The innocents abroad; . have for-given him the lost martyr in the rescued seer. I think pos-terity could have spared one more martyr for the sake of agreat historical picture of Titians time and painted by hisbrush—such as Columbus returning in chains from the dis-covery of a world, for instance. The old masters did paintsome Yenetian historical pictures, and these we did not tire oflooking at, notwithstanding representations of the formal intro-duction of defunct doges to the Yirgin Mary in regions bej^ondthe clouds clashed rather harshly with the proprieties, itseemed to us. But humble as we
The innocents abroad; . have for-given him the lost martyr in the rescued seer. I think pos-terity could have spared one more martyr for the sake of agreat historical picture of Titians time and painted by hisbrush—such as Columbus returning in chains from the dis-covery of a world, for instance. The old masters did paintsome Yenetian historical pictures, and these we did not tire oflooking at, notwithstanding representations of the formal intro-duction of defunct doges to the Yirgin Mary in regions bej^ondthe clouds clashed rather harshly with the proprieties, itseemed to us. But humble as we are, and unpretending, in the matter ofart, our researches among the painted monks and martjashave not been wholly in vain. We have striven hard to have had some success. We have mastered some things,possibly of trifling import in the eyes of the learned, but tous they give pleasure, and we take as much pride in our littleacquirements as do others who have learned far more, and we 238 LEARNING THE ST. MARK, BY THE OLD MASTERS.
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