. A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910) . 44VELAZQUEZ: 1599-1660 Spanish SchoolPORTRAIT OF A MAN BUST length ; black dress and white collar ; long hair ;moustache. Canvas. 19 in. x 17^ in. ( x +4).Not previously by Edmund Davis, Esq. 63. 45ANDREA DEL SARTO: 1486-1531 Floj-entiite SchoolHIS OWN PORTRAIT HALF-LENGTH, lifc-size, Writing a letter at a table covered witha striped cloth, which occupies the whole foreground of thepicture ; he wears a black fou
. A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910) . 44VELAZQUEZ: 1599-1660 Spanish SchoolPORTRAIT OF A MAN BUST length ; black dress and white collar ; long hair ;moustache. Canvas. 19 in. x 17^ in. ( x +4).Not previously by Edmund Davis, Esq. 63. 45ANDREA DEL SARTO: 1486-1531 Floj-entiite SchoolHIS OWN PORTRAIT HALF-LENGTH, lifc-size, Writing a letter at a table covered witha striped cloth, which occupies the whole foreground of thepicture ; he wears a black four-cornered cap, black full-sleeved dressshowing a white pleated skirt ; dark green background. On the letter can be read the words : . . Dicenbre MaestroDomenico assai mi chamo sod (disfato) to verso di voi, a vendomostro propinque igenio per dimostrarmi qual proprio a . . sonotanto molto obligato 1523, M. Andr, The person mentioned in these lines is perhaps Domenico Conti, thefriend and pupil to whom Andrea bequeathed all his drawings (Vasari, viii. 295),whose likeness may be here depicted. The features are those of a man ofthirty, too young for Andrea in 1523 (he was then aged thirty-six), and, besides,unlike his face, as given in Vasari, and observed elsewhere. The painting isclearly Del Sartos, and finely touched.—Crowe and Cavalcaselle : History ofPtiinting i
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