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Letter XV.
ITALIAN SCHOOL.
101
Michael Angelo da Caravaggio.—1. An old man playing
the lute, a middle-aged man the flute, and a boy singing; very
spirited and highly finished.
2. A young man in profile; a refined countenance, in a very
light and clear tone of colouring.
Annibale Carracci.—The infant Christ asleep, and three
angels. The heads are pleasing, the execution masterly, the tone
rather heavy.
Domenichino.—Moses and the Burning Bush. Remarkably
powerful, and full and marrowy in the painting. About 1 ft. 6 in
high, 1 ft. 2 in. wide.
Guido Reni.—A delicate repetition of the head of Christ.
The shadows, however, are rather dark.
Guercino.—St. Sebastian mourned by two angels. Nobler than
usual in the outlines and characters, and of great force and depth
of colouring. A cabinet picture.
Schidone.—The Entombment A beautiful composition ; the
colouring delicate, and at the same time warm and clear, with a
landscape in the taste of Correggio. An excellent little cabinet
picture.
Canaletto.— Two pictures of uncommon depth and force of
tone.
Of the Spanish School there are four- pictures by Murillo.
1. St. Thomas of Villa Nueva, as a child, distributing alms
among four beggar-boys. This picture, about 10 ft, high and 6 ft.
wide, which his Lordship purchased from General Sebastiani, was
formerly at Seville. The subject afforded Murillo the opportunity
of showing his power in two ways. In the Saint, who is carefully
painted in a clear and light tone, and with a noble expression,
he appears as a religious painter ; while in the more neglected
beggar-boys, who are painted in a sombre, heavy tone, he was
able to exhibit all that realistic imitation of common life in which
he is so great a master.
2. The Madonna in glory, surrounded by angels. One of
those refined cabinet-pictures which are so much sought after ;
most delicately executed in a forcible and yet tender golden tone.
3. The Virgin and Child on clouds, surrounded by three angels.
A small picture, a specimen of the most brilliant colouring of this
master.
ITALIAN SCHOOL.
101
Michael Angelo da Caravaggio.—1. An old man playing
the lute, a middle-aged man the flute, and a boy singing; very
spirited and highly finished.
2. A young man in profile; a refined countenance, in a very
light and clear tone of colouring.
Annibale Carracci.—The infant Christ asleep, and three
angels. The heads are pleasing, the execution masterly, the tone
rather heavy.
Domenichino.—Moses and the Burning Bush. Remarkably
powerful, and full and marrowy in the painting. About 1 ft. 6 in
high, 1 ft. 2 in. wide.
Guido Reni.—A delicate repetition of the head of Christ.
The shadows, however, are rather dark.
Guercino.—St. Sebastian mourned by two angels. Nobler than
usual in the outlines and characters, and of great force and depth
of colouring. A cabinet picture.
Schidone.—The Entombment A beautiful composition ; the
colouring delicate, and at the same time warm and clear, with a
landscape in the taste of Correggio. An excellent little cabinet
picture.
Canaletto.— Two pictures of uncommon depth and force of
tone.
Of the Spanish School there are four- pictures by Murillo.
1. St. Thomas of Villa Nueva, as a child, distributing alms
among four beggar-boys. This picture, about 10 ft, high and 6 ft.
wide, which his Lordship purchased from General Sebastiani, was
formerly at Seville. The subject afforded Murillo the opportunity
of showing his power in two ways. In the Saint, who is carefully
painted in a clear and light tone, and with a noble expression,
he appears as a religious painter ; while in the more neglected
beggar-boys, who are painted in a sombre, heavy tone, he was
able to exhibit all that realistic imitation of common life in which
he is so great a master.
2. The Madonna in glory, surrounded by angels. One of
those refined cabinet-pictures which are so much sought after ;
most delicately executed in a forcible and yet tender golden tone.
3. The Virgin and Child on clouds, surrounded by three angels.
A small picture, a specimen of the most brilliant colouring of this
master.