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THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.
From the palace of the Marquis de Santiago, of Madrid,
for whose ancestor, the Marquis of Villamanrique, it was
painted.*
C. 8 ft. by 10 ft. 1 in.
ORIZZONTE (Van Bloemen), b. 1656 ; d. 1740.} [A Fleming
by birth; he studied and practised his art in Italy, where he obtained
his Italian surname, it is said, from the peculiar roseate and vapoury
effects of his skies. He is classed by Lanzi in the modern Roman
school, but not unfrequently in the Flemish school. See p. 207.]
48 Landscape.—Ruins, with a mountainous background,
and four figures in front. C. 4 ft. 4 in. by 3 ft.
PAUL VERONESE (Paolo Cagliari,) b. 1530; d. 1588.
49 A Virgin and Child.—A picture of great beauty, in
the later Venetian style; that is to say, charmingly coloured,
and true to nature, but deficient in the expression of reli-
gious feeling. It has been attributed to Tintoretto. It
is an instance of the manner in which the Italian painters
sometimes associated the spectator with the sentiment or
story of the picture. Here the Virgin and Child are look-
ing down benignly on the supposed worshipper below, and
the effect is very striking. From the Calonne collection.
C. 2 ft. 4J in. by 2 ft.
50 The Annunciation.—The Virgin kneeling before a
table, an angel bearing the lily enters on the right. The
Holy Father and angels are seen in a glory above. In the
background gorgeous architecture. The subject treated in
the style usual with the master.
3 ft. 2 in. by 5 ft. 5 in.
51 The Marriage at Cana.—A small finished study for
the great picture at Venice.
C. 2 ft. 6 in. by 5 ft. 10 in. Engraved by E, Smith.
* It is said in Young’s Catalogue, that when the French took possession of
Madrid in 1808, it was selected, with many works of art, by General Sebastiani,
as part of the contributions levied on that occasion. According to the author
of the “ Life of Murillo,” (better authority,) it was sold by the Marquis de San-
tiago to Mr. Wallis, imported by Mr. Buchanan, and sold to Lord Grosvenor.
+ Or according to Lanzi in 1749, which would make him 103 years old when
died.
THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.
From the palace of the Marquis de Santiago, of Madrid,
for whose ancestor, the Marquis of Villamanrique, it was
painted.*
C. 8 ft. by 10 ft. 1 in.
ORIZZONTE (Van Bloemen), b. 1656 ; d. 1740.} [A Fleming
by birth; he studied and practised his art in Italy, where he obtained
his Italian surname, it is said, from the peculiar roseate and vapoury
effects of his skies. He is classed by Lanzi in the modern Roman
school, but not unfrequently in the Flemish school. See p. 207.]
48 Landscape.—Ruins, with a mountainous background,
and four figures in front. C. 4 ft. 4 in. by 3 ft.
PAUL VERONESE (Paolo Cagliari,) b. 1530; d. 1588.
49 A Virgin and Child.—A picture of great beauty, in
the later Venetian style; that is to say, charmingly coloured,
and true to nature, but deficient in the expression of reli-
gious feeling. It has been attributed to Tintoretto. It
is an instance of the manner in which the Italian painters
sometimes associated the spectator with the sentiment or
story of the picture. Here the Virgin and Child are look-
ing down benignly on the supposed worshipper below, and
the effect is very striking. From the Calonne collection.
C. 2 ft. 4J in. by 2 ft.
50 The Annunciation.—The Virgin kneeling before a
table, an angel bearing the lily enters on the right. The
Holy Father and angels are seen in a glory above. In the
background gorgeous architecture. The subject treated in
the style usual with the master.
3 ft. 2 in. by 5 ft. 5 in.
51 The Marriage at Cana.—A small finished study for
the great picture at Venice.
C. 2 ft. 6 in. by 5 ft. 10 in. Engraved by E, Smith.
* It is said in Young’s Catalogue, that when the French took possession of
Madrid in 1808, it was selected, with many works of art, by General Sebastiani,
as part of the contributions levied on that occasion. According to the author
of the “ Life of Murillo,” (better authority,) it was sold by the Marquis de San-
tiago to Mr. Wallis, imported by Mr. Buchanan, and sold to Lord Grosvenor.
+ Or according to Lanzi in 1749, which would make him 103 years old when
died.