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to wish to join in the dance in front of Mars and 

 Venus. 



Truly magnificent even in their present repainted 

 state are the five scenes from the Triumph of Julius 

 Ccssar, at Hampton Court, originally painted in tempera 

 for the Ducal Court at Mantua. 



The elephants are very plainly African ; they have 

 large ears, and the extremity of the trunk is without the 

 long upper finger of the Asiatic species. The Eastern 

 sheep which we saw in the Basaiti picture also appear, 

 and the smooth white bull with pendulous neck. 



Like the religious Rappresentazione, the Trion/o was 

 not a matter of imagination only. Mantegna had seen 

 with his own eyes these processions, which the greatest 

 painters and most learned scholars of the day combined 

 to arrange. They gradually took the place of the 

 religious ones as the Renaissance grew to its full de- 

 velopment. The sculptures of the Arch of Titus and 

 similar remains of Roman greatness formed their ground- 

 work ; for in that country, amongst the ancient monu- 

 ments, with fresh antiquities constantly being unearthed, 

 literature was not the only means by which the classical 

 tradition was continued. 



The paintings in the Camera dei Sposi, Castello 



di Corte, Mantua, are of a processional nature, though 



not after this classic model. 



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