The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... artist , the first elements of his art , and went with him to 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 ...
... artist , the first elements of his art , and went with him to 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 ...
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... artist , making him a present of his portrait encircled with diamonds . Bernini , at this moment , displayed at Versailles all the address of a cour- tier . While drawing the portrait of Louis XIV . he placed a lock of hair on the ...
... artist , making him a present of his portrait encircled with diamonds . Bernini , at this moment , displayed at Versailles all the address of a cour- tier . While drawing the portrait of Louis XIV . he placed a lock of hair on the ...
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... artists in frescos , when , feeling a strong disposition for painting , he devoted his nights to the study of design His talents soon developed themselves , and his irritable and malevolent spirit having involved him in a quarrel ...
... artists in frescos , when , feeling a strong disposition for painting , he devoted his nights to the study of design His talents soon developed themselves , and his irritable and malevolent spirit having involved him in a quarrel ...
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... artists , becoming jea- lous of his success , he was induced to adopt the manner of Caravaggio , which , at the instigation of Annibal Ca- racci , he soon after relinquished , and fixed on a manner peculiar to himself . It is to this ...
... artists , becoming jea- lous of his success , he was induced to adopt the manner of Caravaggio , which , at the instigation of Annibal Ca- racci , he soon after relinquished , and fixed on a manner peculiar to himself . It is to this ...
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... artist . Opposed by circumstances to the best painters of his time , he presented himself in competition with Domeni- chino , to paint the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew . In this contest he was eminently successful ; but he had not the ...
... artist . Opposed by circumstances to the best painters of his time , he presented himself in competition with Domeni- chino , to paint the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew . In this contest he was eminently successful ; but he had not the ...
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