The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Church , St. Alban's , where a monument of white marble was erected for him by the care and grati- tude of Sir Thomas Meutys , Knight , his executor . He is represented as sitting in a chair in an attitude of pro- found contemplation ...
... Church , St. Alban's , where a monument of white marble was erected for him by the care and grati- tude of Sir Thomas Meutys , Knight , his executor . He is represented as sitting in a chair in an attitude of pro- found contemplation ...
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... 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 great Colbert , on 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 great Colbert , on the ...
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... church of St. Andrew at Rome , which was constructed after his designs . Bernini was only fourteen years of age , when he was by accident in the church of St. Peter , at the moment when Annibal Carac- ei , with other painters , were ...
... church of St. Andrew at Rome , which was constructed after his designs . Bernini was only fourteen years of age , when he was by accident in the church of St. Peter , at the moment when Annibal Carac- ei , with other painters , were ...
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... church , to which he shortly after conceived a dislike . Boileau , equally disgusted with the one and the other profession , resolved to follow the bent of his own genius , and devoted himself to poetry . His first Satires appeared in ...
... church , to which he shortly after conceived a dislike . Boileau , equally disgusted with the one and the other profession , resolved to follow the bent of his own genius , and devoted himself to poetry . His first Satires appeared in ...
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... church . Compelled to relinquish that appointment , through the tyranny of Archbishop Manasses , Bruno formed the re- solution to retire from the world , and to seclude him- self in some secret recess , for the remainder of his days ...
... church . Compelled to relinquish that appointment , through the tyranny of Archbishop Manasses , Bruno formed the re- solution to retire from the world , and to seclude him- self in some secret recess , for the remainder of his days ...
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