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... portrait showing three views of the King was made to serve for a bust to be made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ; the sculpture perished , however , in 1697 . As in his Italian portraits , full - length renderings prevail , but his English ...
... portrait showing three views of the King was made to serve for a bust to be made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ; the sculpture perished , however , in 1697 . As in his Italian portraits , full - length renderings prevail , but his English ...
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... portrait painting . The development of portrait art in the early Kamakura period is associated with the Buddhist custom of worshipping the images of high priests . While Heian period portraits of patriarchs were stylized , portraits in ...
... portrait painting . The development of portrait art in the early Kamakura period is associated with the Buddhist custom of worshipping the images of high priests . While Heian period portraits of patriarchs were stylized , portraits in ...
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... portraits , landscapes , and marines . In fact , the preponderance of portraits is the most distinctive characteristic of old British collections . Gerard Soest , Jacob Huysmans , and Willem Wissing were also active in England as portrait ...
... portraits , landscapes , and marines . In fact , the preponderance of portraits is the most distinctive characteristic of old British collections . Gerard Soest , Jacob Huysmans , and Willem Wissing were also active in England as portrait ...
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