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Page 152
... figure , " Mor- pheus , " as his reception piece for membership in the Académie Royale ( marble version , 1777 ; Louvre , Paris ) . He earned his liveli- hood , however , through portraiture ; his sit- ters included many of the most ...
... figure , " Mor- pheus , " as his reception piece for membership in the Académie Royale ( marble version , 1777 ; Louvre , Paris ) . He earned his liveli- hood , however , through portraiture ; his sit- ters included many of the most ...
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... figure paintings of saints and bodhisatt- vas in the manner of Shūbun , none of these survive . Among the few extant ... figures , and flower - and - bird pictures . He executed many paintings on the sliding panels of the Reiun - in ...
... figure paintings of saints and bodhisatt- vas in the manner of Shūbun , none of these survive . Among the few extant ... figures , and flower - and - bird pictures . He executed many paintings on the sliding panels of the Reiun - in ...
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... figure from Orissa , c . 8th century AD ; in the Indian Museum , Calcutta Pramod Chandra Kubitschek de Oliveira , Juscelino ( b . 1902 ) , president of Brazil from 1956 to 1960 . Brasília's construction begun 3 : 121c presidency and ...
... figure from Orissa , c . 8th century AD ; in the Indian Museum , Calcutta Pramod Chandra Kubitschek de Oliveira , Juscelino ( b . 1902 ) , president of Brazil from 1956 to 1960 . Brasília's construction begun 3 : 121c presidency and ...
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