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THE BRIDGEWATER GALLERY.
ALESSANDRO VERONESE (Turchi), b. 1580; d. 1650.*
[A Venetian painter, who painted small historical subjects in a
clever, finished, but spiritless style. He is the Italian Vander Werf.]
3 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife.—A small picture on
black marble, very brilliant and finished, but as usual, cold
in conception, mannered and licked in execution.f From
the Orleans Gallery; it had previously belonged to the
Due de Bourbon. 1 ft. 4 in. by 1 ft. 7 in.
BASSANO (Leandro), b. 1558 ; d. 1623. Venetian S. [One of the
Da Ponte family of painters, of which old Bassano was the first
and best.]
4 The Last Judgment.—An instance of the common-
place, injudicious treatment of elevated subjects, common
to the Bassano family. There is here no grandeur, nothing
that belongs to the awful consummation of divine justice;
but an immense crowd of minute figures in a small space,
very happily arranged for effect, and highly finished.
From the Orleans Gallery; formerly in the possession of
M. de Bertillac. C. 2 ft. 3| in. by 1 ft. 8 in.
BORDONE (Paris), b. 1500; d. 1570. [This Venetian painter ex-
celled in his portraits of women, but is feeble and common-place
in composition.]
5 A Riposo.—The Holy Family in a rich poetical land-
scape; finely coloured. C. 3 ft. 3| in. by 4 ft. 1 if in.
BORGOGNONE, b. 1621; d. 1676.
[A Frenchman, and celebrated painter of battle pieces, whose real
name was Jaques Courtoise, and who being a native of Burgundy, is
* The biographers differ with regard to the date of the birth and death of this
painter.
t “ Nothing can be better than the drawing, colouring, relievo, and natural
air, and even beauty, of the naked parts, and nothing can be less interesting,
colder, or more insipid, than the general effect of this picture, both on the eye
and on the mind. The mischief of the mean, frittered, cold blue and purple
draperies, and the dull, dark nothing in the background, destroy and disgust you
with the two portions of animation afforded in the naked parts.”—Barry.
THE BRIDGEWATER GALLERY.
ALESSANDRO VERONESE (Turchi), b. 1580; d. 1650.*
[A Venetian painter, who painted small historical subjects in a
clever, finished, but spiritless style. He is the Italian Vander Werf.]
3 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife.—A small picture on
black marble, very brilliant and finished, but as usual, cold
in conception, mannered and licked in execution.f From
the Orleans Gallery; it had previously belonged to the
Due de Bourbon. 1 ft. 4 in. by 1 ft. 7 in.
BASSANO (Leandro), b. 1558 ; d. 1623. Venetian S. [One of the
Da Ponte family of painters, of which old Bassano was the first
and best.]
4 The Last Judgment.—An instance of the common-
place, injudicious treatment of elevated subjects, common
to the Bassano family. There is here no grandeur, nothing
that belongs to the awful consummation of divine justice;
but an immense crowd of minute figures in a small space,
very happily arranged for effect, and highly finished.
From the Orleans Gallery; formerly in the possession of
M. de Bertillac. C. 2 ft. 3| in. by 1 ft. 8 in.
BORDONE (Paris), b. 1500; d. 1570. [This Venetian painter ex-
celled in his portraits of women, but is feeble and common-place
in composition.]
5 A Riposo.—The Holy Family in a rich poetical land-
scape; finely coloured. C. 3 ft. 3| in. by 4 ft. 1 if in.
BORGOGNONE, b. 1621; d. 1676.
[A Frenchman, and celebrated painter of battle pieces, whose real
name was Jaques Courtoise, and who being a native of Burgundy, is
* The biographers differ with regard to the date of the birth and death of this
painter.
t “ Nothing can be better than the drawing, colouring, relievo, and natural
air, and even beauty, of the naked parts, and nothing can be less interesting,
colder, or more insipid, than the general effect of this picture, both on the eye
and on the mind. The mischief of the mean, frittered, cold blue and purple
draperies, and the dull, dark nothing in the background, destroy and disgust you
with the two portions of animation afforded in the naked parts.”—Barry.