Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . and of her faith. It remained over the high-altar ofthe Church of the Serviti at Pesaro, till acquired by , from whom it was purchased by Mr. Bromley.^ * Girolamo Marches! da Cotignola was a painter of the Francia school, whoseworks date from about 1506 to 1550. Those of his pictures which I have seenare of very unequal merit, and, with much feeling and expression in the heads,are often mannered and fantastic as compositions. This agrees with whatVasari says, that his excellenc
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . and of her faith. It remained over the high-altar ofthe Church of the Serviti at Pesaro, till acquired by , from whom it was purchased by Mr. Bromley.^ * Girolamo Marches! da Cotignola was a painter of the Francia school, whoseworks date from about 1506 to 1550. Those of his pictures which I have seenare of very unequal merit, and, with much feeling and expression in the heads,are often mannered and fantastic as compositions. This agrees with whatVasari says, that his excellence lay in portraiture, for which reason he wassummoned, after the battle of Ravenna, to paint the portrait of Gaston de Foix,as he lay dead. (See Vasari, Vita di Bagnacavallo; and in the English iii. 331.) The picture above described, which has a sort of historical interest,is perhaps the same mentioned in Murrays Handbook (Central Italy, p. 110.)as an enthroned Madonna, dated 1513, and as being in 1843 in its original placeover the altar in the Serviti at Pesaro: if so, it is there no 29 The Predestination. (Miniature of the 16th century.) Senntinnal lulijtrts. PART II. €\)t Wiv^in antr Cftilir* 1. LA VERGINE MADRE DI DIO. 2. LA MADRE AMABILE.
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