 Saturn devouring a child, the colouring raw, and the figure of Saturn too muscular ; Mercury, Minerva, Diana, and Apollo ; Bacchus, Venus, and Ceres, embracing ; a young Silenus fallen down, and holding a goblet into which a boy was pouring wine. The...  Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and ... - Seite 447von William Boyne - 1889Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1849 - 462 Seiten
...all the sides of a great room in panels, as was then the fashion. The figures were as large as life ; a Venus, Satyr, and sleeping Cupid ; a boy riding a goat, and another fallen down, over the ehimney. This was the best part of the performanee, says Vertue ; Saturn devouring a Child,... | |
 | Guildhall Library (London, England), Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn - 1853 - 308 Seiten
...adorned all the sides of a great room, in pannels, as was then the fashion." Vertue, who had seen them, describes " the figures being as large as life ; over...the chimney, a Venus, satyr, and sleeping Cupid ; a hoy riding a goat, and another fallen down :" this was, he adds, " the best part of the performance.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 Seiten
...Fenchurch-street, where he adorned all the sides of a great room, in panels, as was then the fashion ;" " the figures being as large as life; over the chimney,...Apollo ; Bacchus, Venus, and Ceres, embracing; a young Selinus fallen down, and holding a goblet into which a boy was pouring wine. The Seasons between the... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1879 - 606 Seiten
...all the sides of a great room in panels, as was then the fashion. The figures were as large as life ; a Venus, Satyr, and sleeping Cupid a boy riding a goat and another falling down, over the chimney ; this was the best part of the performance, says Vertue : Saturn devouring... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 640 Seiten
...all the sides of a great room in panels, as was then the fashion. The figures were as large as life : a Venus, Satyr, and sleeping Cupid ; a boy riding a goat and another fallen down, over the chimney : this was the best part of the performance, says Vertue : Saturn devouring a Child,... | |
 | 1892 - 816 Seiten
...quite celebrated for similar work by the same artist. Walpolc wrote concerning it : "The figures were as large as life. Over the chimney a Venus, Satyr...Cupid, a boy riding a goat and another fallen down. In other parts of the room, 748 Saturn devouring a child, the coloring raw and the figure of Saturn... | |
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