The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Antwerp , that city so fruitful in illustrious artists , had the honour of giving him birth in 1610. There he passed the greater part of his life , beloved and esteemed as a man of virtue , as well as of extraordinary talents . For ...
... Antwerp , that city so fruitful in illustrious artists , had the honour of giving him birth in 1610. There he passed the greater part of his life , beloved and esteemed as a man of virtue , as well as of extraordinary talents . For ...
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... Antwerp , and inhabited a small castle called the three Towers , in the village of Perch , between Antwerp and Malines . By retiring thither , he wished to shun the great world , and devote himself to his prevailing taste in the study ...
... Antwerp , and inhabited a small castle called the three Towers , in the village of Perch , between Antwerp and Malines . By retiring thither , he wished to shun the great world , and devote himself to his prevailing taste in the study ...
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... Antwerp , that city so fruitful in illustrious artists , had the honour of giving him birth in 1610. There he passed the greater part of his life , beloved and esteemed as a man of virtue , as well as of extraordinary talents . For ...
... Antwerp , that city so fruitful in illustrious artists , had the honour of giving him birth in 1610. There he passed the greater part of his life , beloved and esteemed as a man of virtue , as well as of extraordinary talents . For ...
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... Antwerp had again the honour of giving birth to this eminent painter , on the twenty - second of March , 1599 . His father possessed some skill in painting on glass , and his mother excelled in embroidery . His inclination for painting ...
... Antwerp had again the honour of giving birth to this eminent painter , on the twenty - second of March , 1599 . His father possessed some skill in painting on glass , and his mother excelled in embroidery . His inclination for painting ...
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... had finished it . The picture was the celebrated Descent from the Cross , in the church of our Lady , at Antwerp , and now in the museum at Paris . FLANDERS . ] VANDYCK . It has been industriously related VANDYCK . [ FLANDERS .
... had finished it . The picture was the celebrated Descent from the Cross , in the church of our Lady , at Antwerp , and now in the museum at Paris . FLANDERS . ] VANDYCK . It has been industriously related VANDYCK . [ FLANDERS .
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