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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    general manner ; the best are Jacob’s Journey and the Deluge. Mr. Rogers 1 possessed the two best pictures of this artist now in England ; they are small, but most beautiful, vivid as gems in point of color, with more dignity and feeling than is usual: the subjects are, the Good Samaritan2 and Lazarus at the door of the Rich Man. Nothing could tempt Bassano from the little native town where he flourished, grew rich, and brought up a numerous family. He died in 1592. All these men had original genius and that individuality of character which lends a vital interest to all productions of Art, whether the style be elevated and ideal or confined to the imi- tation of common nature : but to them succeeded a race of mannerists and imitators, so that about the close of the six- teenth century all originality seemed extinguished at Venice, as yell as everywhere else. And here we close the history of the earlier painters of Italy. 1 [Mr. Rogers’s pictures were sold in 1856.] 2 [Now in the National Gallery.]