The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 143
t in the extreme;of which the following anecdote furnishes sufficientproof. He had a daughter whom he loved. Don Juan,of Austria, the natural son of Philip IV. became ena-moured of her person, and either by persuasion or byforce, took her from his protection. Ribera, afflictedat the indignity… … ■ ulnvhihUshU IfvVernirrKwi X- i7;„ SNYDERS. This painter was born at Antwerp, in the year 1579-He was endowed, by nature, w^ith such uncommon ge-nius, that ahhough Van Balen, his master, did not paintlandscapes, Snyders devoted himself to the imitation ofplants and fruits, in which he obtained so…
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