The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... rin , if he would settle in France . He erected , by order of Innocent X. the superb fountain in the Piazza Navora ; and , by command of Alexander VII . the celebrated colonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the end.
... rin , if he would settle in France . He erected , by order of Innocent X. the superb fountain in the Piazza Navora ; and , by command of Alexander VII . the celebrated colonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the end.
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Or, Biographical Review. lonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the end of the church , the grand staircase ... placed a lock of hair on the monarch's head , saying , ITALY . ] BERNINI . " The forehead of your BERNINI . [ ITALY .
Or, Biographical Review. lonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the end of the church , the grand staircase ... placed a lock of hair on the monarch's head , saying , ITALY . ] BERNINI . " The forehead of your BERNINI . [ ITALY .
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... placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to 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 ...
... placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to 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 ...
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... placed a dog in marble , as emblematic of the sect he embraced . A selection of his witticisms will throw considerable light on his mind and character . A man born at Minda , asked him what he thought of the city . " I would advise the ...
... placed a dog in marble , as emblematic of the sect he embraced . A selection of his witticisms will throw considerable light on his mind and character . A man born at Minda , asked him what he thought of the city . " I would advise the ...
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... placed by his father under Denis Calvert , a Flemish painter of great reputation , whom he soon quitted , to enter himself in the school of the Caracci . The style of these eminent mas- ters , who held him in great esteem , he for a ...
... placed by his father under Denis Calvert , a Flemish painter of great reputation , whom he soon quitted , to enter himself in the school of the Caracci . The style of these eminent mas- ters , who held him in great esteem , he for a ...
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