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A36766	De arte graphica The art of painting / by C.A. Du Fresnoy ; with remarks ; translated into English, together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry, by Mr. Dryden ; as also A short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times, according to the order of their succession, by another hand.; De arte graphica. English	Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Graham, Richard, fl. 1680-1720. Short account of the most eminent painters.	1695 (1695)	Wing D2458; ESTC R18532	173,861	426

the admirable effects of strong Lights and Shadows amongst the Lombards He excell'd both in Portraits and Histories but his most valuable Piece in Oyl is that of Our Saviour carrying his Cross now at Venice where it is had in wonderfull Esteem and Veneration He died young of the Plague which he got in the Arms of his Mistress who was infected with it Anno 1511 having been likewise as famous for his performances in Music as his productions in Painting Vide Pag. 217 and 218. TITIANO the most universal Genius of all the Lombard School the best Colourist of all the Moderns and the most eminent for Histories Landtschapes and Portraits was born at Cadore in the Venetian Territories Anno 1477 being descended from the ancient Family of the Vecelli He was bred up in the School of Gio. Bellino at the same time with Georgione but improv'd himself more by the Emulation that was betwixt him and his Fellow-Disciple than by the Instructions of his Master He was censur'd indeed by M. Angelo Buonaroti for want of correctness in Designing a fault common to all the Lombard Painters who had not been acquainted with the Antiquities yet that defect was abundantly supply'd in all the other parts of a most accomplish'd Artist He made three several Portraits of the Emperour Charles V. who lov'd him so intirely that he honour'd him with Knighthood created him Count Palatine made all his Descendents Gentlemen assign'd him a considerable Pension out of the Chamber of Naples and what other remarkable proofs of his Affection he shew'd him see pag. 86 87. and a Character of his Works pag. 218 and 219. He painted also his Son Philip II. Solyman Emperour of the Turks two Popes three Kings two Empresses several Queens and almost all the Princes of Italy together with Lud. Ariosto and Peter Aretine the fam'd Italian Wits his intimate Friends Nay so great was the Name and Reputation of Titian that there was hardly a person of any Eminence then living from whom he did not receive some particular mark of Esteem and besides being of a temper wonderfully obliging and generous his house at Venice was the constant Rendezvous of all the Virtuosi and People of the best Quality He was so happy in the constitution of his Body that he never had been sick till the year 1576 when he died of the Plague full of Honour Glory and Riches leaving behind him two Sons and a Brother of whom Pomponio the eldest was a Clergy●●man and well preferr'd but ORATIO the youngest Son painted several Portraits that might stand in Competition with those of his Fathers He was famous also for many History-pieces which he made at Venice in concurrence with Paul Veronese and Tintoret But bewitch'd at last with the hopes of finding the Philosophers Stone he laid aside his Pencil and having reduc'd most of what had been got by his Father into Smoke died of the Plague soon after him FRANCESCO VECELLIO Titian's Brother was an Artist so well instructed in the fundamental Maximes of Design that Titian grew jealous of him and fearing that he might in time come to eclipse his Reputation sent him upon pretended business to Ferdinand King of the Romans and there found such means to divert him from Painting that he quite gave over the study of it and never any farther attempted it unless it were to make a Portrait now and then at the request of his particular Acquaintance ANDREA del SARTO so call'd because a Taylor 's Son born at Florence Anno 1478 was a Disciple of Pietro di Cosimo very careful and diligent in his Works and his Colouring was wonderfully sweet but his Pictures generally want Strength and Life as well as their Author who was naturally mild timorous and poor-spirited He was sent for to Paris by Francis I. where he might have gather'd great Riches but that his Wife and Relations would not suffer him to continue long there He lived in a mean and contemptible condition because he set but a very little value upon his own Performances yet the Florentines had so great an Esteem for his Works that during the ●●ury of the Popular Factions amongst them they preserv'd his Pieces from the Flames when they neither spared Churches or any thing else He died of the Plague Anno 1520. RAFAELLE da URBINO born Anno 1483 was one of the handsomest and best temper'd men living See some account of him Pag. 215 and add to it That by the general consent of Mankind he is acknowledged to have been the Prince of the Modern Painters and is oftentimes styl'd the Divine Raphael for the inimitable Graces of his Pencil and for the excellence of his Genius which seem'd to have something more than Humane in its Composition That he was belov'd in the highest degree by the Popes Iulius II. and Leo X. That he was admir'd and courted by all the Princes and States of Europe and particularly by Henry VIII who would fain have oblig'd him to come over into England That his Person was the wonder and delight of Rome as his Works are now the Glory of it That he liv'd in the greatest State and Splendor imaginable most of the eminent Masters in his time being ambitious of working under him and that he never went abroad without a Croud of Artists and others who attended and follow'd him purely out of respect That he declin'd Marriage tho' very advantageous offers had been made him in hopes of a Cardinals Cap which he expected but falling sick in the mean time and concealing the true cause of his distemper from his Physicians Death disappointed him of the reward due to his most extraordinary Merits Anno 1520. GIO. ANTONIO LICINIO da PORDENONE born at a place so call'd not far from Udine in the Venetian Territories Anno 1484 after some time spent in Letters and Music apply'd himself to Painting yet without any other Guide to conduct him beside his own prompt and lively Genius and the Works of Georgione which he studied at Ven●●ce with so much attention that he soo●● arriv'd to a manner of Colouring nothing in●●rior to his Pattern But that which tended yet more to his improvement was the continued Emulation betwixt Titian and himself which inspir'd him with noble Designs quicken'd his Invention and produc'd several excellent Pieces in Oyl Distemper and Fresco. From Venice he went to Genoua where he undertook some things in competition with Pierino del Vaga but not being able to come up to the perfections of Pierinos Pencil he return'd to Venice and afterwards visited several other parts of Lombardy was Knighted by the Emperour Charles V. and at last being sent for to Ferrara was so much esteem'd there that he is said to have been poison'd by some who envy'd the Favours which he receiv'd from the Duke Anno 1540. SEBASTIANO del PIOMBO a Native of Venice Anno 1485 took his name from an Office given him by Pope