The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... head upon the bosom of one of his grand - children , who accompanied him , and expired . His countrymen , in testi- mony of his worth , raised a temple to his memory . ASTOR THE NY LIBRARY BERNINI . BERNINI . GIOVANNI LORENZO BIAS ...
... head upon the bosom of one of his grand - children , who accompanied him , and expired . His countrymen , in testi- mony of his worth , raised a temple to his memory . ASTOR THE NY LIBRARY BERNINI . BERNINI . GIOVANNI LORENZO BIAS ...
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... head in marble , that attracted some notice ; at seventeen , he had already ornamented Rome by several specimens , among which may be distinguished the group of Apollo and Daphne . He worked on marble with astonishing quickness ...
... head in marble , that attracted some notice ; at seventeen , he had already ornamented Rome by several specimens , among which may be distinguished the group of Apollo and Daphne . He worked on marble with astonishing quickness ...
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... , 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 monarch's head , saying , ITALY . ] BERNINI . " The forehead of your BERNINI . [ ITALY .
... , 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 monarch's head , saying , ITALY . ] BERNINI . " The forehead of your BERNINI . [ ITALY .
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... head ; on the other a monstrous precipice , almost perpendicular , at the bot- tom of which rolls a torrent , that sometimes tumbling among the fragments of stone that have fallen from on high , and sometimes precipitating itself down ...
... head ; on the other a monstrous precipice , almost perpendicular , at the bot- tom of which rolls a torrent , that sometimes tumbling among the fragments of stone that have fallen from on high , and sometimes precipitating itself down ...
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... head of an army which shall give law both to king and parliament . " " This discourse , " continued Man- chester , " made the greater impression on me , because I knew the lieutenant - general to be a man of very deep de- signs ; and he ...
... head of an army which shall give law both to king and parliament . " " This discourse , " continued Man- chester , " made the greater impression on me , because I knew the lieutenant - general to be a man of very deep de- signs ; and he ...
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