New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-28
ROME, Thursday, March Is, 1856.

hOhL' luulruh!' .udiNu 10 iNvp
Mrs Patiences journal continues in the same
sybline tone, inspired by her orscular master; but
she draws as much as she writes, and regrer
cannot transmit you also some of these sketches.
In one of his cOlOred portraits, Signor Doctus is
represented with small cast OF Venus in one hand,
and the toncs which be has forgotten to lay down,
in the other; of course his pipe is in full function.
lie is of middling hight, in morning neggee, much
reelected even for an Italian artist. He wears a
snuff sack, and ancient slippers; his hair is steel
colorcd and cut closely, showing the severe outline
of his head; his hands are muscular, with remark ka
bly, tapeIirg fingers and fine nails. His hair grows
low down oa his forehead like Greeks; his
moustacle and whiskers are long, scanty and gray.
He is without cravat his collar open and neck eK-
posed. His eye is small and searching; his whole
attitude indicates absorption in the object of his
contemplation.
There are, besides, innumerable outlines Of objects
in the studio, and of people and things single aud
in composition, in her daily walks TO her les
son; but We must let her writings speak for her
now:
To-day Master Doctus saluted me with bas usual
al1aBqing some anatomical drawings, he asked,
which is the largest bone in the human frame J
replied, catalOguiDg the Others also correctly 81 l
was able, and ADDING their various characteristics.
WheI besltaed made a mistake, he would say,
SUPPOSE yCu tave not that bone nevertheless II
very useful HI enforced the necessity of perfect ia
nuliarity with their forms and try TO
correct rendering of all the muscles and TO proper
appreciation of all human forms. Thtn be showed Us
east Illustrating the ancients knowledge of anatomy,
and pOiEt us TO various copies from Michael Asgeo,
full of nature. Then he explained the intention of
every UnduatlOn III the outlined head be had given
ne for o mOdo-why this prOtuberance an1 that
nd,utstion-this was bone-that cartllage-tAst mus
Gle, each qUlng ts proper treatment, and M their
propeI harmony. Meantime a company Of skulls had
gath ercd on my tasle-men, women aud Ohiliren-
uolae ami iguoble He hOpeo | not afraid Of
them and assured me he had hsd them for wears and
they had never sp KEN He placed grand and mean
skulls together and os lie choose the noblrr forms;
aferW are be showed the difference between the Dae
ana ftmse head and the difference bet wven them aud
the LCaGs oi Chdren aud nidntS-eIjOiLlng sgsiu a.
agau careful study OF Nature, in order 10 be able t0
inVe,t each character nth III proper fOrm He referred
uSto the outf we had already made ot infants heads
frs, front and profile At the earliest age, then the
same al three months Old, then the same again a.
thr,e yfars Of age; the later We had drawo within
the outline Of the man head, for better comparison
of the t forms. At the la ter age the child i naf
man in hight vile at biIth he reaches only 10 his
mothers knees.
Aner this rather dry discourse on proport ION, he
showed us mary drawings from Titan and Coueg
eio, wlC particularly eNceed in painting children.
Rspha,s are, perhaps, mOrc beautiful in expression,
/ hut less Lfsntue and true in nature they have
usually too mach Judgment. To enforce truth of
form upon us by contrast also, he placed bilv these
/ possible youoghIgs the progeny If other masters,
! which etmed rather Tom Thumbs reduced Napo-
/ Icons than zeal babies. Iu children the head i much
larger IL proportion to The body than 10 adlliS. In
extreme infancy, the width of the head ard chest
nearly equal; IN the man, the latter double the for
m,r; IN i child three months Old, four of its own
! heads oqaa' IL hight in tie man, from seven 20
,ehi eute- lbcTet. - to@ infancy 70 ado. -s,cres