The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; Or, Biographical Review:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives of the Most Celebrated Men, in Every Age and Country; and Graphic Imitations of the Finest Specimens of the Arts; Ancient and Modern, with Remarks, Critical and Explanatory ....Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ... at the Union Printing-Office, 1812 |
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... He erected by order of Innocent X , the superb fountain in the Piazza Navora ; and , by command of Alexander VII . the celebrated colonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the BACON, Sir Francis Molière Bias Montesquieu Bernini.
... He erected by order of Innocent X , the superb fountain in the Piazza Navora ; and , by command of Alexander VII . the celebrated colonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the BACON, Sir Francis Molière Bias Montesquieu Bernini.
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... placed at the end of the church , the grand staircase of the Vatican , and an infinite number of mausolœa figures , and busts , as well for Rome , as for foreign courts . Every one knows the press- ing solicitations made to him by the ...
... placed at the end of the church , the grand staircase of the Vatican , and an infinite number of mausolœa figures , and busts , as well for Rome , as for foreign courts . Every one knows the press- ing solicitations made to him by the ...
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... placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to Louis XIV . as a mark of his gratitude . Clement IX . proved no less a zealous protector of Bernini than his predecessors , and employed him to decorate the bridge of St. Angelo . His last work ...
... placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to Louis XIV . as a mark of his gratitude . Clement IX . proved no less a zealous protector of Bernini than his predecessors , and employed him to decorate the bridge of St. Angelo . His last work ...
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... placed a dog in marble , as emblematic of the sect he embraced . A selection of his witticisms will throw considerable light on his mind and character . A man born at Minda , asked him what he thought of the city . " I would advise the ...
... placed a dog in marble , as emblematic of the sect he embraced . A selection of his witticisms will throw considerable light on his mind and character . A man born at Minda , asked him what he thought of the city . " I would advise the ...
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... placed by his father under Denis Calvert , a Flemish painter of great reputation , whom he soon quitted , to enter himself in the school of the Caracci . The style of these eminent masters , who held him in great esteem , he for a time ...
... placed by his father under Denis Calvert , a Flemish painter of great reputation , whom he soon quitted , to enter himself in the school of the Caracci . The style of these eminent masters , who held him in great esteem , he for a time ...
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