The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... others that embel- lish this publication , for the ceiling of a cabinet of the Hotel Lambert , at Paris . The figures are in proportion about three feet . LIF RARY TOR JYY SF . BACON . George heat THE BIRTH OF LOVE .
... others that embel- lish this publication , for the ceiling of a cabinet of the Hotel Lambert , at Paris . The figures are in proportion about three feet . LIF RARY TOR JYY SF . BACON . George heat THE BIRTH OF LOVE .
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... Paris , for the purpose of superintending the works then carrying on at the Louvre , and the extraordinary honours that were paid him , when , after having with some difficulty ob- tained the pope's consent , he proceeded to Paris . He ...
... Paris , for the purpose of superintending the works then carrying on at the Louvre , and the extraordinary honours that were paid him , when , after having with some difficulty ob- tained the pope's consent , he proceeded to Paris . He ...
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... Paris , in 1636. He was the eleventh son of Gilles Boileau , register of the high court of Parliament . His infancy was by no means happy . His mother dying when young , and his father being wholly absorbed in business , he was ...
... Paris , in 1636. He was the eleventh son of Gilles Boileau , register of the high court of Parliament . His infancy was by no means happy . His mother dying when young , and his father being wholly absorbed in business , he was ...
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... Paris under the reign of Philip I. where he began his studies , and went through a course of philosophy and theology , with the most brilliant success . He had even obtained a pro- fessor's chair , when his attainments , his merit , and ...
... Paris under the reign of Philip I. where he began his studies , and went through a course of philosophy and theology , with the most brilliant success . He had even obtained a pro- fessor's chair , when his attainments , his merit , and ...
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... Paris , is one which alone might atone for every other blemish . In her divine face the sublime purity of Niobe is mixed with the charms of Venus ; the wife , the mother , gave indeed way to the lover , but spread a soft melancholy ...
... Paris , is one which alone might atone for every other blemish . In her divine face the sublime purity of Niobe is mixed with the charms of Venus ; the wife , the mother , gave indeed way to the lover , but spread a soft melancholy ...
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