both this picture and the "Ecce Homo" (No. 15.) No gallery can shew three such matchless specimens of this master as these two paintings and The Holy Family (No. 23). C. 5ft. lin. by 3ft. 11. St. Jerome Guido Reni. St. Jerome is chiefly celebrated for his great learning and his critical labours on the Scriptures. With some few exceptions he re-translated the whole Bible, and is often painted at his work. He died 30th September, A.D. 420, at about ninety years of age. "Whether I eat or drink, or whatever else I do, the dreadful trumpet of the last day seems always sounding in my ears," is one of the sayings attributed to him. Bequest of W. H. Carr. C. 3ft. 10 in. by 3ft. 12. A Landscape-Rebecca awaiting Isaac Claude. See No. 14. Angerstein Collection. C. 4ft. 11in. by 6ft. 7in. 13. A Holy Family Murillo Purchased, in 1837, for £7000. C. 9ft. 6in. by 6ft. 10in. 14. Sea-port-Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Claude. "The most beautiful picture of this kind I know," says Dr. Waagen. This and No. 12 were painted for the Duke of Bouillon. Angerstein Collection. C. 4ft. 11in. by 6ft. 7in. 15. The "Ecce Homo" Behold the Man,' John, xix. In what sermon is man's redemption more impressively told than in this painting? And would any feelings but the holiest be called up by seeing it on a Sunday afternoon? Before Murat, King of Naples, possessed this picture, it belonged to the Colonna Palace, at Rome. Purchased, with No. 10. W.3ft. 2 in. by 2ft. 7 in. 16. St. George and the Dragon Tintoretto. It was in the honour of this saint that Edward III., in 1330, founded the Order of the Garter. St. George was in early youth a soldier, and lived about A.D. 303. He was beheaded by Dioclesian. Hardly a fair specimen of Tintoret's powers-not to be named with his "Muses" and "Esther," at Hampton Court. Bequest of W. H. Carr. C. 5ft. 2in. by 3ft. 3in. 17. The Holy Family 66 Waagen assigns this painting to one of Andrea's scholars, most probably Poligo." From the Aldobrandini Collection. Bequest of W. H. Carr. W. 3ft. 6in. by 2ft. 8in. 18. Christ Disputing with the Doctors, L. da Vinci. Such is the title of the official catalogue, but the "Dispute with the Doctors" happened, as Mr. Landseer has observed, when Christ was a boy, and not a man, as he is here painted. The title of "Christ arguing in the Synagogue," therefore, seems preferable. Ottley raises the question, whether it was not painted by some pupil of L. da Vinci; and Waagen says, no reliance can be placed on the fact that the picture bore the name of L. da Vinci while in the Aldobrandini Palace, and he boldly ascribes it to Bernardino Luini. Beq. of W. H. Carr. W. 2ft. 4 in. by 2ft. 10in. 19. Landscape-Narcissus Claude. He became enamoured of the reflection of his beautiful self, and mistaking it for a nymph, killed himself out of love. The flower is named after him. Painted in 1644. Present of Sir G. Beaumont. C. 3ft. lin. by 3ft. 11in. 20. Portraits of Cardinal Hippolito de' Medici and of Sebastiano del Piombo, Sebastiano del Piombo. From the Borghese Palace. Bequest of W. H. Carr. W. 4ft. 6in. by 3ft. 8in. 21. Portrait of a Lady Cristofano Allori Bronzino. From the Collection of the Duca de San Vitali, of Parma. W. 1ft. 11in. by lft. 6 in. Bequest of W. H. Carr. 22. A Dead Christ with Angels Guercino. From the Borghese Palace. Bequest of W. H. Carr. Copper, 1ft. 2 in. by 1ft. 5 in. 23. The Holy Family Correggio. This enchanting picture of blissful nature was a purchase, in 1825, for 3800l. The basket near the Virgin gave it the name of "La Vierge au Panier." W. 1ft. 1 in. by 10in. 24. Portrait of Giulia Gonzaga, Sebastiano del Piombo. Mr. Landseer supposes this lady to be represented according to the fashion of the times, as a Saint-St. Cecilia. The official catalogue says it is St. Apollonia. Waagen doubts if it be Giulia Gonzaga. From the Borghese Palace. Bequest of W. H. Carr. C. 3ft. by 2ft. 6in. 25. St. John in the Wilderness Annibale Caracci. Angerstein Collection. C. 5ft. 5in. by 3ft. lin. 26. The Consecration of St. Nicholas, Paulo Veronese. There were several saints of this name; but this is the "Confessor," who is much venerated both in the Greek and Latin churches. One of the chapels in Westminster Abbey is dedidated to him. He was called the "boy-bishop," on account of his early piety, refusing, when an infant, to suck on Wednesdays and Fridays. He died about 342 A.D. This noble specimen of the master was painted for the church of St. Nicholas de'Frari, at Venice, where it hung in conjunction with two splendid works of Titian-the Assumption of the Virgin, and the Altarpiece of the Pesaro Family. Present of the British Institution. C. 9ft. 5in. by 5ft. 9in. 27. Portrait of Pope Julius II. (A.D. 1503) Raffaelle. Waagen doubts its genuineness. From the Falconieri Palace. Angerstein Collection. W. 3ft. 6in. by 2ft. 8in. 28. Susanna and the Elders, Ludovico Caracci. too feeble in the expression, From the Borghese Palace. "Too heavy in the colouring, and for that master," says Dr. Waagen. Angerstein Collection. C. 4ft. 8in. by 3ft. 7in. 29. The Holy Family Baroccio. The Cat in this picture gives it the name of "Madonna del Gatto." From the Cesare Palace, at Perugia. Bequest of W. H. Carr. C. 3ft. 9in. by 3ft. 30. The Embarkation of St. Ursula Claude. St. Ursula is supposed to have been the daughter of Dionoc, King of Cornwall. She headed a troop of virgins,- -some say as many as eleven thousand,-who fled from the Saxon invaders, and settled near the mouth of the Rhine, where they lost their lives, A.D. 453, in defence of their virginity against the Huns. Painted in 1646. From the Barberini Palace. Angerstein Col. C. 3ft. 8in. by 4ft. 11in. son Isaac 31. A Landscape-Abraham preparing to sacrifice his Gaspar Poussin. From the Colonna Palace. Angerstein Col. C. 5ft. 3in. by 6ft. 6in. 32. The Rape of Ganymede Titian. A beautiful Trojan boy, carried off by an eagle to be Jupiter's cup-bearer, in place of the dismissed Hebe. Evidently painted for a Ceiling. From the Colonna Palace. Angerstein Collection. C. 5ft. 8in. square. 33. The Vision of St. Jerome. (See 11.) Parmegiano. Painted at the age of twenty-three, for the church of St. Saviour, at Citta di Castello, in 1527, and rescued from the ruins of that church, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1790. Bought for 3050 guineas, by the British Institution, and presented by them to the National Gallery. W. 11ft. 6in. by 5ft. 34. Venus and Adonis "Rose-cheeked Adonis hied him to the chase; Titian. SHAKSPERE's Sonnets. There are other repetitions of this picture, of the time of Titian, either by him or his scholars. The original of this painting, for it is asserted the present is but a good copy, was executed for Ottavio Farnese, in 1548-and is now in the Royal Gallery at Madrid. Angerstein Collection. C. 5ft. 9in. by 6ft. 2in. 35. Bacchus and Ariadne Titian. Ariadne, forsaken by the false-hearted Theseus, paces the shore, when 66 Young Bacchus, flush'd With bloom of youth, came flying from above In Indian Nyse. Seeking thee he came, O Ariadne!" Trans. from Catullus. One of the masterpieces of this great colourist, and often quoted as a standard of art. Painted about 1514, for Alphonso I. Duke of Ferrara; it afterwards decorated the Villa Aldobrandini. Purchase for 5000l., in 1826. C. 5ft. 9in. by 6ft. 3in. 36. A Land Storm Gaspar Poussin. From the Lansdowne Gallery. Angerstein Collection. C. 4ft. 1lin. by 6ft. 37. A Study of Heads Correggio. See No. 7. Angerstein Collection. C. 5ft. by 3ft. 6in. 38. The Rape of the Sabines Rubens. To people Rome, Romulus invited the Sabines to a spectacle, in the midst of which the women were forcibly carried off, and made the wives of the young Romans. Angerstein Collection. W. 5ft. 7in. by 7ft. 9in. 39. The Nursing of Bacchus Nicholas Poussin. Bequest of G. J. Cholmondely. C. 2ft. 6 in. by 3ft. lin. 40. A Classical Landscape Nicholas Poussin. Present of Sir G. Beaumont. C. 2ft. 6in. by 3ft. 7in. 41. The Martyrdom of Peter the Dominican, Giorgione. This saint is commonly called St. Telm, or Elm, the patron of Mariners. His name was Gonzales, and was born about 1190. He entered the order of the Dominicans, became a prominent actor in the Inquisition, and was murdered by the relations of a family which had suffered his persecution. When he was tempted by a courtesan, he threw himself on burning coals, but did not suffer. Is this picture sufficiently good for Giorgione? Bequest of W. H. Carr. C. 3ft. 44in. by 4ft. 9 in. 42. A Bacchanalian Scene Nicholas Poussin. Angerstein Collection. C. 4ft. 8in. by 3ft. lin. Rembrandt. 43. Christ taken down from the Cross 44. Charity Giulio Romano. From the Aldobrandini Palace. Bequest of W. H. Carr. W. 10in. by lft. lin. 45. The Woman taken in Adultery Rembrandt. "Of all Rembrandt's cabinet pictures, it perhaps holds the first place:" painted in 1644, for Johan Six, and afterwards possessed by the Burgomaster Six. Angerstein Collection. W. 2ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in. |