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RAPHAEL MENGS. 189
try os the Church della Salute at Venice,
there is a beautiful painting by Titian, of a co-
louring more brilliant than those of Giorgione, or
even any others of his own works. In ihort,
he then knew how to agrandize his ftile, and to
improve his taste, as well in the form as in the
Colouring; although he made seme of his works
admirable, and others worth nothing.
One might almost say that Vice was a Virtue
in the Venitian School, since it made pomp of
solicitude in painting; and for that reason it es-
teemed Tintoretti, who had no other merit. From
whence it arises that in that school there were
few designers; because to design well, requires
much patience, and much ressection, in order to
meditate each part and combine the whole toge-
ther. Titian, although he knew how to design
well, ran frequently into the vice of dispatching
quickly; but for all that he is superior in de-
sign to all the other Venitian painters; because
he had wisdom, and patience, to paint almost
always from nature: however without fa-
tiguing himself to study the reasons, he con-
tented himsels with only the esfects. By
these means he acquired an admirable colour-
ing, which is the part in which he surmounted
above all others in his belt time. Towards the
last years of his life, from weakness of age, he
changed his style, and produced a Taste low
and trivial, preserving notwithstanding a gene-
ral good tone of colouring.
Many times he was harsh, because he wished
to dispatch quickly. His best works are to be
try os the Church della Salute at Venice,
there is a beautiful painting by Titian, of a co-
louring more brilliant than those of Giorgione, or
even any others of his own works. In ihort,
he then knew how to agrandize his ftile, and to
improve his taste, as well in the form as in the
Colouring; although he made seme of his works
admirable, and others worth nothing.
One might almost say that Vice was a Virtue
in the Venitian School, since it made pomp of
solicitude in painting; and for that reason it es-
teemed Tintoretti, who had no other merit. From
whence it arises that in that school there were
few designers; because to design well, requires
much patience, and much ressection, in order to
meditate each part and combine the whole toge-
ther. Titian, although he knew how to design
well, ran frequently into the vice of dispatching
quickly; but for all that he is superior in de-
sign to all the other Venitian painters; because
he had wisdom, and patience, to paint almost
always from nature: however without fa-
tiguing himself to study the reasons, he con-
tented himsels with only the esfects. By
these means he acquired an admirable colour-
ing, which is the part in which he surmounted
above all others in his belt time. Towards the
last years of his life, from weakness of age, he
changed his style, and produced a Taste low
and trivial, preserving notwithstanding a gene-
ral good tone of colouring.
Many times he was harsh, because he wished
to dispatch quickly. His best works are to be