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BO WOOD.
Letter XXV.
throughout look like portraits, with the rather strange costume
and head-dresses of that age. Nay, a corpulent man in the third
group, on whom the sermon does not seem to make any very deep
impression, verges on the humorous, which Raphael was otherwise
not used to introduce in scriptural subjects. The episode of two
very pretty children playing with each other is also a result of the
pleasure he took in attractive natural incidents. In the slender
proportions, and in other respects, it has a close affinity to Ra-
phael's two drawings for the fresco-paintings executed by Pintu-
ricchio, in the library of the cathedral of Siena. The bright tone
of the flesh approaches the Madonna del Granduca; and in the
broader folds of the drapery the study of Masaccio's frescoes is
obvious. On the other hand, the dark, full colours of the drapery,
the blackish-green trees of the landscape, which is otherwise beau-
tiful, are quite in the manner of Perugino. This precious little
picture, about 8 in. high, and 1 ft. 9 in. wide, has been very in-
differently engraved, on the same scale, by Capellan. Unfortu-
nately, it has been unequally cleaned ; so that in some places it
has still spots of dirt, and has been injured in others.
Sebastian del Piombo.—A monk with a skull. A close
study of this master has convinced me that I had erred in doubt-
ing the genuineness of this picture before. The warm transparent
colour bespeaks the earlier period of his residence at Rome.
Giorgione.—A shepherd in a sheepskin, with his staff. This
figure is meant to represent Giorgione himself, as is evident from
his portrait in the Gallery at Munich, as well as from the well-
known engraving. Nobly conceived, and admirably executed in
a reddish golden tone.
Raphael.—One of the Apostle's heads from the cartoon
" Feed my sheep." This is an able work by one of his scholars.
Domenichino,—2. A small landscape with Abraham and Isaac
going to Mount Moriah. The poetic composition, fine trans-
parent colour, and singularly careful execution render this a perfect
jewel.
The Cabinet.
This apartment is in charming proportion with the choice little
pictures it contains.
Sir David Wilkie.—2. A father playing with his child, and
acting the part of the mother, whose cap he has put on ; the nurse
BO WOOD.
Letter XXV.
throughout look like portraits, with the rather strange costume
and head-dresses of that age. Nay, a corpulent man in the third
group, on whom the sermon does not seem to make any very deep
impression, verges on the humorous, which Raphael was otherwise
not used to introduce in scriptural subjects. The episode of two
very pretty children playing with each other is also a result of the
pleasure he took in attractive natural incidents. In the slender
proportions, and in other respects, it has a close affinity to Ra-
phael's two drawings for the fresco-paintings executed by Pintu-
ricchio, in the library of the cathedral of Siena. The bright tone
of the flesh approaches the Madonna del Granduca; and in the
broader folds of the drapery the study of Masaccio's frescoes is
obvious. On the other hand, the dark, full colours of the drapery,
the blackish-green trees of the landscape, which is otherwise beau-
tiful, are quite in the manner of Perugino. This precious little
picture, about 8 in. high, and 1 ft. 9 in. wide, has been very in-
differently engraved, on the same scale, by Capellan. Unfortu-
nately, it has been unequally cleaned ; so that in some places it
has still spots of dirt, and has been injured in others.
Sebastian del Piombo.—A monk with a skull. A close
study of this master has convinced me that I had erred in doubt-
ing the genuineness of this picture before. The warm transparent
colour bespeaks the earlier period of his residence at Rome.
Giorgione.—A shepherd in a sheepskin, with his staff. This
figure is meant to represent Giorgione himself, as is evident from
his portrait in the Gallery at Munich, as well as from the well-
known engraving. Nobly conceived, and admirably executed in
a reddish golden tone.
Raphael.—One of the Apostle's heads from the cartoon
" Feed my sheep." This is an able work by one of his scholars.
Domenichino,—2. A small landscape with Abraham and Isaac
going to Mount Moriah. The poetic composition, fine trans-
parent colour, and singularly careful execution render this a perfect
jewel.
The Cabinet.
This apartment is in charming proportion with the choice little
pictures it contains.
Sir David Wilkie.—2. A father playing with his child, and
acting the part of the mother, whose cap he has put on ; the nurse