Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... artist , to celebrate the industry , and revive the memory , of those who , having adorned and given life to these ... artists , it has pleased the Divine goodness to elect the most holy and most blessed Julius III to be his vicar upon ...
... artist , to celebrate the industry , and revive the memory , of those who , having adorned and given life to these ... artists , it has pleased the Divine goodness to elect the most holy and most blessed Julius III to be his vicar upon ...
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... artists , and the lovers of art for whose benefit and convenience I have subjected myself to so much labour , are wholly indebted to your most illustrious Excellency , for whatever of good , useful , or agreeable may be found in this ...
... artists , and the lovers of art for whose benefit and convenience I have subjected myself to so much labour , are wholly indebted to your most illustrious Excellency , for whatever of good , useful , or agreeable may be found in this ...
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... artists , that works of rare merit were sent to Rome and exhibited as something wonderful , among other trophies in ... artist residing therein , but , in attacking the above - named city , he was careful to refrain from setting fire to ...
... artists , that works of rare merit were sent to Rome and exhibited as something wonderful , among other trophies in ... artist residing therein , but , in attacking the above - named city , he was careful to refrain from setting fire to ...
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... artist is in his works ; but of these works , the first , pro- duced by the earliest artists , were totally lost , as , by degrees , were the second , and perhaps the third , being destroyed by time , which consumes all things ; and as ...
... artist is in his works ; but of these works , the first , pro- duced by the earliest artists , were totally lost , as , by degrees , were the second , and perhaps the third , being destroyed by time , which consumes all things ; and as ...
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... artists , I shall be very brief , since their portraits , which I have collected at great cost and with much labour , will show what the appearance of each artist was in a better manner than could ever be done by words . And if the ...
... artists , I shall be very brief , since their portraits , which I have collected at great cost and with much labour , will show what the appearance of each artist was in a better manner than could ever be done by words . And if the ...
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