Nollekens and His Times: Comprehending a Life of that Celebrated Sculptor; and Memoirs of Several Contemporary Artists, from the Time of Roubiliac, Hogarth and Reynolds to that of Fuseli, Flaxman and Blake, Zväzok 2Henry Colburn, 1828 - 872 strán (strany) |
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... Italy from nume- rous fragments , and several celebrated antiques in the Vatican , the Palaces , and Villas Bassano , Belvidere , Bologna , Borghese , Frascati , Gius- tiniani , Loretto , Mantua , Massani , Tivoli , & c . These sketch ...
... Italy from nume- rous fragments , and several celebrated antiques in the Vatican , the Palaces , and Villas Bassano , Belvidere , Bologna , Borghese , Frascati , Gius- tiniani , Loretto , Mantua , Massani , Tivoli , & c . These sketch ...
Strana 10
... Italian studies , also made from some of the same antiques , they fall far short of the mind visible in every thing Flaxman touched , even in his earliest years . However this may be , and feebly as Nollekens's copies were made , he ...
... Italian studies , also made from some of the same antiques , they fall far short of the mind visible in every thing Flaxman touched , even in his earliest years . However this may be , and feebly as Nollekens's copies were made , he ...
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... Italy would have been ashamed of , he received the unheard - of price of three thou- sand guineas , and one thousand for the pedestal ; giving the Sculptor who carved it , only the odd three hundred pounds for his trouble . For the ...
... Italy would have been ashamed of , he received the unheard - of price of three thou- sand guineas , and one thousand for the pedestal ; giving the Sculptor who carved it , only the odd three hundred pounds for his trouble . For the ...
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... Italian and other artists , particularly Michel Angelo and Fiamingo . Mr. Nollekens's statue of a standing Venus in marble , pouring ambrosia on her hair , was pur- chased by Mrs. Palmer for 2317. ; * and his model * This figure is by ...
... Italian and other artists , particularly Michel Angelo and Fiamingo . Mr. Nollekens's statue of a standing Venus in marble , pouring ambrosia on her hair , was pur- chased by Mrs. Palmer for 2317. ; * and his model * This figure is by ...
Strana 100
... Italy he was much noticed and encou- raged , exercising his talent with great avidity , in making numerous small models from most of the celebrated statues and groups in and about that city , which he brought to England . It has usually ...
... Italy he was much noticed and encou- raged , exercising his talent with great avidity , in making numerous small models from most of the celebrated statues and groups in and about that city , which he brought to England . It has usually ...
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Admiral Alexander Goblet Angelica Kauffmann antique artist Bacon basso-relievo beautiful Benjamin West Blake British bust carved copy Cosway Countess of Charlemont Coutts Covent-garden daughter Deare death declared ditto Doctor Doctor Johnson drawings Duchess Duke Earl employed England engraved erected etched executed Executors exhibited father favour figure Flaxman Francis Francis Douce frequently Fuseli Garrick gave gentleman George give Grace guineas hand Henry Hogarth honour hundred pounds John JOSEPH NOLLEKENS King Lady late Liart lived London Lord marble Martin's-lane master monument never Nollekens's Northcote painted painter persons picture plate portrait possession Prince Prince Hoare Prince of Wales produced received recollect Rome Roubiliac Royal Academy Rysbrack Scheemakers Sculptor Shakspeare Sherwin Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Thomas Sir William sketch sold specimens statue street talent tion took Venus West Westminster Abbey wife Wilton Zoffany
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