The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 |
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... execution of several of the most 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 ...
... execution of several of the most 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 ...
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... executed . He was a man of prudence , in- dustry , and abilities , worthy of a better master , and a better fate . - The Queen herself seems to have been blessed with a happy insensibility of temper . The King's dislike , which he ...
... executed . He was a man of prudence , in- dustry , and abilities , worthy of a better master , and a better fate . - The Queen herself seems to have been blessed with a happy insensibility of temper . The King's dislike , which he ...
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... 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 patronage of Fouquet , stepped suddenly forward from a crowd of ...
... 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 patronage of Fouquet , stepped suddenly forward from a crowd of ...
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... execution of this extensive work . He set out with a certain number of skilful pupils , and under- took this laborious task without due regard to the price ANNIBAL CARACCI . ITALY . ] that might be set ANNIBAL CARACCI . [ ITAL.
... execution of this extensive work . He set out with a certain number of skilful pupils , and under- took this laborious task without due regard to the price ANNIBAL CARACCI . ITALY . ] that might be set ANNIBAL CARACCI . [ ITAL.
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... execution and academic prowess , was inferior to either in taste and sensibility and judgment . Of this , the best proof that can be adduced , is his mas- ter work , that on which rests his fame , the Farnese Gallery ; a work , whose ...
... execution and academic prowess , was inferior to either in taste and sensibility and judgment . Of this , the best proof that can be adduced , is his mas- ter work , that on which rests his fame , the Farnese Gallery ; a work , whose ...
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