The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Louis XIV . to induce him to come to Paris , for the purpose of superintending the works then carrying on at the Louvre , and the extraordinary honours that were paid him , when , after having with some difficulty ob- tained the pope's ...
... Louis XIV . to induce him to come to Paris , for the purpose of superintending the works then carrying on at the Louvre , and the extraordinary honours that were paid him , when , after having with some difficulty ob- tained the pope's ...
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... 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 was a demi - colossal figure of Christ ...
... 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 was a demi - colossal figure of Christ ...
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... Louis XIV . has been ratified by posterity : it was fixed indeed during his life - time , and it is a remarkable instance of good fortune that this man , who had attacked so many authors , should have enjoyed among his cotemporaries a ...
... Louis XIV . has been ratified by posterity : it was fixed indeed during his life - time , and it is a remarkable instance of good fortune that this man , who had attacked so many authors , should have enjoyed among his cotemporaries a ...
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... Louis XIV . he had the honour to recite several cantos of his poem to that enlightened prince , who treated him with great liberality . He was granted the exclusive privilege of publishing his own works ; and , with other marks of royal ...
... Louis XIV . he had the honour to recite several cantos of his poem to that enlightened prince , who treated him with great liberality . He was granted the exclusive privilege of publishing his own works ; and , with other marks of royal ...
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... Louis XIV . upon some verses which he had composed ; " Sire , " answered the poet , " nothing is impossible to your ma- jesty : you were desirous of writing bad verses , and have completely succeeded . " After the death of Racine ...
... Louis XIV . upon some verses which he had composed ; " Sire , " answered the poet , " nothing is impossible to your ma- jesty : you were desirous of writing bad verses , and have completely succeeded . " After the death of Racine ...
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