BALANCE OF PAINTERS.

paradeof common-place quotation,with so small a decree of illustrative science* that I have thought
proper to expel them from this edition, in order to make room for their betters by Reynolds."

As an example of the caprice which seems to have guided Depiles, in forming his Balance or
Scale, it will be seen that he estimates the merit of Raphael at 17 in composition, 18 in design,
12 in colouring, and 18 in expression; amounting in ail to 65 ; and that of Rubens at ]8 in
composition, 13 in design, 17 in colouring, and 17 in expression ; in all Go : just equal to Ra-
phael : while on the other hand he values Michael Angelo at S in composition, J7 in design, 4
in colouring, and 8 in expression, amounting in all only to 37, a result very different from that
to which this last admirable master has been constantly allowed to be entitled.

BALANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL PAINTERS.

NAMES.

Composi-
tion.

Design.

Colour-
ing.

Expres-
sion.



14

14

10

6

Andrea del Sarto . ...

12

16

9

8



14

J5

6

10

Bassano (Giacomo)

6

8

17

0

Bellini (Giovanni) ....

4

6

14

0



10

8

8

4



16

16

8

16

Cagliari Paul (Veronese) . .

15

10

16

3



15

17

13

13

CO

13

13

15

12

Daniel da Volterra ....

12

15

5

8



3 I

10

14

6



15

17

9

17



8

10

10

8

Giordano (Luca) .

13

12

9

6



8

0

18

4

Gioseppino . .....

10

10

6

2

Giovanni da Udina

10

8

16

o



18

10

10

4



14

13

9

12



9

10

16

13



10

8

16

6



15

16

4

14



14

13

10

5

Leonardo da Vinci ....

15

16

4

14

Lucas Van Leyden ....

8

6

6

4

Michael Angelo Buonarotii .

8

17

4

8

Michael Angelo UCaravaggio

6

6

16

0



6

8

15

4

Pal ma (Old) ......

5

6

16

0



12

9

14

6



10

1 15

6

6