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a yellow garment with red sseeves, which connects that figure with
St. Peter, and St. John, whose draperies are of the same species of
colours. Then the same anonymous apostle has a loose changeable
drapery, the lights of which are a mixture of red and yellow, the
other parts are bluish. This unites itself with the other colours
already mentioned, and with the blue drapery of another aposile
which follows afterwards; between which, and the changeable silk,
is a yellow drapery something different from the other yellows, but
with shadows bearing upon the purple, as those of the yellow dra-
pery of St. Peter incline to the red; all which, together with several
other particulars, produce a wonderful harmony.
The exotic birds that are placed on the shore in the fore-ground,
in the carton of the draught of fishes, prevent the heaviness which that
part would otherwise have had, by breaking the parallel lines which
would have been made by the boats, and bafe of the piHure.
There is an admirable instance of this contrast in the carton of St.
Paul preaching, his figure (which is a rare one) Hands alone as it
ought to do, and consequently is very conspicuous, which is also
perfectly right; the attitude is also as fine as can be imagined; but
the beauty of this noble figure, and with it of the whole picture, de-
pends upon this artful contrast I have been speaking of; of so great
con sequence is that little part of the drapery flung over the apostle's
shoulder, and hanging down almost to his waste; for (besides that,
it poizes the figure, which otherwise would have seemed to have
tumbled forwards) had it gone lower, so as to have, as it were, di-
vided the outline of the hinder part of the figure in two equal, or
near equal parts, it had been ossensive; as it had been less pleasing
if it had not come so low as it does. This important piece of dra-
pery preserves the mass of light upon that figure, but varies it. and
gives it an agreeable form, whereas without it, the whole figure
would have been heavy and disagreeable ; but there was no danger
of that in Rafaelle. There is another piece of drapery in the carton
of
a yellow garment with red sseeves, which connects that figure with
St. Peter, and St. John, whose draperies are of the same species of
colours. Then the same anonymous apostle has a loose changeable
drapery, the lights of which are a mixture of red and yellow, the
other parts are bluish. This unites itself with the other colours
already mentioned, and with the blue drapery of another aposile
which follows afterwards; between which, and the changeable silk,
is a yellow drapery something different from the other yellows, but
with shadows bearing upon the purple, as those of the yellow dra-
pery of St. Peter incline to the red; all which, together with several
other particulars, produce a wonderful harmony.
The exotic birds that are placed on the shore in the fore-ground,
in the carton of the draught of fishes, prevent the heaviness which that
part would otherwise have had, by breaking the parallel lines which
would have been made by the boats, and bafe of the piHure.
There is an admirable instance of this contrast in the carton of St.
Paul preaching, his figure (which is a rare one) Hands alone as it
ought to do, and consequently is very conspicuous, which is also
perfectly right; the attitude is also as fine as can be imagined; but
the beauty of this noble figure, and with it of the whole picture, de-
pends upon this artful contrast I have been speaking of; of so great
con sequence is that little part of the drapery flung over the apostle's
shoulder, and hanging down almost to his waste; for (besides that,
it poizes the figure, which otherwise would have seemed to have
tumbled forwards) had it gone lower, so as to have, as it were, di-
vided the outline of the hinder part of the figure in two equal, or
near equal parts, it had been ossensive; as it had been less pleasing
if it had not come so low as it does. This important piece of dra-
pery preserves the mass of light upon that figure, but varies it. and
gives it an agreeable form, whereas without it, the whole figure
would have been heavy and disagreeable ; but there was no danger
of that in Rafaelle. There is another piece of drapery in the carton
of