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the Carriage of their small Provisions, would
willingly turn Porters themselves, and earn a
Peny by carrying the Provisions of others. These
poor Gentlemen serve for a Foil to the rich No-
blemen.
It is true, that in the Summer the Noblemen
take away the Furs from that which you call the
Vest, and we in French la Robe ; but the Edges,
and that part which is turn’d up, remain still
furr’d.
XI. It was not Ignorance of your Inclination,
or rather Love to Painting, that made me guilty
of that Negligence with which you upbraid me,
in giving you so imperfect an account of those
curious Pieces that are to beseen at Venice $ how-
ever, in obedience to your desire, I (hall endea-
vour in sorae measure to supply that Defed, by
adding some new Observaticns, tho’ I’m afraid
my Memory will not furnifli me with many.
There were formerly in the Flail of the Great
Council some Pictures, done by Gent ilia Bellini,
and John his Brother, which excell'd the belt
Pieces of that * Age ; but they were all lost in j.0.®™'1!5.8®1"
the Fire, which consum’d almost the whole Pa-
lace in the Year 1^77. The same f Histories^^gor^
were copied five Years after, by FrederickZuccberB,
and set up again in the same order in which they J°^n ,
n.-n • im,
Bill remain. . _ 9O r’ar^
Pordenone’s Pidures in Frefco, in the Cloyster of f They repre-
St. Stephen, are very much esteem’d; as are like-J^”' the Wars
wise his St. Sebajlian, and St. Roch, at St. John de
Rialto. Pordenone was an excellent Painter; his Frederick'
Designs are esteem’d very judicious, and his Co- BarbaroSTa.
lours admirably well laid. He emulated Titian.
The St. Peter Martyr of Titian is reputed to be
one of the finest Pidures that ever was made,
but it begins to be much desac’d. The belt
Judges
the Carriage of their small Provisions, would
willingly turn Porters themselves, and earn a
Peny by carrying the Provisions of others. These
poor Gentlemen serve for a Foil to the rich No-
blemen.
It is true, that in the Summer the Noblemen
take away the Furs from that which you call the
Vest, and we in French la Robe ; but the Edges,
and that part which is turn’d up, remain still
furr’d.
XI. It was not Ignorance of your Inclination,
or rather Love to Painting, that made me guilty
of that Negligence with which you upbraid me,
in giving you so imperfect an account of those
curious Pieces that are to beseen at Venice $ how-
ever, in obedience to your desire, I (hall endea-
vour in sorae measure to supply that Defed, by
adding some new Observaticns, tho’ I’m afraid
my Memory will not furnifli me with many.
There were formerly in the Flail of the Great
Council some Pictures, done by Gent ilia Bellini,
and John his Brother, which excell'd the belt
Pieces of that * Age ; but they were all lost in j.0.®™'1!5.8®1"
the Fire, which consum’d almost the whole Pa-
lace in the Year 1^77. The same f Histories^^gor^
were copied five Years after, by FrederickZuccberB,
and set up again in the same order in which they J°^n ,
n.-n • im,
Bill remain. . _ 9O r’ar^
Pordenone’s Pidures in Frefco, in the Cloyster of f They repre-
St. Stephen, are very much esteem’d; as are like-J^”' the Wars
wise his St. Sebajlian, and St. Roch, at St. John de
Rialto. Pordenone was an excellent Painter; his Frederick'
Designs are esteem’d very judicious, and his Co- BarbaroSTa.
lours admirably well laid. He emulated Titian.
The St. Peter Martyr of Titian is reputed to be
one of the finest Pidures that ever was made,
but it begins to be much desac’d. The belt
Judges