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RAPHAEL SANZIO D’URBINO.
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he made from some of his beautiful works. Mare
Antonio lived for some time in Raphael’s own
house, and engraved for him and under his direction
most of those precious and exquisite compositions,
the most wonderful creations of the mind of Raphael,
of which there exist no finished pictures, and in
some cases no drawings nor memoranda. Among
these may be mentioned a few which are to be found
in the Print-room of the British Museum :—1. The
Lucretia, a single figure, wonderfully beautiful.
2. The Massacre of the Innocents. 3. Eve pre-
senting to Adam the forbidden fruit. 4. The
Last Supper. 5. The Mater Dolorosa, the Virgin
lamenting over the dead body of our Saviour.
6. Another of the same subject, containing several
figures. These are only a few of the most precious,
for within the present limits it is impossible to go
into detail. Some time after the death of Raphael,
Marc Antonio was very deservedly banished from
Rome by Clement VII. Tempted by gold, he had
lent his unrivalled skill to shameful purposes.
According; to Malvasia, he was afterwards assas-
sinated at Bologna.
The last great picture which Raphael undertook,
and which at the time of his death was not quite
completed, was the Transfiguration of our Saviour
on Mount Tabor. This picture is divided into two
parts. The lower part contains a crowd of figures,
and is full of passion, energy, action. In the centre
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151
he made from some of his beautiful works. Mare
Antonio lived for some time in Raphael’s own
house, and engraved for him and under his direction
most of those precious and exquisite compositions,
the most wonderful creations of the mind of Raphael,
of which there exist no finished pictures, and in
some cases no drawings nor memoranda. Among
these may be mentioned a few which are to be found
in the Print-room of the British Museum :—1. The
Lucretia, a single figure, wonderfully beautiful.
2. The Massacre of the Innocents. 3. Eve pre-
senting to Adam the forbidden fruit. 4. The
Last Supper. 5. The Mater Dolorosa, the Virgin
lamenting over the dead body of our Saviour.
6. Another of the same subject, containing several
figures. These are only a few of the most precious,
for within the present limits it is impossible to go
into detail. Some time after the death of Raphael,
Marc Antonio was very deservedly banished from
Rome by Clement VII. Tempted by gold, he had
lent his unrivalled skill to shameful purposes.
According; to Malvasia, he was afterwards assas-
sinated at Bologna.
The last great picture which Raphael undertook,
and which at the time of his death was not quite
completed, was the Transfiguration of our Saviour
on Mount Tabor. This picture is divided into two
parts. The lower part contains a crowd of figures,
and is full of passion, energy, action. In the centre
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