The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, 7. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... pictures are the Communion of St. Jerome , and the Cure of the Demoniac Boy ; his landscapes are painted in a fine style , and are numerous . In his manners Domenichino was modest , and gene- rally esteemed ; but the latter end of his ...
... pictures are the Communion of St. Jerome , and the Cure of the Demoniac Boy ; his landscapes are painted in a fine style , and are numerous . In his manners Domenichino was modest , and gene- rally esteemed ; but the latter end of his ...
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... picture of the life of another Messalina . Marcus Aurelius being sensible of the misconduct of his wife , thought it prudent with philosophical com- posure to raise himself above popular prejudice ; and to despise the raillery which was ...
... picture of the life of another Messalina . Marcus Aurelius being sensible of the misconduct of his wife , thought it prudent with philosophical com- posure to raise himself above popular prejudice ; and to despise the raillery which was ...
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... pictures are below mediocrity , and so sensible was he of his deficiency of genius in that respect , that he frequently committed the task of enlivening his landscapes to a foreign hand . The superlative talent which he afterwards ...
... pictures are below mediocrity , and so sensible was he of his deficiency of genius in that respect , that he frequently committed the task of enlivening his landscapes to a foreign hand . The superlative talent which he afterwards ...
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... pictures are in rivalship with nature ; the more they are studied , the more perfect is the imitation . Claude Geleé was born in 1600 , in the diocese of Toul , in Lorraine , from whence he acquired his name . After leaving school ...
... pictures are in rivalship with nature ; the more they are studied , the more perfect is the imitation . Claude Geleé was born in 1600 , in the diocese of Toul , in Lorraine , from whence he acquired his name . After leaving school ...
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... pictures he copied , and to those of Rubens in a particular degree . His historical prints are in great request , though he copied portraits with corresponding success . Pontius is one of the engravers for whom Rubens had a marked ...
... pictures he copied , and to those of Rubens in a particular degree . His historical prints are in great request , though he copied portraits with corresponding success . Pontius is one of the engravers for whom Rubens had a marked ...
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