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ORLEANS COLLECTION.
same subject having been engraved for the Musee
Franchise, after the picture still at the Louvre.
Of these two pictures, that in the possession of
Sir Thomas Baring appears to be the preferable.
Both are mentioned in the Crozat Collection of
Engravings, as also is that in the Florentine
Gallery, and all the three are considered to be
genuine. The present picture is delicately painted,
and appears to be at his best period.
It is well known that a great many of the com-
positions of Raphael have been admirably engraved
by Mark Antonio Riamondi, under the immediate
eye of Raphael himself. These engravings convey
much of the true spirit and sentiment of the
master, and are objects highly deserving the atten-
tion of every amateur of painting, and of every
one who wishes to form a just and a correct taste.
This great man, whose talents were of that
transcendent order as to obtain for him the title of
J/yJAzwo, not only possessed the highest reputation,
and met with the greatest respect during his life,
but at his death received honours of the most
marked and imposing nature. He was attacked
by a casual malady at the period that he was
painting his great work of the Transfiguration,
and died previous to its being entirely finished.
His funeral was attended by all the nobles of
Rome, as well as by those of the neighbouring
ORLEANS COLLECTION.
same subject having been engraved for the Musee
Franchise, after the picture still at the Louvre.
Of these two pictures, that in the possession of
Sir Thomas Baring appears to be the preferable.
Both are mentioned in the Crozat Collection of
Engravings, as also is that in the Florentine
Gallery, and all the three are considered to be
genuine. The present picture is delicately painted,
and appears to be at his best period.
It is well known that a great many of the com-
positions of Raphael have been admirably engraved
by Mark Antonio Riamondi, under the immediate
eye of Raphael himself. These engravings convey
much of the true spirit and sentiment of the
master, and are objects highly deserving the atten-
tion of every amateur of painting, and of every
one who wishes to form a just and a correct taste.
This great man, whose talents were of that
transcendent order as to obtain for him the title of
J/yJAzwo, not only possessed the highest reputation,
and met with the greatest respect during his life,
but at his death received honours of the most
marked and imposing nature. He was attacked
by a casual malady at the period that he was
painting his great work of the Transfiguration,
and died previous to its being entirely finished.
His funeral was attended by all the nobles of
Rome, as well as by those of the neighbouring