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... scenes where the active powers of man are most fully developed , and he drew in a sketch - book , which he always carried with him , whatever interested him . ' He followed criminals to execution , in order to witness the pangs of the ...
... scenes where the active powers of man are most fully developed , and he drew in a sketch - book , which he always carried with him , whatever interested him . ' He followed criminals to execution , in order to witness the pangs of the ...
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... scene , which would lead to the conclusion that there was an affinity between the minds of Leonardo and Correggio . The well - known refined type of his female heads , with the small chin and the graceful smile , sometimes approaching ...
... scene , which would lead to the conclusion that there was an affinity between the minds of Leonardo and Correggio . The well - known refined type of his female heads , with the small chin and the graceful smile , sometimes approaching ...
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... scene , which is not the only occasion on which we shall find him . The portrait of a beautiful woman with a child , in the Pommersfelden Gallery , belongs also to this period . After Leonardo had for a series of years exercised his ...
... scene , which is not the only occasion on which we shall find him . The portrait of a beautiful woman with a child , in the Pommersfelden Gallery , belongs also to this period . After Leonardo had for a series of years exercised his ...
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... scene ; the infant Christ is before her , held by an angel ; the little St. John , whom she embraces , is adoring : this picture is of a simple , graceful character , but is unhappily much injured . The somewhat weak and hard ...
... scene ; the infant Christ is before her , held by an angel ; the little St. John , whom she embraces , is adoring : this picture is of a simple , graceful character , but is unhappily much injured . The somewhat weak and hard ...
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... scenes from the life of Mary Magdalen , and also the wedding of an aristocratic and elderly pair , distinguished by great nature and animation . Besides these may be mentioned an excellent Madonna with saints , and another in S ...
... scenes from the life of Mary Magdalen , and also the wedding of an aristocratic and elderly pair , distinguished by great nature and animation . Besides these may be mentioned an excellent Madonna with saints , and another in S ...
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