yet, on the other hand, one and all were in love with her glorious Magdalene hair, and talked a good deal of nonsense about Battoni-like colouring.

E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann - Weird Tales. Vol. I