The Palace and Park: Its Natural History, and Its Portrait Gallery, Together with a Description of the Pompeian CourtLatham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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The Palace and Park: Its Natural History, and Its Portrait Gallery, Together with a Description of the Pompeian Court
Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England)
We now pass out through the doorway under the Nymph of Fontainebleau,
and enter a vestibule in the Renaissance style. Here, on the ceiling, is
a copy of a painting from the Sala del Cambio (Exchange) at Perugia, in
Italy, by Perugino, the master of Raffaelle, who assisted Perugino in
the work. The painting represents the Seven Planets, with Apollo in the
centre, as the personification of the Sun. The wall of the Renaissance
Court to the left of the entrance is decorated with arches, and a frieze
from the terra-cotta originals in the Certosa; the singing boys in the
frieze are of great merit. The bronze monument in the centre of this
wall is that of Lewis of Bavaria, a very interesting example of late
German Gothic, remarkable for the finish of its details. In the centre
of the gallery are placed Germain Pilon’s “Graces,” a charming example
of the French school of sculpture. The four angles under the Perugia
ceiling are occupied by four statues, also by Pilon; these statues are
all now in the Louvre, and the very remarkable bronze monumental effigy
in the centre, against the garden, is from the Museum at Florence; it is
ascribed to Vecchietta of Sienna. On either side of the doorway are
parts of Goujon’s doors from St. Maclou, at Rouen.
On the back wall, to the right of the doorway, are richly ornamented
arches, from the large cloisters in terra-cotta of the Certosa, and also
bas-reliefs and specimens of the Renaissance style from various parts of
Italy. The central monument of Bernard von Gablenz is an exceedingly
fine example of the style as practised in Germany, at the close of the
16th century. After examining these objects, we turn into the narrow
court adjoining the Renaissance Court, and find ourselves in
THE ELIZABETHAN COURT.
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