The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Rome , with a view to perfect himself . Nature had made him a sculptor , for , at ten years of age , he pro- duced a head in marble , that attracted some notice ; at seventeen , he had already ornamented Rome by several specimens ...
... Rome , with a view to perfect himself . Nature had made him a sculptor , for , at ten years of age , he pro- duced a head in marble , that attracted some notice ; at seventeen , he had already ornamented Rome by several specimens ...
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... Rome , as for foreign courts . Every one knows the press- ing solicitations made to him by the great Colbert , on the part of Louis XIV . to induce him to come to Paris , for the purpose of superintending the works then carrying on at ...
... Rome , as for foreign courts . Every one knows the press- ing solicitations made to him by the great Colbert , on the part of Louis XIV . to induce him to come to Paris , for the purpose of superintending the works then carrying on at ...
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... Rome , were reckoned the works of this great master . The principal are , the equestrian statue of Constantine , the choir of St. Peter , the group of Apollo and Daphne in the Villa Pinciana , and the church of St. Andrew at Rome ...
... Rome , were reckoned the works of this great master . The principal are , the equestrian statue of Constantine , the choir of St. Peter , the group of Apollo and Daphne in the Villa Pinciana , and the church of St. Andrew at Rome ...
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... Rome , to assist the holy chair with his council . On terminating the affairs which brought him to that city , the holy zealot , lost in the midst of a splendid court , surrounded with the in- trigue and flattery of its parasites ...
... Rome , to assist the holy chair with his council . On terminating the affairs which brought him to that city , the holy zealot , lost in the midst of a splendid court , surrounded with the in- trigue and flattery of its parasites ...
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... Rome , where , through necessity , he was compelled to paint for Josepin ; when , fortunately , one of his pictures was noticed by the Cardinal del Monte , who drew him from indigence . Caravaggio was very in- dustrious , and obtained ...
... Rome , where , through necessity , he was compelled to paint for Josepin ; when , fortunately , one of his pictures was noticed by the Cardinal del Monte , who drew him from indigence . Caravaggio was very in- dustrious , and obtained ...
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