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

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    ANDREA SC1IIAV0NE 2G1 Schiavone he chiefly worked in Brescia and its neighborhood.1 ihere is a rich purple glow over his pictures, which distinguishes them from all others I have seen. The Santa Giustina,” at Vienna, long attributed to Pordenone, and a magnificent altar-piece in the [National Gallery], are the finest I can remember, besides those in the churches at Brescia. Andrea Schiavone [1522-1582], whose elegant pictures are often met with in collections, was a poor hoy w 10 legan the world as an assistant mason and house-painter, am v 10 ’ [He was born at Rovato, near Brescia, about 1498,and died in 1555.]