ANIMAL LIFE IN ITALIAN -PAINTING 



to show any energetic disapproval. A little dog, half 

 smooth like a poodle, and a rat observe each other with 

 caution. A small bear, tied by a red cord to a ring in 

 a pillar, sits sucking a fruit, and there are also about 

 twenty dogs, two camels ridden respectively by a falcon 

 and a monkey, two monkeys chained by the middle, a 

 flock of sheep, a bird on the back of a horse, two hawks 

 pursuing smaller birds, and another peacock. The 

 whole series, charming artistically, though curiously 

 wanting in colour, deserves the naturalist's careful study. 

 Raphael, It is known from Raphael's sketch-books that he 



1483-1520 studied eagerly the horses of Leonardo, and those of 

 SL George in the Louvre and at St. Petersburg show the 

 influence of the master. In his later work it is not 

 always possible to trace the detail to his own hand. As 

 commissions crowded upon him he employed many 

 assistants, especially for such designs as those in the 

 Loggie of the Vatican, painted, no doubt, with reference 

 to the tastes of that devotee of the chase, Leo X. 

 What a medley is the Creation of the Animals — 

 elephants, a lion, stags, a horse, an ox, a mule, a camel, 

 a giraffe, an ape, storks, a peacock, a duck, a hawk, 

 several kinds of snails, and a unicorn ! Many animals 

 appear also in a Bacchanalian Scene (Dresden) painted 

 from his designs by Garofalo. Amongst others are an 

 elephant, camels, and leopards. 



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