Giorgione eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 158 pages of information about Giorgione.

Giorgione eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 158 pages of information about Giorgione.

From Charles I. Collection.

GERMANY.

BERLIN GALLERY.

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN.

Acquired from Dr. Richten (See p. 30.)

BERLIN, COLLECTION OF HERR VON KAUFFMANN.

STA.  GIUSTINA.

A small seated figure with the unicorn.  Recently acquired at Cologne, and known to the writer only by photograph and description, but tentatively accepted as genuine.

DRESDEN GALLERY.

VENUS.  Canvas, 3 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. [No. 185.]

Formerly catalogued as a copy by Sassoferrato after Titian.  Restored by Morelli to Giorgione, and universally accepted as such.  Mentioned by the Anonimo and Ridolfi, and said to have been completed by Titian. (See p. 35.)

THE HOROSCOPE.  Canvas, 4 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 2 in.

Copy after a lost original.  C. and C. suggest Girolamo Pennacchi as possible author.  It bears the Este arms.

From the Manfrini and Barker Collections.

(See Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1884, tom. xxx. p. 223.)

JUDGMENT OF PARIS.  Canvas, 1 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 3 in.

One of several copies of a lost original. [See under British
Isles—­Heron Court.]

ITALY

BERGAMO, GALLERY.

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE.  Wood, 1 ft. 3 in, x 1 ft. 9 in. [No. 179, Lochis section.]

(See p. 89.)

MADONNA AND CHILD.  Wood, 1 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. [No. 232, Lochis section, as “Titian.”]

The composition is very similar to Mr. Benson’s “Madonna and Child” (q.v.). (See p. 101.)

THE ADULTERESS BEFORE CHRIST. 4 ft. 11 in. x 7 ft. 3 in. [No. 26, Carrara section.]

Later copy, with slight variations, of the Glasgow picture, Ascribed to Cariani, and in a dirty state. (See p. 104.)

CASTELFRANCO, DUOMO.

MADONNA AND CHILD ENTHRONED, SS.  LIBERALE AND FRANCIS BELOW.  Wood, 7 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 10 in.

(See p. 7.)

FLORENCE, PITTI GALLERY.

THE CONCERT.  Canvas, 3 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. [No. 185.]

Described by Ridolfi and Boschini.

An old copy is at Hyde Park House, another in the Palazzo Doria, Rome. 
(See p. 49.)

THE THREE AGES.  Wood, 3 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. [No. 157.]

By C. and C. ascribed to Lotto, by Morelli to Giorgione.

(See p. 42.)

NYMPH AND SATYR.  Canvas. [No. 147.]

(See p. 44.)

FLORENCE, UFFIZI GALLERY.

TRIAL OF MOSES, or ORDEAL BY FIRE.  Canvas.  Figures one-eighth life-size. [No. 621.]

From Poggio Imperiale.(See p. 15.)

JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.  Companion piece to last.  Wood. [No. 630.]

(See p. 15.)

KNIGHT OF MALTA.  Canvas.  Bust, life-size. [No. 622.]

The letters XXXV probably refer to the man’s age.  Mr. Dickes (Magazine of Art, April 1893) thinks he is Stefano Colonna, who died 1548. (See p. 19.)

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