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Famous paintings

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Contents
The Holy Family, (The Pearl) ... Raphael 1
F. A. Gruyer.
Due Cortigiane Veneziane ... Carpaccio 9
John Ruskin.
The Annunciation ... Crivelli 14
Cosmo Monkhouse.
The Concert ... Giorgione 20
Walter Pater.
St. George And The Dragon... Raphael 34
F. A. Gruyer.
The Holy Family ... Murillo 41
Henry Jouin.
The Sun of Venice Going to Sea ... Turner 47
John Ruskin.
The Columbine ... Luini 51
Marcel Reymond.
The Angel Musicians ... Van Eyck 58
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle.
La Belle Jardiniere ... Raphael 68
F. A. Gruyer.
Innocent X. ... Velasquez 75
Henry Jouin.
Banquet of Arquebusiers ... F. Hals 83
Henry Havard.
The Slave Ship ... Turner 90
John Ruskin.
The Madonna della Sedia ... Raphael 102
F. A. Gruyer.
Portrait of Charles I ... Van Dyck 112
Jules Guiffrey.
The Presentation in the Temple ... Titian 118
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle.
Proserpine ... Rossetti 124
F. G. Stephens.
The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner ... Landseer 130
John Ruskin.
The Virgin of the Fish ... Raphael 134
F. A. Gruyer.
Mrs. Siddons ... Gainsborough 150
Henry Jouin.
The Nativity ... Botticelli 157
Cosmo Monkhouse.
St. George and the Dragon ... Carpaccio 162
James Reddie Anderson.
Portrait of a Tailor ... Moroni 183
I. Cosmo Monkhouse
II. R. N. Wornum
The English Ambassadors ... Carpaccio 187
John Ruskin
The Madonna of the Diadem ... Raphael 203
F. A. Gruyer
Portrait of an Old Woman ... Rembrandt 210
Emile Michel
The Rape of Europa ... Veronese 217
S. A. Ritman.
The Light of the World ... Hunt 224
John Ruskin.
St. Anne ... L. da Vinci 227
F. A. Gruyer.
Tobias and the Angel Raphael ... Perugino 234
Paul Lafond.
Ecce Ancilla Domine ... Rossetti 241
I. John Ruskin.
II. William Sharp.
Cardinal Richelieu ... P. de Champaigne 247
Gustave Larroumet.
The Madonna di Foligno ... Raphael 253
F. A. Gruyer.
Las Meninas ... Velasquez 269
Carl Justi.
The Syndics ... Rembrandt 282
Emile Michel.
The Age of Innocence ... Reynolds 290
I. F. G. Stephens.
II. Anonymous.
Beautiful Women ... Titian 294
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle.
The Crucifixion of Christ ... Rubens 301
Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Parnassus ... Mantegna 305
Jules Guiffrey.
La Notte ... Correggio 319
Theopile Gautier.
OEdipus ... Ingres 319
Charles Blanc.
The Annunciation ... Fra Lippo Lippi 323
Cosmo Monkhouse.
The Cardinal-Prince Ferdinand ... Velasquez 333
Carl Justi.
The Madonna of the Baldaquin ... Raphael 338
F. A. Gruyer
Saint Helena ... Veronese 348
J. Buisson
Monna Lisa ... L. da Vinci 355
Plates
Giorgione, The Concert Frontispiece
SERIES I
Opposite Page 56
Murillo, The Holy Family
Hals, Banquet of the Arquebusiers
Raphael, The Madonna della Sedia
Gainsborough, Mrs. Siddons
Botticelli, The Nativity
Hunt, The Light of the World
Rembrandt, The Syndics
Reynolds, The Age of Innocence
SERIES II
Opposite Page 216
Titian, La Bella
Rubens, The Crucifixion
Correggio, La Notte
Ingres, Oedipus
Velasquez, The Cardinal-Prince Ferdinand
Veronese, Saint Helena
Raphael, The Madonna of the Baldaquin
Da Vinci, Monna Lisa

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OL25889915M
Internet Archive
FamousPaintingsAsSeen
OCLC/WorldCat
610584407

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