Copy after Raphael. See under 1171.
This is an ancient copy, probably by a Flemish painter, of the original, which is in the possession of the Earl of Ellesmere at Bridgewater House. It belongs to Raphael's second or Florentine period, and its exquisite grace has caused it to be known by some writers as "La Plus Belle des Vierges."
930. THE GARDEN OF LOVE.
School of Giorgione (Venetian: 16th century). See 269.
Certainly not by Giorgione,[197] but a characteristic example of a class of composition of which, as we have seen, he was the inventor—one of those Venetian pastorals in which young men and women "disport in the open air, amuse themselves at random" (Asolando).
931. THE MAGDALEN.
Paolo Veronese (Veronese: 1528-1588). See 26.
The Magdalen—she who had sinned much, but who was forgiven because she loved much—is represented at the Saviour's feet, laying aside her jewels, and thus renouncing the vanities of the world.