The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volumen4J. Cumberland, 1820 |
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... TITIAN . During the residence of Titian in Spain , he com- posed many admirable works , and received many princely rewards from the Emperor Charles the Fifth , who gave him the Key , the order of Santiago at Brussels , and constituted ...
... TITIAN . During the residence of Titian in Spain , he com- posed many admirable works , and received many princely rewards from the Emperor Charles the Fifth , who gave him the Key , the order of Santiago at Brussels , and constituted ...
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... Titian was a service for an emperor . The figure of the Sleeping Venus is a miracle of art , and was so decidedly the chef d'œuvre of Titian , that after several efforts to rival his own matchless work , he quitted this self - emulation ...
... Titian was a service for an emperor . The figure of the Sleeping Venus is a miracle of art , and was so decidedly the chef d'œuvre of Titian , that after several efforts to rival his own matchless work , he quitted this self - emulation ...
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... Titian . He was one of the painters of the Escurial , and his principal work is the representation of the four Evangelists , which he painted in Fresco . One of the paintings which he made for a chapel which King Philip erected in the ...
... Titian . He was one of the painters of the Escurial , and his principal work is the representation of the four Evangelists , which he painted in Fresco . One of the paintings which he made for a chapel which King Philip erected in the ...
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... Titian's famous painting of the Last Supper arrived at the Escurial , the king , Philip II . , proposed to cut the canvass to the size of the pannel in the refectory where was destined to hang . El Mudo , who was present , to prevent ...
... Titian's famous painting of the Last Supper arrived at the Escurial , the king , Philip II . , proposed to cut the canvass to the size of the pannel in the refectory where was destined to hang . El Mudo , who was present , to prevent ...
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... Titian , and at others much below Tintoret . " Some Flemish painters being at Rome , showed Tintoret two or three heads which they had painted and finished with great care . He asked them how long they had taken to do them ? They ...
... Titian , and at others much below Tintoret . " Some Flemish painters being at Rome , showed Tintoret two or three heads which they had painted and finished with great care . He asked them how long they had taken to do them ? They ...
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