. 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) . work stands out, not as a mereinteresting problem, like the Head at Frankfort, but a masterpiece superiorin preservation to the Cobham Ariosto now in the National Gallery, con-temporary with, or slightly later than, the beautiful portrait at TempleNewsam. The picture in the Lane Collection, like that in the Collection of the Hon. Edward Wood, is earlier than the marvellous Portrait of a Man atMunich, in which the Giorgionesque influen
. 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) . work stands out, not as a mereinteresting problem, like the Head at Frankfort, but a masterpiece superiorin preservation to the Cobham Ariosto now in the National Gallery, con-temporary with, or slightly later than, the beautiful portrait at TempleNewsam. The picture in the Lane Collection, like that in the Collection of the Hon. Edward Wood, is earlier than the marvellous Portrait of a Man atMunich, in which the Giorgionesque influence may be said to he on the wane ;the three pictures prepare us for the so-called Alessandro de Medici atHampton Court and the Parma at Vienna, although these last two, de-spite a similarity in lighting and arrangement, are later by a few years.—Condensed from an early proof of a passage in Mr. Charles Kicketts forth-coming book on Titian, and kindly communicated by him. Canvas. 31 in. x 27 in. (). Formerly described as a Portrait of Lorenzo de Medici. Arundel Club Portfolio, 1906, No. 16. Not previously exhibited. Lent by Sir Hugh Lane. 13-. 87DOSSO DOSSI: 1479(?)-1542 FeiTarese SchoolCIRCE THE Sorceress is represented crowned with flowers, half-seatedbeneath some trees in an attitude often met with in picturesby Dosso, and nude except for ample green drapery which fallsover her left knee. She is seen three-quarters to the lelt. She pointsto a large stone tablet which she holds by her side ; on it mysteriouscharacters are inscribed. Around her are her lovers, tamed and changedto birds and beasts ; a brown greyhound, a white puppy, a stag withhis horns in the velvet, a hawk, an owl, two lions, and a favourite hind stands before her, and at her feet lies an openbook of spells. To the left is a brilliant landscape of thinly paintedtrees, a building, distant woods against the horizon riu-^hed withlight, and blue sky, all of which denote Dossos youthful man
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