The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 397
er parts ofEurope, nearly 150 years elapsed from his decease with-out any pontiff or any prince having felt disposed to ho-nour his remains with a mausoleum, when Carlo Maratti,at his own expense, placed, in the Pantheon, a bust ofthis eminent man. Thus a private individual, and apainter,… … W.Coolce sa./p . >, HERCULES AND ALCESTIS. AFTER A PICTURE BY REGNAULT. The subject of this picture we shall briefly detail.—Alcestis was the daughter of Pelias, and the wife of Ad-metus, King of Thessaly. This prince was attacked by adangerous malady. Alcestis interrogated the oracle uponthe…
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