The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 289
h the women who servedhim as models. He delighted in occupying spaciousapartments, but would only furnish them with thingsthat were absolutely necessary. People, he said, come to my house to see pictures, not tapestry andsplendid mirrors. ST. ROCK IN PRISON. It was a matter of much difficulty to… … MARCUS SEXTUS. GUERIN. Marcus Sextus, escaped from the proscriptions ofSylla, discovers, on his way home, his daughter in tears,beside the body of his deceased wife. This picture is the first work of a young artist, andexhibits such traits of excellence, as to render theadmirers of the art…
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