Robert Herrick. To His Nephew, To Be Prosperous In His Art of Painting.

TO HIS NEPHEW, TO BE PROSPEROUS IN HIS ART
OF PAINTING.
by Robert Herrick

ON, as thou hast begun, brave youth, and get
The palm from Urbin, Titian, Tintoret,
Brugel and Coxu, and the works outdo
Of Holbein and that mighty Rubens too.
So draw and paint as none may do the like,
No, noth the glory of the world, Vandyke.

Urbin, Raphael.
Brugel, Jan Breughel, Dutch landscape painter
(1569-1625), or his father or brother.
Coxu, Michael van Coxcie, Flemish painter
(1497-1592).

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 188-189.

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