The art of the Dresden gallery; notes and observations upon the old and modern masters and paintings in the royal collection . as he raises two fingers in mysticinformation. It is well for the victim that he doesnot turn and discover the treachery, — it is betterfor him to lose his money than his life, as wouldprobably follow, if he were to become a menace totheir secrecy. The man in the background has adagger ready for any such emergency. The tonesof the picture are deep and rich, in accordance withthe gruesome subject. The Venus bending over the body of Adonis,by Alessandro Turchi, known as
The art of the Dresden gallery; notes and observations upon the old and modern masters and paintings in the royal collection . as he raises two fingers in mysticinformation. It is well for the victim that he doesnot turn and discover the treachery, — it is betterfor him to lose his money than his life, as wouldprobably follow, if he were to become a menace totheir secrecy. The man in the background has adagger ready for any such emergency. The tonesof the picture are deep and rich, in accordance withthe gruesome subject. The Venus bending over the body of Adonis,by Alessandro Turchi, known as IOrbetto, is amuch more natural goddess than that of Guercino,and better painted. Another picture by IOrbetto,David with the head of Goliath, is a fine, spiritedwork, and has been restored to the master, afterdoubt having been thrown on its authenticity. Theface of the youth is very beautiful. The attitude,too, is original and full of vigour. When one isin the forty-third cabinet, the Stoning of Stephenshould be noted, also by Alessandro Turchi. It isextremely interesting. Carlo Marattis Virgin bending over the Infant. Xater fftaltan Scbools 91 in a Manger, is in Room B, It is a painting which,though it lacks strength, is so charming an arrange-ment of chiaroscuro, and so exquisite a study ofinfancy, that it deserves special notice. The facesof the Virgin, Child, and cherubs, are all fore-shortened at extreme angles, and there can beno doubt about the effect being very skilfullymanaged. Francesco Furini could paint exquisite heads,and had a natural comprehension of grace, which,though sometimes overdone, is always present inhis works. There is a sweet, cool-toned little here, with a gash in her neck. Furini diedin 1649. He was a follower of Matteo Roselli. In the forty-fifth cabinet a quaint pair of picturesmay be seen, by Castiglione, a Genoese of theseventeenth century. Tliey display, respectively,the Animals going into Noahs Ark, and the Re-turn of Jacob. Their
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