Ancona. Assumption, 1550; Madonna with Saints (L.).
Asolo. Madonna in Glory, 1506.
Bergamo. Carrara: Marriage of S. Catherine; Predelle.
Lochis: Holy Family and S. Catherine; Predelle; Portrait.
S. Bartolommeo: Altarpiece, 1516.
S. Alessandro in Colonna: Pietà.
S. Bernardino: Altarpiece.
S. Spirito: Altarpiece.
Berlin. Christ taking leave of His Mother; Portraits.
Brescia. Nativity.
Cingoli. S. Domenico: Madonna and Saints and fifteen Small Scenes.
Florence. Uffizi: Holy Family.
London. Hampton Court: Portrait of Andrea Odoni, 1527; Portrait (E.);
Portraits of Agostino and Niccolo della Torre, 1515;
Family Group; Portrait of Prothonotary Giuliano.
Bridgewater House: Madonna and Saints (E.).
Loreto. Palazzo Apostolico: Saints; Nativity; S. Michael and Lucifer
(L.); Presentation (L.); Baptism (L.); Adoration of Magi (L.).
Recanati. Municipio: Altarpiece, 1508; Transfiguration (E.).
S. Maria Sopra Mercanti: Annunciation.
Rome. Villa Borghese: Madonna with S. Onofrio and a Bishop, 1508.
Rospigliosi: Love and Chastity.
Venice. Carmine: S. Nicholas in Glory, 1529.
S. Giacomo dall' Orio: Madonna with Saints, 1546.
SS. Giovanni e Paolo: S. Antonino bestowing Alms, 1542.
Vienna. Santa Conversazione, etc.
CHAPTER XXI
SEBASTIAN DEL PIOMBO
It was very natural that Rome should wish for works of the masters of
the new Venetian School, but the first-rate men were fully employed at
home. All the efforts made to secure Titian failed till nearly the end
of his career. On the other hand, Venice was full of less famous masters
following in Giorgione's steps. When Sebastian Luciani was a young man,
Giorgione was paramount there, and no one could have foretold that his
life would be of such short duration. It was to be expected, therefore,
that a painter who consulted his own interests should leave the city
where he was overshadowed by a great genius and go farther afield. The
influence of the Guilds was withdrawn in the sixteenth century, so that
it was a simpler matter for painters to transfer their talents, and
painting was beginning to appeal strongly to the _dilettanti_, who
rivalled one another in their offers.
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