The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... seen the work , says it is the folly of his age- " nostræ ætatis insaniam : " and as he does not name the painter , he certainly had no high opinion of its merit . INVENTION OF OIL PAINTING . Vassari relates , that Giovanni di Bruggia ...
... seen the work , says it is the folly of his age- " nostræ ætatis insaniam : " and as he does not name the painter , he certainly had no high opinion of its merit . INVENTION OF OIL PAINTING . Vassari relates , that Giovanni di Bruggia ...
Page 124
... seen of the exqui- site beauty of the works of antiquity , and the capti- vating and luxuriant splendour of Bernini , " It is natural to suppose , " said he one day to Sir Joshua Reynolds , " that I was infinitely impatient , till I had ...
... seen of the exqui- site beauty of the works of antiquity , and the capti- vating and luxuriant splendour of Bernini , " It is natural to suppose , " said he one day to Sir Joshua Reynolds , " that I was infinitely impatient , till I had ...
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... seen . INDEPENDENCE . Cardinal Richelieu employed Phillippe de Cham- pagne to paint the Grand Gallery of his Palace at Paris ; and in order that he might obtain the whole of his time to the work , he pressingly invited the artist to ...
... seen . INDEPENDENCE . Cardinal Richelieu employed Phillippe de Cham- pagne to paint the Grand Gallery of his Palace at Paris ; and in order that he might obtain the whole of his time to the work , he pressingly invited the artist to ...
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