scription, "Singularis in singularis; in omnibus, unicus." When he returned to Rome, Louis presented him with ten thousand crowns, gave him a pension of two thousand, and one of four hundred to his son, and commissioned him to execute an equestrian statue of himself, in marble, of colossal proportions. The statue was executed in four years, and sent to Versailles, where it was afterwards converted into Marcus Curtius, and where, as such, it still remains.
BERNINI'S WORKS.
Bernini designed and wrought with wonderful
facility; his life was one of continued exertion, and
he lived to the great age of eighty-two years, so
that he was enabled to execute an astonishing number
of works. Richly endowed by nature, and favored
by circumstances, he rose superior to the rules
of art, creating for himself an easy manner, the
faults of which he knew well how to disguise by its
brilliancy; yet this course, as must ever be the case,
did not lead to a lasting reputation. "The Cav.
Bernini," says Lanzi, "the great architect and
skillful sculptor, was the arbiter and dispenser of all
the works at Rome, under the pontificates of Urban
VIII. and Innocent X. His style necessarily influenced
those of all the artists, his cotemporaries.
He was affected, particularly in his drapery. He
opened the way to caprice, changed the true principles
of art, and substituted for them the false. At
