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58.
Deigbt 192 incbes, vidtb 256^ inches.
Apollo vitlr a violin is seated bsneatb some laurel busbes near tire fountain
ok tire Dippocrsnes, surrounded tire iViuses. Orr tire rigbt stand four epic poets,
amongst vbonr vs recognise Homer, Virgil, and Dante, tire fourtlr being un-
knovn. In tire group belov, on tire left, tirers is but one portrait, tirat of
ketrarcb tire otirers are supposed to represent ^.Icssus, Anacreon, Oorinna and
Lapplro. Opposite to tirsnr, on tire otirer side of tire picture, are eigbt poets,
kindar, Dorace, and otirers, four being evidently Italians, but tlreir names are
doubtful.
Diris fresco is executed in mucir tire same st^Ie as tirat of tire " Disputait
is not c^uite so carefully irnisired, irut tlris is atoned for b/ a better distribution of
ligbt, and a grander treatment of tire draperies. It is not ciraracterired b^ tire
same riclrness of invention as tire former, but tlris is accounted for b/ tire subject.
It is full of serenity and calm; a faitirlui representation ol tire tranquil lives of
Italian poets in ik.apbael's time. Hrs "karnassus" seems to lrave been almost
entirely executed b/ tire great master Irimseif; it Iras suffered sligbtl^ from deca^.
Ibers is a irne engraving b^ iVlarc Antonio of a sketcb of tire viroie composi-
tion in Bartscir's vork, vol. xiv. bio. 247, and tire separate figures lrave been
reproduced in various va/s man^ times?
59-
8c»oon or ^,-rnrtts.
Deigbt 192 inclres, vidtlr Z2oj inclres.
klato and Aristotle occupy tire centre of tlris composition vitlr 2eno, clrief of
tire 8toics, and otirer disciples; Diogenes is l^ing on tbs steps, and Aristippus is
passing near bim talking to Dpicurus: sixteen figures in all. In tbe lover part of
tbe picture, on tbs left, ve see I^tbagoras vitlr ^rcb^tas and otber pupils;
Anaxagoras standing, Heraclitus alone, and Democritus, surrounded b/ ^oung
men leaning against tbe base of a pillar; altogetber tbirteen figures, amongst
vbicb are portraits of Drancesco lVlaria della Covers, Duke of Drbino, and of tbs
goring I^rincs Dsdsrico, of lVlantua. On tbe steps in tbs corner on tbe left,
8ocrates is conversing vitlr ?dcibiades and otirers, and near tbis group are tbres
sopbists, eleven figures in all. Amongst tbe six figures on tbe rigbt are tvo
sceptic pbilosopbers, k^rrbo and ^.rcesilaus, and in tbe group of nine figures belov
vs recognise Duclid or ^rcbimedes teacbing matbematics to four /oung men.
ktolem/ and Zoroaster, representing geograpb^ and astronomy, are talking toge-
tber near Hapbael and ?erugino.
^e knov tbat ik.apba.el consulted a scbolar on tbs cboice and arrangement of
l f^or sketches uuci studies see kussuvurifs "D5e of Kupfruel," ?reucb ec>. vol. ii. pp. 78
rincl 79-
58.
Deigbt 192 incbes, vidtb 256^ inches.
Apollo vitlr a violin is seated bsneatb some laurel busbes near tire fountain
ok tire Dippocrsnes, surrounded tire iViuses. Orr tire rigbt stand four epic poets,
amongst vbonr vs recognise Homer, Virgil, and Dante, tire fourtlr being un-
knovn. In tire group belov, on tire left, tirers is but one portrait, tirat of
ketrarcb tire otirers are supposed to represent ^.Icssus, Anacreon, Oorinna and
Lapplro. Opposite to tirsnr, on tire otirer side of tire picture, are eigbt poets,
kindar, Dorace, and otirers, four being evidently Italians, but tlreir names are
doubtful.
Diris fresco is executed in mucir tire same st^Ie as tirat of tire " Disputait
is not c^uite so carefully irnisired, irut tlris is atoned for b/ a better distribution of
ligbt, and a grander treatment of tire draperies. It is not ciraracterired b^ tire
same riclrness of invention as tire former, but tlris is accounted for b/ tire subject.
It is full of serenity and calm; a faitirlui representation ol tire tranquil lives of
Italian poets in ik.apbael's time. Hrs "karnassus" seems to lrave been almost
entirely executed b/ tire great master Irimseif; it Iras suffered sligbtl^ from deca^.
Ibers is a irne engraving b^ iVlarc Antonio of a sketcb of tire viroie composi-
tion in Bartscir's vork, vol. xiv. bio. 247, and tire separate figures lrave been
reproduced in various va/s man^ times?
59-
8c»oon or ^,-rnrtts.
Deigbt 192 inclres, vidtlr Z2oj inclres.
klato and Aristotle occupy tire centre of tlris composition vitlr 2eno, clrief of
tire 8toics, and otirer disciples; Diogenes is l^ing on tbs steps, and Aristippus is
passing near bim talking to Dpicurus: sixteen figures in all. In tbe lover part of
tbe picture, on tbs left, ve see I^tbagoras vitlr ^rcb^tas and otber pupils;
Anaxagoras standing, Heraclitus alone, and Democritus, surrounded b/ ^oung
men leaning against tbe base of a pillar; altogetber tbirteen figures, amongst
vbicb are portraits of Drancesco lVlaria della Covers, Duke of Drbino, and of tbs
goring I^rincs Dsdsrico, of lVlantua. On tbe steps in tbs corner on tbe left,
8ocrates is conversing vitlr ?dcibiades and otirers, and near tbis group are tbres
sopbists, eleven figures in all. Amongst tbe six figures on tbe rigbt are tvo
sceptic pbilosopbers, k^rrbo and ^.rcesilaus, and in tbe group of nine figures belov
vs recognise Duclid or ^rcbimedes teacbing matbematics to four /oung men.
ktolem/ and Zoroaster, representing geograpb^ and astronomy, are talking toge-
tber near Hapbael and ?erugino.
^e knov tbat ik.apba.el consulted a scbolar on tbs cboice and arrangement of
l f^or sketches uuci studies see kussuvurifs "D5e of Kupfruel," ?reucb ec>. vol. ii. pp. 78
rincl 79-