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This is the chamber commonly called the Pinacotheca, where Pausanias saw pictures or frescoes by Polygnotus.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two 1885
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On the southern wing of the Propylaea was a temple to the Wingless Victory; on the northern, a Pinacotheca, or picture gallery.
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Passing out by the northern wing of the Propylaea, a survey is had of the numerous fragments of sculpture discovered among the ruins upon the hill, and temporarily placed in the ancient Pinacotheca.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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Brief as was his career, Ii Parmigiano has left a very large number of works: at Bologna (Pinacotheca), "Virgin and Child with Saints",
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Pinacotheca at Bologna the magical effect is produced by the architectural perspective alone.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The collection of paintings in the Pinacotheca is priceless in value.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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When the Appartamento Borgia was used as the Pinacotheca, the marble cross-beams were removed from the windows, and replaced with iron grating, and everything was done to secure suitable lighting for the works of art.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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So Hilda became a copyist: in the Pinacotheca of the Vatican, in the galleries of the Pam-fili-Doria palace, the Borghese, the Corsini, the
The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Pinacotheca of the Vatican, with my palette and my brushes, and shall look for my little American artist that sees into the very heart of the grand pictures!
The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Never did the ashes of departed genius find a more appropriate resting place; -- the Pinacotheca of the Thermæ of Dioclesian had once been the repository of all that the genius of antiquity had perfected in the arts; and in the vast interval of time which had since elapsed, it had suffered no change, save that impressed upon it by the mighty mind of Michael Angelo.
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Shearjashub Spooner 1834
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