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192 COUNT BAEDASSARE CASTIGLIONE
his lord, and could at the same time enjoy a spell of
much-needed rest.
In May he accompanied the Marchesana to pay
her vows at the shrine of the Santo in Padua and
spend Ascension-tide at Venice. The little party
travelled incognito, and were lodged in Ca' Barbaro,
near the church of S. Vitale, in the parish of
S. Stefano, the home of the distinguished scholar
Ermolao Barbarod In this fine old house, which still
retains its Gothic arcades and stairway leading from
the courtyard to the 720A2A?, Isabella and her
companions spent a pleasant fortnight, visiting palaces
and churches, libraries and studios ; while her brother,
Duke Alfonso, stayed in Ca' Foscari, a few doors
higher up the Canal Grande. Castiglione had many
friends in Venice, and one of the patricians whom he
had known best in Rome, Andrea Navagero, devoted
himself especially to the travellers on this occasion.
He escorted the u^ccArn, as Sanuto calls
her, to the house of Titian, who had lately visited her
at Mantua, and whose painting of St. Jerome she now
purchased by Navagero's advice. Isabellas energy
and love of sight-seeing were as keen as ever, and the
Count told his lord that he had not a moment for
letter-writing, all his time being spent in attending
Madama Illustrissima on her excursions in gondolas
or on foot. ^ But, after his wont, Castiglione found
time to do a good stroke of diplomacy during this
pleasure-trip. The old Doge Grimani had died a
fortnight before, and the election of his successor,
Andrea Gritti, took place on the day that the travellers
reached Venice. Isabella and her companions mingled
in the crowds which filled the piazza on the following
morning to witness the proclamation of the new
i Sanuto, xxxv. 156. 2 'Esenzioni,' go.
his lord, and could at the same time enjoy a spell of
much-needed rest.
In May he accompanied the Marchesana to pay
her vows at the shrine of the Santo in Padua and
spend Ascension-tide at Venice. The little party
travelled incognito, and were lodged in Ca' Barbaro,
near the church of S. Vitale, in the parish of
S. Stefano, the home of the distinguished scholar
Ermolao Barbarod In this fine old house, which still
retains its Gothic arcades and stairway leading from
the courtyard to the 720A2A?, Isabella and her
companions spent a pleasant fortnight, visiting palaces
and churches, libraries and studios ; while her brother,
Duke Alfonso, stayed in Ca' Foscari, a few doors
higher up the Canal Grande. Castiglione had many
friends in Venice, and one of the patricians whom he
had known best in Rome, Andrea Navagero, devoted
himself especially to the travellers on this occasion.
He escorted the u^ccArn, as Sanuto calls
her, to the house of Titian, who had lately visited her
at Mantua, and whose painting of St. Jerome she now
purchased by Navagero's advice. Isabellas energy
and love of sight-seeing were as keen as ever, and the
Count told his lord that he had not a moment for
letter-writing, all his time being spent in attending
Madama Illustrissima on her excursions in gondolas
or on foot. ^ But, after his wont, Castiglione found
time to do a good stroke of diplomacy during this
pleasure-trip. The old Doge Grimani had died a
fortnight before, and the election of his successor,
Andrea Gritti, took place on the day that the travellers
reached Venice. Isabella and her companions mingled
in the crowds which filled the piazza on the following
morning to witness the proclamation of the new
i Sanuto, xxxv. 156. 2 'Esenzioni,' go.