The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 |
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... distinguished prince . ABAS , the third son of Khodabendeh , ascended the throne of Persia in 1585 , immediately after the death of his brother , Schah Ismaël . He was , at that epoch , Viceroy of Herat , in Khoraçan , and engaged in a ...
... distinguished prince . ABAS , the third son of Khodabendeh , ascended the throne of Persia in 1585 , immediately after the death of his brother , Schah Ismaël . He was , at that epoch , Viceroy of Herat , in Khoraçan , and engaged in a ...
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... distinguished persons in the empire . Many senators were destined to share the same fate , but Anto- ninus apprising them of their danger , they kept them- selves concealed until the death of Adrian , which hap- pened at Baiæ , in ...
... distinguished persons in the empire . Many senators were destined to share the same fate , but Anto- ninus apprising them of their danger , they kept them- selves concealed until the death of Adrian , which hap- pened at Baiæ , in ...
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... distinguished masters ; but , through want of care in the execution , contributed less to the perfection of his works , than to increase their number . On his return to Paris , after an absence of six years , Le Brun , under the ...
... distinguished masters ; but , through want of care in the execution , contributed less to the perfection of his works , than to increase their number . On his return to Paris , after an absence of six years , Le Brun , under the ...
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... distinguished by the appellation of Il Gobbo ; under- the tuition of his uncle , manifested a lively and promis- ing genius , and gave such evident tokens of an enlarged capacity , that the shortness of his life has been exceed- ingly ...
... distinguished by the appellation of Il Gobbo ; under- the tuition of his uncle , manifested a lively and promis- ing genius , and gave such evident tokens of an enlarged capacity , that the shortness of his life has been exceed- ingly ...
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... Distinguished by grandeur of style , purity of design , by the vigour and facility of his pencil , and sometimes by truth of colouring , Annibal Caracci , though not a perfect painter , was , without doubt , an artist who by having ...
... Distinguished by grandeur of style , purity of design , by the vigour and facility of his pencil , and sometimes by truth of colouring , Annibal Caracci , though not a perfect painter , was , without doubt , an artist who by having ...
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