Memoirs of the early Italian painters / by Anna Jameson; thoroughly revised and in part rewritten by Estelle M. Hurll.

  • Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860.
Date:
1899
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    the world.”] In the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge is the picture called “ Philip II. and the Princess Eboli,” of which there are several repetitions. Francis I. : half length, in prolile; now in the Louvre. Titian did not paint this king from nature, but from a medal which was sent to him to copy. The Emperor Ferdinand I. The Sultan Solyman II. His wife Roxana. (These are engraved after Titian, but from what originals we know not. They cannot be from nature.1) The Popes Julius II., Clement VII. (doubtful), and Paul III. All the Doges of Venice of his time. [Antonio Grimani, Andrea Gritti, Pietro Lando, Francesco Donato.] Francesco, Duke of Urbino, and his Duchess Eleonora: two wonderful portraits, now in the Florence Gallery. The Cardinal Ippolito de’ Medici (in the Louvre, and in the Pitti Palace). The Constable de Bourbon. [Only known by Vorstermann’s print.] The famous and cruel Duke of Alva [lost]. Andrea Doria, Doge of Genoa. Isabella d’ Este, Marchioness of Mantua. [Belvedere, Vienna.] Alphonso, Duke of Ferrara [Madrid] ; his first wife, Lucrezia Borgia [engraved by Sadeler] ; and his second wife, Laura Eustochia. (In the Dresden Gallery there is a picture by Titian, in which Alphonso is presenting his wife Lucrezia to the Madonna.) Csesar Borgia. Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus. The poet Ariosto.2 Cardinal Bembo. Cardinal Sforza. Cardinal Farnese. Pietro Aretino: several times. (The finest is at Florence in the Pitti Palace; [another, representing the poet in advan- cing years, is in the collection of Prince Mario Chigi, Rome.] The engravings by Bonasone of Aretino and Cardinal Bembo rank among the most exquisite works of Art. There are im- pressions of both in the British Museum.) 1 [Crowe and Cavalcaselle say that the portraits were from medals.] 2 [The history of the portraits of Ariosto is discussed at length by Crowe and Cavalcaselle, Titian, vol. i. pp. 197-203.]