This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...have found their way, as has been already pointed out, into the Vienna Gallery. Here we have, besides Titian's great Ecce Homo of 1543, the Entombment, No. 307, bearing the signature " Titianus," the figure of the Magdalen in which has the same voluptuous type as the representation of the saint by the master ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...have found their way, as has been already pointed out, into the Vienna Gallery. Here we have, besides Titian's great Ecce Homo of 1543, the Entombment, No. 307, bearing the signature " Titianus," the figure of the Magdalen in which has the same voluptuous type as the representation of the saint by the master of Cadore, different versions of which are at the Hermitage, the Pitti Palace, and the Naples Gallery. One of the so-called Giorgiones of the Buckingham catalogue is the picture--perhaps by a Veronese imitating his style--called A Warrior, (No. 659, Vienna Gallery). The Duke's, too, was the well-known Pieta, of Andrea del Sarto (No. 45 ibid.'--a magnificent design, the effect of which is somewhat impaired by the ugly yellow-green draperies upon which lies the body of the Christ. An old replica or copy of this piece, formerly in the Dudley collection, is now in that of Mr. Joseph Ruston at Lincoln. Among the Rubenses of the Imperial Gallery having a like origin are: the Cimon and Iphigenia, No. 1197, and the magnificent Worship of Venus, No. 1162. This last presents a scene of unbridled Dionysiac frenzy rather than one symbolising the gentler worship of the love-goddess; and presents it with an intensity of physical passion only paralleled by that which redeems the bestial grossness of the great Kermesse at the Louvre. Max Rooses declares an earlier picture of the Bacchanalian type, the so-called Worship of the many-breasted Goddess, by Rubens and Breughel, which, from the Graham-Gilbert collection, passed into that of the Corporation Gallery of Glasgow, to have been in the Duke of Buckingham's collection, and to be the work therein catalogued as The Three Graces with Fruit. This statement is borne out by Van Dalen's print, taken, not direct...
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Add this copy of The Picture Gallery of Charles I to cart. $15.42, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of The Picture Gallery of Charles I. to cart. $19.45, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1896 by Seeley and Co. Limited.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Cloth Bound. Gilt lettering on front board and backstrip. All pages present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of The Picture Gallery of Charles I to cart. $26.58, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of The Picture Gallery of Charles I. to cart. $31.47, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1896 by Seeley and Co. Limited.
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Very good, clean and tight but for museum ex-lib. marks. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; 126 pp. with 36 duotone illustrations. Covers a selection of the unrivalled collection of Charles I in several of his various palaces.
