The art of the Dresden gallery; notes and observations upon the old and modern masters and paintings in the royal collection . oth of them. I wishyou were in Venice. There are many fine fellowshere among the painters, who get more and morefriendly with me: it holds ones heart up. Wellbrought-up folks, good lute-players, skilled pipers,and many noble and excellent people are in thecompany. On the other hand, there are the falsest,most lying, thievish villains in the whole world,I believe, appearing to the unwary the pleasantestpossible fellows. I laugh to myself when they tryit with me! Diirer
The art of the Dresden gallery; notes and observations upon the old and modern masters and paintings in the royal collection . oth of them. I wishyou were in Venice. There are many fine fellowshere among the painters, who get more and morefriendly with me: it holds ones heart up. Wellbrought-up folks, good lute-players, skilled pipers,and many noble and excellent people are in thecompany. On the other hand, there are the falsest,most lying, thievish villains in the whole world,I believe, appearing to the unwary the pleasantestpossible fellows. I laugh to myself when they tryit with me! Diirer was canny; he knew theworld, with his steady, cool Northern temperament,among the warm-blooded sons of the Lagoons. They say my art is not on the antique, he con-tinues, and therefore not good. But GiovanniBellini, who has praised me much before manygentlemen, wishes to have something from myhand. He has come himself and asked me, and hewill pay me handsomely for it. I understand heis a pious man. He is very old indeed, and yetamong the best amongst them. The picture showsthe well-known figure of Albrecht Diirer with his. /IDo^ern Oerman /IDasters 3S1 long hair, standing before his easel, on which isseen his Madonna of the Rose Garlands, which isnow in Vienna. The aged Bellinis tall but bentfigure is to be seen, and he shows a deep interestin the progress of his young neighbours work. Delightful in drawing and crisp in touch isMoritz Miillers Child Reading. The intent littleface and the eyes so accurately focussed on the pagemake it a picture to be noticed. Observe, too, howcharmingly the hair is rendered. The differen-tiation of the textures is quite remarkable. A pretty study by Paul Kiessling is the head ofMignon; it is more appropriate for the decorationof a handkerchief-box than for any other purpose,still, it is a face with a certain sweet appeal, andshould not be overlooked as one passes through thetwenty-fifth room. Human nature in a monastery is exploited in thepicture
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