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CHAP. VII.]
MARCELLO FOGOLINO.
517
bank, near a piece of water whose stream is augmented by the con-
tents of a vase upon which she rests her right arm. This nymph is
naked, excepting her right leg and thigh, which are covered by a
thin drapery, part of Avhich is lifted up by a satyr, who is standing
behind her on the right. Behind her, on the left, is a man, seated,
who is offering a double pipe to another satyr. In the fore-ground,
on the right, is a naked figure of Neptune, sitting on a square stone,
with his trident in his right hand, and seen in front. The back-
ground represents a thick wood, with, on the left, a small terminus
of Priapus. On a scroll, at the bottom of the print, is the following
inscription, which no one has, I believe, hitherto succeeded in
deciphering. Bartsch, indeed, has offered some conjectures respect-
ing it Jn the thirteenth volume of his f* Peintre Graveur," p. 115,
but they are not satisfactory.
This engraving measures about seventeen inches and a half in
width, by twelve inches and a half in height.
MARCELLO FOGOLINO.
Boschini, in his work, intitled " Giojelli Pittoreschi, virtuoso orna-
mento della citta di Vicenza," (Venezia, 1676, p. 87) speaking of the
church of S. Bartolommeo, in Vicenza, describes an altar-piece, repre-
senting, in a composition of numerous figures, enriched with dignified
architectural decorations and beautiful landscape, ' the Adoration of
the Magi:' " a most precious work," says he, " which calls forth ad-
" miration, and was painted on board, before the time of Giovanni
MARCELLO FOGOLINO.
517
bank, near a piece of water whose stream is augmented by the con-
tents of a vase upon which she rests her right arm. This nymph is
naked, excepting her right leg and thigh, which are covered by a
thin drapery, part of Avhich is lifted up by a satyr, who is standing
behind her on the right. Behind her, on the left, is a man, seated,
who is offering a double pipe to another satyr. In the fore-ground,
on the right, is a naked figure of Neptune, sitting on a square stone,
with his trident in his right hand, and seen in front. The back-
ground represents a thick wood, with, on the left, a small terminus
of Priapus. On a scroll, at the bottom of the print, is the following
inscription, which no one has, I believe, hitherto succeeded in
deciphering. Bartsch, indeed, has offered some conjectures respect-
ing it Jn the thirteenth volume of his f* Peintre Graveur," p. 115,
but they are not satisfactory.
This engraving measures about seventeen inches and a half in
width, by twelve inches and a half in height.
MARCELLO FOGOLINO.
Boschini, in his work, intitled " Giojelli Pittoreschi, virtuoso orna-
mento della citta di Vicenza," (Venezia, 1676, p. 87) speaking of the
church of S. Bartolommeo, in Vicenza, describes an altar-piece, repre-
senting, in a composition of numerous figures, enriched with dignified
architectural decorations and beautiful landscape, ' the Adoration of
the Magi:' " a most precious work," says he, " which calls forth ad-
" miration, and was painted on board, before the time of Giovanni