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Memoirs of a Picture: Containing the Adventures of Many Conspicuous ... - Page 185
by William Collins - 1805
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Memoirs of picture: containing the adventures of many conspicuous characters ...

William Collins (picture-dealer.) - 1805 - 260 pages
...improve his promising talents, intending to employ him in his service, whenever he returned to hia own country. '' On his first entrance into Rome, happening to pass by the arch of Titus, he saw a few'young artists attentively engaged in sketching the basso-relievos; and, observing that grand monument...
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The Arts and Artists: Or Anecdotes & Relics, of the Schools of ..., Volume 1

James Elmes - Art - 1825 - 336 pages
...original situation in 1785. ROSA DA TIVOLI'S FIRST VISIT TO ROME. ON the first entrance of Eosa da Tivoli into Rome, happening to pass by the arch of Titus,...young artists attentively engaged in sketching the bassi relievi; and, observing that grand monument of antiquity to bear a picturesque escape. Bernini...
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Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Artists: Comprising Painters ..., Volume 2

John Gould - Art - 1835 - 444 pages
...to go to Rome, where he might improve his promising talents, intending to employ him in hisservice whenever he returned to his own country. On his first...correctness and elegance, to the astonishment of them all. The diligence of Roos at his studies was more remarkable than that of any of his contemporaries ; he...
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Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and ..., Volume 2

John Gould - Art - 1838 - 442 pages
...to go to Rome, where he might improve his promising talents, intending to employ him in hisservice whenever he returned to his own country. On his first...correctness and elegance, to the astonishment of them all. The diligence of Roos at his studies was more remarkable than that of any of his contemporaries; he...
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Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and ..., Volume 2

John Gould - Art - 1838 - 444 pages
...whenever he returned to his own country. On his first entrance into Rome, happening to pass by the arcli of Titus, he saw a few young artists attentively engaged...correctness and elegance, to the astonishment of them all. The diligence of Roos at his studies was more remarkable than that of any of his contemporaries; he...
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