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... finest and rarest types of gem - sculptures , as I shall presently take occasion to show in a chapter specially devoted to this collection ; but by far the greatest number of these miniature monuments of art are to be found in the ...
... finest and rarest types of gem - sculptures , as I shall presently take occasion to show in a chapter specially devoted to this collection ; but by far the greatest number of these miniature monuments of art are to be found in the ...
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... finest works of the Devonshire Collection , as there exists no catalogue raisonné of this celebrated cabinet . The Marlborough Collection has been more fortunate in this respect , the choicest of its con- tents having been described and ...
... finest works of the Devonshire Collection , as there exists no catalogue raisonné of this celebrated cabinet . The Marlborough Collection has been more fortunate in this respect , the choicest of its con- tents having been described and ...
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... finest engravings known . The Apollo Delphicus too , supporting his lyre upon the head of a Muse by his side , a subject often reproduced without any variation , and usually in work of the greatest excellence , is incontest- ably the ...
... finest engravings known . The Apollo Delphicus too , supporting his lyre upon the head of a Muse by his side , a subject often reproduced without any variation , and usually in work of the greatest excellence , is incontest- ably the ...
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... finest gems in our collections show , by the identity of their style , that they proceed from the same hands that cut the coin - dies for the mintage of these same cities . After this , the establishment of the Macedonian dynasty in ...
... finest gems in our collections show , by the identity of their style , that they proceed from the same hands that cut the coin - dies for the mintage of these same cities . After this , the establishment of the Macedonian dynasty in ...
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... finest extant belong to the times of Hadrian , the most flourishing period of Roman art in all its extent ; but from the date just mentioned gem- engraving declined and became extinct with extraordinary and unaccountable rapidity . Gold ...
... finest extant belong to the times of Hadrian , the most flourishing period of Roman art in all its extent ; but from the date just mentioned gem- engraving declined and became extinct with extraordinary and unaccountable rapidity . Gold ...
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