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188 GIOVANNI BUONCONSIGLIO
The composition of this picture, in which the heads
are exceedingly poor, recalls that of the fine Palma
Vecchio in the Palazzo Colonna at Rome, though
far from equalling it in beauty. The Virgin is
represented to the left, seated on a marble bench
in front of a red hanging ; she clasps with her left
hand the Child, who, sitting on a cushion in her
lap, imparts the benediction to a kneeling lady, the
donor of the painting, behind whom stands St. James
the Greater. In the landscape, the Giorgionesque
note is again struck in the middle distance to the
right, where a shepherd is seen sleeping in the shade
of dense trees ; whilst in the background, the artist
gives a paraphrase of a portion of the Alpine panorama
around Vicenza, including the jagged mountains of
Recoaro.1
! A Resurrection of Christ in a rich landscape, with
a sky showing an elaborate effect of sunrise, now in
the Galleria Carrara at Bergamo, is also a rather
late work by Buonconsiglio ; the hand of our artist
was first recognised in it by the acuteness of Mr.
Berenson.2 Of a kindred style are a quite remarkable
1 Florence. Palazzo Pitti. No. 338. The Virgin wears a deep red
tunfc laced in front, a dark greenish blue mantle with pink lining and
a white veil; she holds with her right hand a book upon the bench.
The Child holds in His left hand a bird. The donor is in white and
clasps her hands. St. James the Greater, in crimson tunic and brown
mantle, holds a large book; the pilgrim’s staff is leaning against his
left shoulder. The Virgin three-quarter length, the donor bust, St.
James half-length. On wood. 0.86 X 1.08. Officially labelled “ School
of Giovanni Bellini.” Ph. Anderson.
2 Bergamo. Galleria Carrara. No. 125. Christ stands to the left
on the lid of His sarcophagus ; He is draped in a white mantle and
makes the gesture of blessing with His right hand, whilst holding the
banner of victory in the left. Three soldiers are sleeping on the ground
in front of the sarcophagus ; behind it, to the left, a large rock ; to the
right of this, in the middle distance, a stream, farther back some buildings
and finally mountains. On canvas. 1.38 X 0.98. The attribution
to Buonconsiglio is warranted by the types, the hands, the feet, the
The composition of this picture, in which the heads
are exceedingly poor, recalls that of the fine Palma
Vecchio in the Palazzo Colonna at Rome, though
far from equalling it in beauty. The Virgin is
represented to the left, seated on a marble bench
in front of a red hanging ; she clasps with her left
hand the Child, who, sitting on a cushion in her
lap, imparts the benediction to a kneeling lady, the
donor of the painting, behind whom stands St. James
the Greater. In the landscape, the Giorgionesque
note is again struck in the middle distance to the
right, where a shepherd is seen sleeping in the shade
of dense trees ; whilst in the background, the artist
gives a paraphrase of a portion of the Alpine panorama
around Vicenza, including the jagged mountains of
Recoaro.1
! A Resurrection of Christ in a rich landscape, with
a sky showing an elaborate effect of sunrise, now in
the Galleria Carrara at Bergamo, is also a rather
late work by Buonconsiglio ; the hand of our artist
was first recognised in it by the acuteness of Mr.
Berenson.2 Of a kindred style are a quite remarkable
1 Florence. Palazzo Pitti. No. 338. The Virgin wears a deep red
tunfc laced in front, a dark greenish blue mantle with pink lining and
a white veil; she holds with her right hand a book upon the bench.
The Child holds in His left hand a bird. The donor is in white and
clasps her hands. St. James the Greater, in crimson tunic and brown
mantle, holds a large book; the pilgrim’s staff is leaning against his
left shoulder. The Virgin three-quarter length, the donor bust, St.
James half-length. On wood. 0.86 X 1.08. Officially labelled “ School
of Giovanni Bellini.” Ph. Anderson.
2 Bergamo. Galleria Carrara. No. 125. Christ stands to the left
on the lid of His sarcophagus ; He is draped in a white mantle and
makes the gesture of blessing with His right hand, whilst holding the
banner of victory in the left. Three soldiers are sleeping on the ground
in front of the sarcophagus ; behind it, to the left, a large rock ; to the
right of this, in the middle distance, a stream, farther back some buildings
and finally mountains. On canvas. 1.38 X 0.98. The attribution
to Buonconsiglio is warranted by the types, the hands, the feet, the