Schools and masters of painting, with an appendix on the principal galleries of Europe by Radcliffe Alida Graveraet

Author:Radcliffe, Alida Graveraet. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Painting, Painters, Art museums
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Published: 1896-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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modeled upon a vision of his confessor, which was endowed with miraculous powers, and widely engraved. But, according to Stirling, it utterly disappeared during the War of Independence. In the cathedral still remains a " Baptism of Christ; ** and in the sacristy is a " Good Shepherd," with the lamb upon his shoulder—a subject entirely neglected in previous art since the days of the Catacombs. Indeed, the great merit of Joanes is the beautiful and touching conception of Christ which he embodied, particularly in his frequently-repeated pictures of " The Last Supper," the best of which is in the church of St. Nicholas, Valencia. It is small in size, only four feet wide by two high, but is exquisite in detail. Joanes died at Bocairente, leaving behind him an artist son, Juan.

While Joanes was pursuing his pious labors, far from the atmosphere of the court, Alonzo Berruguete, a native of Castile, bom in 1480, was obtaining great celebrity as architect, painter, and sculptor, to Charles V. He had visited Rome with Michael Angelo in 1504, and after an absence of fifteen or sixteen years returned to his own land, to be called by his countrymen the Michael Angelo of Spain. This title must have referred to the variety rather than to the brilliancy of his acquirements. The remains which he has left behind him are principally in decorative architecture and statuary, some of which may be seen at Toledo. He died rich^ and was magnificently buried at the king's expense.

One of the chief merits of Charles V. was his liberal patronage of Titian, many of whose works he added to his tieasures. The emperor, in his enthusiasm for the artist, once remarked that Titian was worthy of being served by Caesar.

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It is now ascertained that the great Venetian did not himself visit Spain, but was present at Charles's court at Augsburg, and on other occasions in Italy, where he painted the celebrated portraits which now adorn the Royal Gallery. The pictures thus brought to Madrid aroused boundless admira^ tion and delight, and furnished, especially in their glowing color, models for imitation of which the Spaniards gladly availed themselves. Many journeyed across tlie sierras to study in the same school; while those at home generally adopted more or less of his style. Philip II. was equally appreciative of Titian, and secured his services for the Escurial, that superb palace monastery whose erection was the passion of his reign. Flemish and Italian artists, among whom were Michael Coxie and the eccentric Domenico Theotocopuli, known as " El Greco," labored with assiduity at the pictures and frescoes upon its walls; but the first native genius summoned to assist in the undertaking was Luis Morales, born at Badajoz about 1509, and usually sumamed " The Divine " — wky^ it is difficult to conjecture, unless for the very devout nature of his subjects; certainly not from his treatment of them. He expresses the extreme of religious woe, and the depth of doleful desolation.

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