Identifier: dictionaryofpain02brya (find matches)
Title: Dictionary of painters and engravers
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821 Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942
Subjects: Painters Engravers
Publisher: London, G. Bell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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the sleeping Endymion, An Eating-house,and the portrait of Count Villalobos. ESTRADA, Juan and Ignacio, were two brothers,who worked together as painters, though Ignaciowas also a sculptor. They were bom at Badajoz,Juan in 1717, and Ignacio in 1724, and wereinstructed by their father, Manuel Estrada, butJuan received three years further tuition fromPablo Pernicharo, at Madrid. Many of their pic-tures are still to be seen in the churches of Valencia,Ignacio having furnished the designs, and Juancarried out the execution. Juan died at Badajozin 1792, and Ignacio in 1790. ETHENARD t ABARCA, Feancisco Antonio,a painter and engraver, the son of a Germanfather, was bom at Madrid. He served in theGerman body-guard under Charles II., and until itwas disbanded in 1701 by Philip V., upon whichhe devoted himself entirely to the above branchesof art, which ho had already pursued as an amateur.He died at Madrid in 1710. He published a Philo-sophy of War in 1675, and The Italian and wii.i i\M Il rv
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VOUTH ON THE IkOW AND ILEASLKE AT THE HELM PAINTEKS ANU ENQUAVEU8. 8). •■ .rin 1697, wiJ boUiof tboMD l.< rtviiigu. t.i i.iSyit.u, 111 mj wan it Grriii»n eiiffrmver onwood, who rf»iilcil at Uaiiilwrff. Tliero ia by liiiii • wiod-out rv;<rracd seven full years faithfully and truly, andworked at it lliree weeka as journeyman; butI had such a busy desire to be a painter, thattlie last yean of my servitude dragged on mostheavily. I counted the years, days, weeks, andhours. ! \ should break my chains and setmystri.

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