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VENETIAN SCHOOL.—titian.
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to those painters of the present day, who have
made it their study to search after, and inquire
into the principles upon which the Venetian
colouring has been founded. Nothing can come
nearer the truth than the information which the
author of this work obtained from those who were
employed in carrying into execution the nice and
very difficult operation, which has probably se-
cured to the world a much longer duration of
this great and admirable composition. See ap-
pendix, E.
After finishing the celebrated work of the St.
Peter Martyr, the glory of Titian’s reputation
spread itself through all the courts of Europe.
By the Emperor Charles V. and also by Francis I.
he was courted and caressed ; the former invited
him into Spain, where he made a residence of three
years, painting many of those admirable pictures,
for which the royal collection of Spain has always
been so celebrated; among these was the famous
Venus del Prado, considered at that period to be
the chef-d’oeuvre of all the works of that descrip-
tion. This picture was at a subsequent period
made a present of by Philip IV. to Charles I. of
England, and formed one of the principal orna-
ments of that magnificent collection. After the
death of that unfortunate monarch it was pur-
chased for Philip IV., and again returned to Spain.
119
to those painters of the present day, who have
made it their study to search after, and inquire
into the principles upon which the Venetian
colouring has been founded. Nothing can come
nearer the truth than the information which the
author of this work obtained from those who were
employed in carrying into execution the nice and
very difficult operation, which has probably se-
cured to the world a much longer duration of
this great and admirable composition. See ap-
pendix, E.
After finishing the celebrated work of the St.
Peter Martyr, the glory of Titian’s reputation
spread itself through all the courts of Europe.
By the Emperor Charles V. and also by Francis I.
he was courted and caressed ; the former invited
him into Spain, where he made a residence of three
years, painting many of those admirable pictures,
for which the royal collection of Spain has always
been so celebrated; among these was the famous
Venus del Prado, considered at that period to be
the chef-d’oeuvre of all the works of that descrip-
tion. This picture was at a subsequent period
made a present of by Philip IV. to Charles I. of
England, and formed one of the principal orna-
ments of that magnificent collection. After the
death of that unfortunate monarch it was pur-
chased for Philip IV., and again returned to Spain.