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OLD WORLD MASTERS
GIORGIO CORNARO WITH FALCON.
Titian Collection of
{148g-!576). Mr. A. W. Erickson.
We have here a famous Venetian statesman and general of the Six-
teenth Century, beloved brother of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus
(see page 143), representing him probably in the habit he liked best of
all—that of a sportsman with his pet falcon. Here he stands, three
quarters to the right, in a slate-colored hunting coat with brown fur
collar and with a black belt at the waist from which hangs a sword,
bound with a crimson sash. His curly hair and beard are chestnut
color and his eyes are very bright. His head is raised and he looks
intently at his falcon perched upon his left gloved hand, with hood,
bill and jacket attached, and with his right hand grasps the bird’s
breast.
From the left hand corner the head of a white, liver-spotted hound
looks up. The background is dark. The painting, an oil on canvas
(43 x 38 inches) was formerly in the Collections of the Carignan branch
of the Royal House of Piedmont; Louis Francois de Bourbon, Prince
de Conti; the Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England;
and Dr. Edward Simon, Berlin. Crowe and Cavalcaselle in their
Life and Times of Titian (London, 1881) say of this work: “Titian
never produced a finer picture than which now adorns the gallery of
Castle Howard. This beautiful work is modelled with all the rich-
ness of tone and smoothness of surface which distinguishes polished
flesh. The attitude is natural, the complexion warm and embrowned
by the sun; and every part is blended with the utmost finish without
producing want of flexibility.”
Giorgio Cornaro succeeded his father, Marco Cornaro in 1479,
he being about twenty-five. Italian historians are fond of attributing
the Victory of Cadore to Giorgio Cornaro, who lived until 1527,
having played an important part all his life in Venetian politics.
OLD WORLD MASTERS
GIORGIO CORNARO WITH FALCON.
Titian Collection of
{148g-!576). Mr. A. W. Erickson.
We have here a famous Venetian statesman and general of the Six-
teenth Century, beloved brother of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus
(see page 143), representing him probably in the habit he liked best of
all—that of a sportsman with his pet falcon. Here he stands, three
quarters to the right, in a slate-colored hunting coat with brown fur
collar and with a black belt at the waist from which hangs a sword,
bound with a crimson sash. His curly hair and beard are chestnut
color and his eyes are very bright. His head is raised and he looks
intently at his falcon perched upon his left gloved hand, with hood,
bill and jacket attached, and with his right hand grasps the bird’s
breast.
From the left hand corner the head of a white, liver-spotted hound
looks up. The background is dark. The painting, an oil on canvas
(43 x 38 inches) was formerly in the Collections of the Carignan branch
of the Royal House of Piedmont; Louis Francois de Bourbon, Prince
de Conti; the Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England;
and Dr. Edward Simon, Berlin. Crowe and Cavalcaselle in their
Life and Times of Titian (London, 1881) say of this work: “Titian
never produced a finer picture than which now adorns the gallery of
Castle Howard. This beautiful work is modelled with all the rich-
ness of tone and smoothness of surface which distinguishes polished
flesh. The attitude is natural, the complexion warm and embrowned
by the sun; and every part is blended with the utmost finish without
producing want of flexibility.”
Giorgio Cornaro succeeded his father, Marco Cornaro in 1479,
he being about twenty-five. Italian historians are fond of attributing
the Victory of Cadore to Giorgio Cornaro, who lived until 1527,
having played an important part all his life in Venetian politics.