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196 THE SUTHERLAND GALLERY.
1714. Purchased by the Regent Duke of Orleans; and
from the Orleans gallery by the Marquess of Stafford for
200 guineas. C. 2 ft. 2j in. by 2 ft. 7 in. S. G.
67 A Venetian Nobleman and a Bishop.—Figures,
life size. A votive picture; the donor, kneeling, is receiv-
ing the benediction of a priest. This picture formed part
of a large altar-piece in three divisions. The upper and
largest compartment, representing
68 A Dead Christ—supported by angels,
is of inferior execution, and at present hung out of sight.
The third division, representing a Venetian Nobleman
kneeling before a Cardinal, is at Dulwich.
69 The Marriage of St. Catherine.
PENNI (Gianfrancesco,) called “ Il Fattore,” d. about 1528. [A
favourite pupil of Raphael.]
70 The Virgin and Child.'—The Virgin, seated, not
quite full length, holds a carnation in the left hand, and
with the right supports the infant Saviour, reclining in her
lap. He is looking out of the picture to the right. Land-
scape background. This beautiful little picture was pur-
chased out of the gallery of the Duke of Lucca, brought to
England in 1840. 2 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in.
PIETRO DELLA VECCHIA, d. about 1678. Venetian S.
71 Soldiers reposing—in a woody landscape. In front,
a party gambling. A very good specimen of a style of
subject in which this Venetian painter excelled. S. G.
From the collection of Lord Dacre. About 2 ft. 10 in. by 4 ft. 10 in.
PORDENONE (Giovan-Antonio Licinio), b. 1484; d. 1540. [A
Venetian painter, the fellow-scholar and rival of Titian ; in some few
of his pictures he has nearly equalled his great cotemporary.]
72 The Woman taken in Adultery.*—A composition
* This picture was brought from Italy, early in the last century, by Boucher
Cleeve, Esq., of Foot’s Cray, in Kent. At that time, good pictures were rare in
England; and the one before us, very highly estimated, descended by inheritance
to Sir George Yonge, at whose sale in 1806, it was purchased by the Marquess of
Stafford for 500 guineas.
1714. Purchased by the Regent Duke of Orleans; and
from the Orleans gallery by the Marquess of Stafford for
200 guineas. C. 2 ft. 2j in. by 2 ft. 7 in. S. G.
67 A Venetian Nobleman and a Bishop.—Figures,
life size. A votive picture; the donor, kneeling, is receiv-
ing the benediction of a priest. This picture formed part
of a large altar-piece in three divisions. The upper and
largest compartment, representing
68 A Dead Christ—supported by angels,
is of inferior execution, and at present hung out of sight.
The third division, representing a Venetian Nobleman
kneeling before a Cardinal, is at Dulwich.
69 The Marriage of St. Catherine.
PENNI (Gianfrancesco,) called “ Il Fattore,” d. about 1528. [A
favourite pupil of Raphael.]
70 The Virgin and Child.'—The Virgin, seated, not
quite full length, holds a carnation in the left hand, and
with the right supports the infant Saviour, reclining in her
lap. He is looking out of the picture to the right. Land-
scape background. This beautiful little picture was pur-
chased out of the gallery of the Duke of Lucca, brought to
England in 1840. 2 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in.
PIETRO DELLA VECCHIA, d. about 1678. Venetian S.
71 Soldiers reposing—in a woody landscape. In front,
a party gambling. A very good specimen of a style of
subject in which this Venetian painter excelled. S. G.
From the collection of Lord Dacre. About 2 ft. 10 in. by 4 ft. 10 in.
PORDENONE (Giovan-Antonio Licinio), b. 1484; d. 1540. [A
Venetian painter, the fellow-scholar and rival of Titian ; in some few
of his pictures he has nearly equalled his great cotemporary.]
72 The Woman taken in Adultery.*—A composition
* This picture was brought from Italy, early in the last century, by Boucher
Cleeve, Esq., of Foot’s Cray, in Kent. At that time, good pictures were rare in
England; and the one before us, very highly estimated, descended by inheritance
to Sir George Yonge, at whose sale in 1806, it was purchased by the Marquess of
Stafford for 500 guineas.