The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 287
sion, the artist, it should seem, incurred the risk of beingcold and monotonous. But these difficulties Le Sueurhas overcome. He has given to Victor III. all the dig-nity suitable to the dignity of the church, and a charac-ter, for benignity, truly remarkable. The cardinals aredrawn in various… … THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. LAWRENCE, TITIAN. The birth-place of St. Lawrence if not known. His•virtues, from his youth, attracted the affection of St.Sixtus, tlien archdeacon of Rome; who, being electedpope in the year 257, appointed him deacon, and chiefof the seven faithful servants of the church. St.…
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