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Shepherd with Pipe.
From the Painting by Giorgione, at Hampton Court.
THE VENETIAN PAINTERS
OF
THE RENAISSANCE
WITH AN INDEX TO THEIR WORKS
BY
BERNHARD BERENSON
author of "florentine painters of the renaissance,"
"central italian painters of the renaissance."
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THIRD EDITION
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G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
copyright, 1894
by
g. p. putnam's sons
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
By G. P. Putnam's Sons
Made in the United States of America
| NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. NOTE TO THIRD EDITION. PREFACE. CONTENTS. THE VENETIAN PAINTERS OF THE RENAISSANCE INDEX TO THE WORKS OF THE PRINCIPAL VENETIAN PAINTERS. INDEX OF PLACES. |
NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The indices of this second edition have been carefully revised, and aconsiderable number of additions have been made to the lists.
The author begs once more to call attention to the fact that, with oneor two exceptions, he has mentioned no pictures that he has not seen.The lists are the result, not of compilation, but of first-handacquaintance with the works of art.
NOTE TO THIRD EDITION.
In this edition changes have been made in the numbering of the Veniceand Vienna Galleries, as well as of some minor collections, tocorrespond to recent rehanging. Many other alterations have beenrequired by the breaking up of private collections. In several instancesit has been impossible to trace pictures to their new homes, and of suchthe more important remain under the names of their former owners. To thelists of painters have been added Beccaruzzi, Caprioli, PolidoroLanzani, Rocco Marconi, Andrea Schiavone, and Girolamo da Treviso,artists important enough to be missed, but of merit so unequal that onlytheir more interesting works are here given. But the bulk of newadditions, amounting to a third as much again as was comprised in thelast edition, is of pictures in the various provincial galleries andprivate collections of Great Britain, France, and Germany.
The author takes great pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to Mr.Herbert F. Cook for invaluable aid in visiting some of the almostnumberless British collections.
PREFACE.
The following essay owes its origin to the author's belief that Venetianpainting is the most complete expression in art of the ItalianRenaissance. The Renaissance is even more important typically thanhistorically. Historically it may be looked upon as an age of glory orof shame according to the diffe