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EARLY ITALIAN PAINTERS.
him with honour among the painters of his time
(see p. 167).
There is at the palace of Hampton Court a very-
curious little head of Bellini, certainly genuine,
though much injured: it is inscribed underneath,
Johanes Bellini ipse. We have lately acquired for
our National Gallery a most curious and genuine
portrait of one of the old doges painted by Bellini.
It is somewhat hard in the execution, but we can-
not look at it without feeling that ive could swear to
the truth of the resemblance. In the Louvre at Paris
are three pictures ascribed to Gian Bellini: one
contains his own portrait and that of his brother
Gentile, heads only; the former is dark, the latter
fair; both wear a kind of cap or beret. Another,
about six feet in length, represents the reception of
a Venetian ambassador at Constantinople. A third
is a Virgin and Child. The first-mentioned is by-
Gentile, and the two last uncertain. In the Berlin
Museum are seven pictures by him, all considered
genuine, and all are painted on panel and in oils;
they belong therefore to his latest and best period.
Gian Bellini died in 1516. He had formed
many disciples, and among them two whose glory-
in these later times had almost eclipsed that of
their great teacher and precursor—Giorgione and
Titian. Another, far less famous, but of whom
some beautiful pictures still exist at Venice, was
Cima da Cornegliano.
EARLY ITALIAN PAINTERS.
him with honour among the painters of his time
(see p. 167).
There is at the palace of Hampton Court a very-
curious little head of Bellini, certainly genuine,
though much injured: it is inscribed underneath,
Johanes Bellini ipse. We have lately acquired for
our National Gallery a most curious and genuine
portrait of one of the old doges painted by Bellini.
It is somewhat hard in the execution, but we can-
not look at it without feeling that ive could swear to
the truth of the resemblance. In the Louvre at Paris
are three pictures ascribed to Gian Bellini: one
contains his own portrait and that of his brother
Gentile, heads only; the former is dark, the latter
fair; both wear a kind of cap or beret. Another,
about six feet in length, represents the reception of
a Venetian ambassador at Constantinople. A third
is a Virgin and Child. The first-mentioned is by-
Gentile, and the two last uncertain. In the Berlin
Museum are seven pictures by him, all considered
genuine, and all are painted on panel and in oils;
they belong therefore to his latest and best period.
Gian Bellini died in 1516. He had formed
many disciples, and among them two whose glory-
in these later times had almost eclipsed that of
their great teacher and precursor—Giorgione and
Titian. Another, far less famous, but of whom
some beautiful pictures still exist at Venice, was
Cima da Cornegliano.