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THERE are many rare Paintings of his [ndr : Parrasios] mention’d by Pliny, […] Then his Piece of Archigallus, so admir’d by Tiberius afterwards, who […] preserv’d it in his own Bed-Chamber, with his boasted Portrait of Hercules, who, as Parrasius would persuade, vouchsafed himself to appear and sit to him while he drew him to the Life in his most exact Proportions and Features.

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CONCEPTS ESTHETIQUES → nature, imitation et vrai
GENRES PICTURAUX → portrait