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EARLY PERIOD
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a scroll inscribed with the words she once uttered :
Nulla re iam delector in hac vita. A contrast to this
figure is formed by that of the young Mary Magdalen,
who stands in soft contra'p'posto, unmindful of the
looker-on, lost in dreams, whilst holding forth the
ointment box. A white kerchief is artfully wound
round her blond curls ; her olive green tunic and pink
mantle are beautifully in keeping with each other, but
the folds of the latter are very inharmonious. The
picture is not varnished, and the whole looks therefore
like a large water-colour of fine blond tone.1
Another picture belonging to this group is a little
panel owned by Miss Henrietta Hertz of London.
It shows the Virgin seated in a delightful landscape
and holding in her lap the charming Baby who is bless-
ing St. John the Baptist, while the latter kisses His foot.
There is scarcely any exaggeration in the praise “ one
of the masterpieces of Venetian art ” which has been
given to this work.2 The triangular composition, quite
original, is built with great mastery. The fervent
devotion of the rugged man of the desert is rendered
in a way which makes that head unforgettable ; and
the colour scheme is exquisite—pale, cool blues and
greys with some notes of deep blue.3
1 Vicenza. Museo Civico. Sala V. No. 3. Of the draperies
forming the canopy the one which hangs behind the Virgin is black,
the other vermilion. On canvas. 1.75 x 1.59. On the frame, below,
to the right, the Arnaldi arms. Mentioned as being in San Bartolomeo
by Ridolfi (pp. cit. i. 140 sqi), Boschini (op. cit. p. 91) and Mosca (op.
cit. i. 4). The two latter state its place in the chu ch : above the
altar of the first chapel to the right. Crowe and Cavalcaselle, op. cit.
i. 424 sq. Ph. Alinari.
2 Berenson, op. cit., i., 115.
3 London. Collection of Miss Henrietta Hertz. The Virgin, who
wears a red tunic, a white hood and a blue mantle, is in three-
quarter length; St. John, bust. On wood. 14 x 14 (in.). Formerly
in the Sparieri-Beltrame palace at Verona. Exhibition of Venetian
Art, New Gallery, 1894-95, No. 78. This picture forms a transition
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a scroll inscribed with the words she once uttered :
Nulla re iam delector in hac vita. A contrast to this
figure is formed by that of the young Mary Magdalen,
who stands in soft contra'p'posto, unmindful of the
looker-on, lost in dreams, whilst holding forth the
ointment box. A white kerchief is artfully wound
round her blond curls ; her olive green tunic and pink
mantle are beautifully in keeping with each other, but
the folds of the latter are very inharmonious. The
picture is not varnished, and the whole looks therefore
like a large water-colour of fine blond tone.1
Another picture belonging to this group is a little
panel owned by Miss Henrietta Hertz of London.
It shows the Virgin seated in a delightful landscape
and holding in her lap the charming Baby who is bless-
ing St. John the Baptist, while the latter kisses His foot.
There is scarcely any exaggeration in the praise “ one
of the masterpieces of Venetian art ” which has been
given to this work.2 The triangular composition, quite
original, is built with great mastery. The fervent
devotion of the rugged man of the desert is rendered
in a way which makes that head unforgettable ; and
the colour scheme is exquisite—pale, cool blues and
greys with some notes of deep blue.3
1 Vicenza. Museo Civico. Sala V. No. 3. Of the draperies
forming the canopy the one which hangs behind the Virgin is black,
the other vermilion. On canvas. 1.75 x 1.59. On the frame, below,
to the right, the Arnaldi arms. Mentioned as being in San Bartolomeo
by Ridolfi (pp. cit. i. 140 sqi), Boschini (op. cit. p. 91) and Mosca (op.
cit. i. 4). The two latter state its place in the chu ch : above the
altar of the first chapel to the right. Crowe and Cavalcaselle, op. cit.
i. 424 sq. Ph. Alinari.
2 Berenson, op. cit., i., 115.
3 London. Collection of Miss Henrietta Hertz. The Virgin, who
wears a red tunic, a white hood and a blue mantle, is in three-
quarter length; St. John, bust. On wood. 14 x 14 (in.). Formerly
in the Sparieri-Beltrame palace at Verona. Exhibition of Venetian
Art, New Gallery, 1894-95, No. 78. This picture forms a transition