General Biography, or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Vol. 3: Arranged According to Alphabetical Order (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from General Biography, or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Vol. 3: Arranged According to Alphabetical Order On his second return to Rome, at the age of thirty, he appeared as a consummate master of his art, and was enabled to supply all the de mands upon his pencil, though his works now bore a high price. His reputation caused other painters to copy his style, and steal his thoughts; whence he adopted the excellent method of making drawings in a book of all the ...
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Excerpt from General Biography, or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Vol. 3: Arranged According to Alphabetical Order On his second return to Rome, at the age of thirty, he appeared as a consummate master of his art, and was enabled to supply all the de mands upon his pencil, though his works now bore a high price. His reputation caused other painters to copy his style, and steal his thoughts; whence he adopted the excellent method of making drawings in a book of all the pictures he sent abroad, as well in order to identify them, as to avoid repeating his subiects. This book, which be entitled Libro di Verita (the book of truth), containing about'two hundred designs, is now in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire. Claude was a man of simplicity, and of regular manners, a lover Of peace, and ready to give lessons in his art to those who desired them. He lived in a state of celibacy, much tormented with the gout, which, how. Ever, did not prevent his arriving at his eighty. Second year. He died at Rome in 16332. His works are numerous, and form the ornament of all the principal cabinets and collections. Such of them as have, reached the present time undamaged bear excessive prices. He etched with his own hand a set of landscapes, in which the same 'chiaro-scuro is observed as in his paintings. Several of his pieces have been en graved by different masters. D'argen'vi/le Vie; def Peintrw. Filling/en's Dictionary - A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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