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skull. This picture is a fine specimen of Lodovico’s boldest and most
vigorous manner.
It is painted on canvas, measures 2 feet 4 inches in height, by 1 foot
8 inches in width.
No. 39. ANNIBALE CARACCI. Nat. 1560, ob. 1609.
SAINT GREGORY AT HIS DEVOTIONS.
Tn is picture is of great celebrity, and was, till lately, the principal
altar-piece of the church of St. Gregory, at Rome. It is said to have
been painted by Annibale, at a time when his two most eminent dis-
ciples, Guido and Domenichino, were employed in great works of fresco,
in an adjacent chapel; and that he exerted himself upon the occasion
to the utmost of his power, determined by the perfection of his work,
to shew that, notwithstanding the reputation they had acquired, he was
still their master. The St. Gregory is a fine figure, and when in its
original situation, the whole produced an impressive effect: the crude-
ness or over brilliancy of its colours was modified, as well by the patina
it had acquired by time, which has since been injudiciously removed, as
by the distance from which it was seen, and the chastened or, to use
the expression, the gloomy light of the church. At present, though it
is indisputably one of the most studied and highly wrought works of
Annibale, it seems wanting in breadth of effect, and is too gay in its
colouring. The excellent print from this picture, by Giacomo Frey, is
well known.
It is painted on board, measures 8 feet 8| inches in height, by 5 feet
I inch in width, and was brought to this country by Messrs. Day and
Cammuccini, about ten years ago.
skull. This picture is a fine specimen of Lodovico’s boldest and most
vigorous manner.
It is painted on canvas, measures 2 feet 4 inches in height, by 1 foot
8 inches in width.
No. 39. ANNIBALE CARACCI. Nat. 1560, ob. 1609.
SAINT GREGORY AT HIS DEVOTIONS.
Tn is picture is of great celebrity, and was, till lately, the principal
altar-piece of the church of St. Gregory, at Rome. It is said to have
been painted by Annibale, at a time when his two most eminent dis-
ciples, Guido and Domenichino, were employed in great works of fresco,
in an adjacent chapel; and that he exerted himself upon the occasion
to the utmost of his power, determined by the perfection of his work,
to shew that, notwithstanding the reputation they had acquired, he was
still their master. The St. Gregory is a fine figure, and when in its
original situation, the whole produced an impressive effect: the crude-
ness or over brilliancy of its colours was modified, as well by the patina
it had acquired by time, which has since been injudiciously removed, as
by the distance from which it was seen, and the chastened or, to use
the expression, the gloomy light of the church. At present, though it
is indisputably one of the most studied and highly wrought works of
Annibale, it seems wanting in breadth of effect, and is too gay in its
colouring. The excellent print from this picture, by Giacomo Frey, is
well known.
It is painted on board, measures 8 feet 8| inches in height, by 5 feet
I inch in width, and was brought to this country by Messrs. Day and
Cammuccini, about ten years ago.