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Letter IX.
COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS.
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one of a low order in point of invention and drawing. Some of
his plates are obviously from designs by Giorgione. The Assump-
tion of the Virgin, No. 4 ; the Virgin and Child surrounded by
Saints, No. 5; a Shepherd and an old Warrior, No. 8 ; and the
Shepherds playing on musical instruments, No. 9, are all remark-
ably fine impressions. The last two plates are incomparably more
elevated, poetic, and true in design than the others, and in my
opinion from designs by Giorgione. Ottley is of the same opinion
as regards No. 9. On the other hand, St. Peter healing the lame
man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple bespeaks, by the feeble-
ness of the composition, an original design by the engraver himself.
Of the only known engraving, the Nativity, inscribed F. N.,
1515 (Bartsch, vol. xiii., p. 367), here is also an excellent im-
pression. The beautiful composition of the figures belongs evi-
dently to Giorgione, though the buildings in the background betray
the wide-spread influence of Albert Durer.
The Master with the Bat-trap (Bartsch, xiii., p. 362), an
indubitable adherent of the Venetian school. A landscape compo-
sition of the Holy Family (No. 1) bespeaks, in the character of the
delicately executed background, a design by Vittore Carpaccio, or
by some Venetian master nearly allied to him. An excellent
impression.
The Two Armies, No. 2, probably in allusion to the battle of
Ravenna in the year 1512, in which Gaston de Foix lost his life.
Only the second impression of this plate is here; also the copy by
Agostino Veneziano.
A human monster, not hitherto described, with this engraver's
usual inscription. An excellent impression.
Giacomo Francia.—Judging from the two plates rightly attri-
buted to this engraver, the son of Francesco Francia, by Ottley,
p. 773, there is no doubt that he engraved from his own designs.
A Holy Family displays, in the closeness of the lines, the treatment
of a pupil of a niello engraver.
A female Saint surrounded with four male Saints. The heads
and motives fine, showing a greater freedom of treatment.
A third plate, representing the Infant Saviour being washed, a
composition of four figures, is rightly attributed by Mr. Carpenter
to Giacomo Francia. The motives are unusually spirited for him,
and with round forms. Here is also an old copy of this plate.
COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS.
277
one of a low order in point of invention and drawing. Some of
his plates are obviously from designs by Giorgione. The Assump-
tion of the Virgin, No. 4 ; the Virgin and Child surrounded by
Saints, No. 5; a Shepherd and an old Warrior, No. 8 ; and the
Shepherds playing on musical instruments, No. 9, are all remark-
ably fine impressions. The last two plates are incomparably more
elevated, poetic, and true in design than the others, and in my
opinion from designs by Giorgione. Ottley is of the same opinion
as regards No. 9. On the other hand, St. Peter healing the lame
man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple bespeaks, by the feeble-
ness of the composition, an original design by the engraver himself.
Of the only known engraving, the Nativity, inscribed F. N.,
1515 (Bartsch, vol. xiii., p. 367), here is also an excellent im-
pression. The beautiful composition of the figures belongs evi-
dently to Giorgione, though the buildings in the background betray
the wide-spread influence of Albert Durer.
The Master with the Bat-trap (Bartsch, xiii., p. 362), an
indubitable adherent of the Venetian school. A landscape compo-
sition of the Holy Family (No. 1) bespeaks, in the character of the
delicately executed background, a design by Vittore Carpaccio, or
by some Venetian master nearly allied to him. An excellent
impression.
The Two Armies, No. 2, probably in allusion to the battle of
Ravenna in the year 1512, in which Gaston de Foix lost his life.
Only the second impression of this plate is here; also the copy by
Agostino Veneziano.
A human monster, not hitherto described, with this engraver's
usual inscription. An excellent impression.
Giacomo Francia.—Judging from the two plates rightly attri-
buted to this engraver, the son of Francesco Francia, by Ottley,
p. 773, there is no doubt that he engraved from his own designs.
A Holy Family displays, in the closeness of the lines, the treatment
of a pupil of a niello engraver.
A female Saint surrounded with four male Saints. The heads
and motives fine, showing a greater freedom of treatment.
A third plate, representing the Infant Saviour being washed, a
composition of four figures, is rightly attributed by Mr. Carpenter
to Giacomo Francia. The motives are unusually spirited for him,
and with round forms. Here is also an old copy of this plate.