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larly alike. The folds of drapery on the sleeve recur in the same pic-
ture, the landscape with the small figure seated beneath the tree is
such as can be found in any Giorgione background. The oval of the
face and the delicacy of the features are thoroughly characteristic, as
is the spirit of calm reverie and tender simplicity which Giorgione has
breathed into his figures.”
Whether by Titian, or by Giorgione, or by both, the painting is a
gem. If by Giorgione, it would be even more valuable, as this master
is so rare.
The painting, oil on panel (18 x 22 inches), came from the Benson
Collection and was formerly at Burghley House, Stamford, Northamp-
tonshire, having been acquired in Italy between 1690 and 1700 by
the Earl of Exeter.
Tiziano Veoellio was born about 1477 at Pieve di Cadore, the son of
Gregorio Vecelli, and was taken to Venice at the age of ten and ap-
prenticed to a mosaic-worker. After this he studied in Giovanni
Bellini’s bottega, where he had for a fellow-pupil, Giorgione, with whom
he was associated in decorating the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. Titian
visited Padua, Rome, and, in 1516, Ferrara. Commissions of all kinds
followed rapidly and Titian became the most famous painter of his-time.
He lived in splendid style and his long life was filled with magnificent
painting and magnificent results. Titian died of the Plague in 1576.
In his long life, crowned with every kind of success, Titian painted
with superlative skill every sort of subject. Titian was one of the
greatest masters the world has ever known.
“In attempting to picture Titian,” writes Taine, “we imagine a
happy man, the happiest and the healthiest of his species, Heaven
having bestowed upon him nothing but favors and felicities: the first
among his rivals; visited in his house by the Kings of France and Po-
land; a favorite of the Emperor, of Philip II, of the Doges, of Pope
Paul HI, of all the Italian princes; created a knight and a count of the
Empire; overwhelmed with orders; liberally paid, pensioned, and
worthily enjoying his good fortune. He kept house in great state,
dressed himself splendidly, and entertained at his table cardinals,
lords, the greatest artists and the ablest writers of his day. Beauty,
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larly alike. The folds of drapery on the sleeve recur in the same pic-
ture, the landscape with the small figure seated beneath the tree is
such as can be found in any Giorgione background. The oval of the
face and the delicacy of the features are thoroughly characteristic, as
is the spirit of calm reverie and tender simplicity which Giorgione has
breathed into his figures.”
Whether by Titian, or by Giorgione, or by both, the painting is a
gem. If by Giorgione, it would be even more valuable, as this master
is so rare.
The painting, oil on panel (18 x 22 inches), came from the Benson
Collection and was formerly at Burghley House, Stamford, Northamp-
tonshire, having been acquired in Italy between 1690 and 1700 by
the Earl of Exeter.
Tiziano Veoellio was born about 1477 at Pieve di Cadore, the son of
Gregorio Vecelli, and was taken to Venice at the age of ten and ap-
prenticed to a mosaic-worker. After this he studied in Giovanni
Bellini’s bottega, where he had for a fellow-pupil, Giorgione, with whom
he was associated in decorating the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. Titian
visited Padua, Rome, and, in 1516, Ferrara. Commissions of all kinds
followed rapidly and Titian became the most famous painter of his-time.
He lived in splendid style and his long life was filled with magnificent
painting and magnificent results. Titian died of the Plague in 1576.
In his long life, crowned with every kind of success, Titian painted
with superlative skill every sort of subject. Titian was one of the
greatest masters the world has ever known.
“In attempting to picture Titian,” writes Taine, “we imagine a
happy man, the happiest and the healthiest of his species, Heaven
having bestowed upon him nothing but favors and felicities: the first
among his rivals; visited in his house by the Kings of France and Po-
land; a favorite of the Emperor, of Philip II, of the Doges, of Pope
Paul HI, of all the Italian princes; created a knight and a count of the
Empire; overwhelmed with orders; liberally paid, pensioned, and
worthily enjoying his good fortune. He kept house in great state,
dressed himself splendidly, and entertained at his table cardinals,
lords, the greatest artists and the ablest writers of his day. Beauty,