Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... excellent Giorgio was a man of plain words , and we would not have him say to us , as Donato said to Duke Cosmo , " This mantle , that thou hast given me , is too dainty for my wear . " * From the vast amount of notes and commentaries ...
... excellent Giorgio was a man of plain words , and we would not have him say to us , as Donato said to Duke Cosmo , " This mantle , that thou hast given me , is too dainty for my wear . " * From the vast amount of notes and commentaries ...
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... EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSMO DE ' MEDICI , DUKE OF FLORENCE , MY MOST REVERED LORD . IMPELLED by your own natural magnanimity , and following the example of your illustrious progenitors , your Excellency has never ceased to favour and exalt ...
... EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSMO DE ' MEDICI , DUKE OF FLORENCE , MY MOST REVERED LORD . IMPELLED by your own natural magnanimity , and following the example of your illustrious progenitors , your Excellency has never ceased to favour and exalt ...
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... excellent artists , that , counting with them those of Florence , daily called into activity by your Excellency , we may hope that they who shall come after us will have to write a fourth part to my work , enriched by other performances ...
... excellent artists , that , counting with them those of Florence , daily called into activity by your Excellency , we may hope that they who shall come after us will have to write a fourth part to my work , enriched by other performances ...
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... EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSMO DE ' MEDICI , DUKE OF FLORENCE AND SIENA , HIS MOST HONOURED LORD . SEVENTEEN years have now elapsed since I presented to your most illustrious Excellency the then but roughly sketched Lives of the most renowned ...
... EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSMO DE ' MEDICI , DUKE OF FLORENCE AND SIENA , HIS MOST HONOURED LORD . SEVENTEEN years have now elapsed since I presented to your most illustrious Excellency the then but roughly sketched Lives of the most renowned ...
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... EXCELLENT BROTHER ARTISTS , -the delight , as well as the honour and profit that I have derived from labouring as I have best been able in these most noble arts , has ever been so great , that I have not only felt an ardent wish to ...
... EXCELLENT BROTHER ARTISTS , -the delight , as well as the honour and profit that I have derived from labouring as I have best been able in these most noble arts , has ever been so great , that I have not only felt an ardent wish to ...
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