DOI Heft:
Nr. 160 (June 1910)
DOI Artikel:Rankin, William: The collection of Mr. John G. Johnson, II: the early Italian pictures
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0445
The John G. Johnson Collection
—MM more descriptive and decorative
ideals which moved the Florentine
painter when free from the respon-
sibilities of monumental work. Sel-
'" m laio gives us a high average; paint-
^jjj^BBfc- ers of his caliber and temper are
jlflfc hl. needed to-day, and he may teach us
,' ; <«Ri ■ >^tukv the secret of training them. Of
&:*iK-m ■ the pictures here we give the clever
p g^, and delightful David, a surprising
■*&s .j m'fmmm E '5a ^^Js /""r <fe /<wre, of great interest in its
"*'.ff. Bjpr^w A i'C.'mI connection with other Florentine
l| : 1 j A t'^BHHB Br ^ff'lji* conceptions of the theme. A large
MaY Jmmmm^SmawV^^^^ -Jmmmw&fjmmwSKk anc' ver-v ser>ous Nativity, late
U*»HBHPfr -mmm style, lias in its elaborate and de-
lightful landscape an almost Dutch
■■IAbSB feeling, illustrating how essential
, . Wf« I emotions in art tend to transcend
the Limits of an historic style. TAe
* _ H Mia VtfiftkjC'' (; •' 9; '*MK*' ^ Battle of the Romans and Sabines, a
'*^JL\ ■ 'j''m[| fine late work under Botticelli's in-
fluence, brings out well the splendid
'* [ S MftA / decorative capacity of this artist.
^| BL MiMnffi/ There are two or three other pictures
by or near to Sellaio in the collec-
Hk tion. The Nostaglio degli Onesti
panel given to him seems more like
'jM'r'z^i ' vf< "^jfS^ ^HR!^,^ * a work of Ghirlandaio's following.
Piero di Cosimo's remarkable and
*:£>. very sympathetic Madonna, a late
work of almost High Renaissance
KrjjMBBK type, ha- been reproduced and de-
scribed in The Connoisseur by a
previous student of the gallery, and
the superb portrait of a male mem-
^^^^^^^^^mmmmmmmmmmmmmm****nnmmmmmmm \jCr 0f fac Spada family is also well
Collection o) John c Johnson, Esq. known. Both of these pictures are
david hv sellaio °f h'gh typical importance in the
history of art. The powerful and
quite modernlike portrait of Fileljo
THE COLLECTION OF MR. JOHN the Humanist is now more properly given to Rosso,
G. JOHNSON. II. THE EARLY which takes it out of our province.
ITALIAN PICTURES Among the most striking of the Italian portraits
BY WILLIAM RANKIN must be classed the supposed Giuliano de Medici,
ascribed to Amico di Sandro, a fine, frank presen-
An important follower of Lippi is represented tation of life and character, with a charming land-
in Mr. Johnson's collection, Jacopo del Sellaio, scape vista, a picture quite worthy of Botticelli, to
belonging to Botticelli's generation and influenced whom it has been attributed,
by that artist and by Uccello, yet developing on The pictures of the Umbrian Schools, with those
independent lines a craft which has recently had its of the Marches and the Roman-Umbrian milieu,
due meed of recognition. As Home has promised are a little hard to classify and summarize. I have
to list the undocumented works of this man I need already mentioned the Umbro-Florentine Ma-
not discuss Mr. Johnson's fine specimens in detail, donna, which I think closely relates to Piero della
We can obtain from Sellaio a good notion of the Francesca. An exquisite Madonna by Giovanni
xcvni
—MM more descriptive and decorative
ideals which moved the Florentine
painter when free from the respon-
sibilities of monumental work. Sel-
'" m laio gives us a high average; paint-
^jjj^BBfc- ers of his caliber and temper are
jlflfc hl. needed to-day, and he may teach us
,' ; <«Ri ■ >^tukv the secret of training them. Of
&:*iK-m ■ the pictures here we give the clever
p g^, and delightful David, a surprising
■*&s .j m'fmmm E '5a ^^Js /""r <fe /<wre, of great interest in its
"*'.ff. Bjpr^w A i'C.'mI connection with other Florentine
l| : 1 j A t'^BHHB Br ^ff'lji* conceptions of the theme. A large
MaY Jmmmm^SmawV^^^^ -Jmmmw&fjmmwSKk anc' ver-v ser>ous Nativity, late
U*»HBHPfr -mmm style, lias in its elaborate and de-
lightful landscape an almost Dutch
■■IAbSB feeling, illustrating how essential
, . Wf« I emotions in art tend to transcend
the Limits of an historic style. TAe
* _ H Mia VtfiftkjC'' (; •' 9; '*MK*' ^ Battle of the Romans and Sabines, a
'*^JL\ ■ 'j''m[| fine late work under Botticelli's in-
fluence, brings out well the splendid
'* [ S MftA / decorative capacity of this artist.
^| BL MiMnffi/ There are two or three other pictures
by or near to Sellaio in the collec-
Hk tion. The Nostaglio degli Onesti
panel given to him seems more like
'jM'r'z^i ' vf< "^jfS^ ^HR!^,^ * a work of Ghirlandaio's following.
Piero di Cosimo's remarkable and
*:£>. very sympathetic Madonna, a late
work of almost High Renaissance
KrjjMBBK type, ha- been reproduced and de-
scribed in The Connoisseur by a
previous student of the gallery, and
the superb portrait of a male mem-
^^^^^^^^^mmmmmmmmmmmmmm****nnmmmmmmm \jCr 0f fac Spada family is also well
Collection o) John c Johnson, Esq. known. Both of these pictures are
david hv sellaio °f h'gh typical importance in the
history of art. The powerful and
quite modernlike portrait of Fileljo
THE COLLECTION OF MR. JOHN the Humanist is now more properly given to Rosso,
G. JOHNSON. II. THE EARLY which takes it out of our province.
ITALIAN PICTURES Among the most striking of the Italian portraits
BY WILLIAM RANKIN must be classed the supposed Giuliano de Medici,
ascribed to Amico di Sandro, a fine, frank presen-
An important follower of Lippi is represented tation of life and character, with a charming land-
in Mr. Johnson's collection, Jacopo del Sellaio, scape vista, a picture quite worthy of Botticelli, to
belonging to Botticelli's generation and influenced whom it has been attributed,
by that artist and by Uccello, yet developing on The pictures of the Umbrian Schools, with those
independent lines a craft which has recently had its of the Marches and the Roman-Umbrian milieu,
due meed of recognition. As Home has promised are a little hard to classify and summarize. I have
to list the undocumented works of this man I need already mentioned the Umbro-Florentine Ma-
not discuss Mr. Johnson's fine specimens in detail, donna, which I think closely relates to Piero della
We can obtain from Sellaio a good notion of the Francesca. An exquisite Madonna by Giovanni
xcvni