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tombs, and trophies, and the fituation of antient edifices) 

 ^neas Vico, Bonafone, Georgio Mantuano, and others. 



POXYDORE, a Difciple of Raphael, defigned admirably well 

 as to the practical part, having a particular genius for freezes, 

 as we may fee by thqfe of white and black, which he has 

 painted at Rome. He imitated the Antients, but his manner 

 was greater than that of Julio Romano ; neverthelefs Julio 

 feems to be the truer. Some admirable groups are feen in his 

 works, and fuch as are not elfewhere to be found. He coloured 

 very feldom, and made landfcapes in a tolerably good tafte. 



Gio. BELLING, one of the firft who was of any confidera- 

 tion at Venice, painted very drily, according to the manner 

 of his time. He was very knowing both in Architecture and 

 Perfpective. He was Titian's firft Matter.; which may eafily 

 be obferved in the earlier works of that noble Difciple; in 

 which we may remark that propriety of colours which his 

 Matter has obferved. 



About this time GEORGIONE, the cotemporary of Titian, 

 came to excel in portraits and alfo in greater works. He firft 

 began to make choice of glowing and agreeable colours ; the 

 perfection and entire harmony of which were afterwards to be 

 found in Titian's pictures. He drefled his figures wonderfully 

 well": And it may be truly faid, that but for him, Titian had 

 never arrived to that height of perfection, which proceeded 

 from the rival (hip and jealoufy which prevailed between them. 



TITIAN was one of the geateft colourifts ever known : He 

 defigned with much more eafe and pradice than Georgione. 

 There are to be feen women and children of his hand, which 

 are admirable both for defign and colouring ; the gufto of 

 them is delicate, charming, and noble, with a certain pleafing 

 negligence in the head-drefles, draperies, and ornaments, which 

 are wholly peculiar to himfelf. As for the figures of men, he 



has 



