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... Rubens and Raphael - A Colossal Orpheus - Historical Portraits - Contemporary Portrait of Richard II . - Dis- covered Works of Paul Veronese · • . IIO PART IV . GREAT PICTURE SALES- The Peel Collection - The Fallows Collection - Various ...
... Rubens and Raphael - A Colossal Orpheus - Historical Portraits - Contemporary Portrait of Richard II . - Dis- covered Works of Paul Veronese · • . IIO PART IV . GREAT PICTURE SALES- The Peel Collection - The Fallows Collection - Various ...
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... Rubens ' paint - box , of inlaid mahogany , with pierced metal gilt corners and engraved hinges . Its history previous to its coming into the posses- sion of Mr. Cooke is inscribed in the inside as follows : - " This box came from ...
... Rubens ' paint - box , of inlaid mahogany , with pierced metal gilt corners and engraved hinges . Its history previous to its coming into the posses- sion of Mr. Cooke is inscribed in the inside as follows : - " This box came from ...
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... Rubens and among his pupils . It fell on a day that one of Rubens ' pictures was almost finished , and one of his pupils , Schick by name , found himself alone with the all but completed picture . Moved by the spirit of mischief ...
... Rubens and among his pupils . It fell on a day that one of Rubens ' pictures was almost finished , and one of his pupils , Schick by name , found himself alone with the all but completed picture . Moved by the spirit of mischief ...
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... Rubens or Raphael , for instance- had painted this picture , do you think it would fetch a considerable price ? " " Sire , " replied the Baron de Polnitz , who passed for the most prac- tised and most obsequious of his Majesty's cour ...
... Rubens or Raphael , for instance- had painted this picture , do you think it would fetch a considerable price ? " " Sire , " replied the Baron de Polnitz , who passed for the most prac- tised and most obsequious of his Majesty's cour ...
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... Rubens , one representing the " " Triumph of Love , " the other " Children at Play , " encircled by wreaths of fruit in Snyders ' best manner ; also the " Last Supper , " by Cornelis de Wael the Younger , belonging to the church of St ...
... Rubens , one representing the " " Triumph of Love , " the other " Children at Play , " encircled by wreaths of fruit in Snyders ' best manner ; also the " Last Supper , " by Cornelis de Wael the Younger , belonging to the church of St ...
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