passed, but it was only in 1850 that the brothers de Goncourt, writing on art, revived consideration for the painter of a bygone generation. Many of his works are in private collections, especially in England, but few are in public galleries. The National Gallery is fortunate in possessing several excellent examples. [Illustration: _Pietro Longhi._ VISIT TO THE FORTUNE-TELLER. _London._ (_Photo, Hanfstängl._)] PRINCIPAL WORKS Bergamo. Lochis: At the Gaming Table; Taking Coffee. Baglioni: The Festival of the Padrona. Dresden. Portrait of a Lady. Hampton Court. Three genre-pictures. London. Visit to a Circus; Visit to a Fortune-Teller; Portrait. Mond Collection: Card party; Portrait. Venice. Academy: Six genre-paintings. Correr Museum: Eleven paintings of Venetian life; Portrait of Goldoni. Palazzo Grassi: Frescoes; Scenes of fashionable life. Quirini-Stampalia: Eight paintings; Portraits. CHAPTER XXXI CANALE While Piazetta and Tiepolo were proving themselves the inheritors of the great school of decorators, Venice herself was finding her chroniclers, and a school of landscape arose, of which Canale was the foremost member. Giovanni Antonio Canale was born in Venice in 1697, the same year as Tiepolo. His father earned his living at the profession, lucrative enough just then, of scene-painting, and Antonio learned to handle his brush, working at his side. In 1719 he went off to seek his fortune in Rome, and though he was obliged to help out his resources by his early trade, he was most concerned in the study of architecture, ancient and modern. Rome spoke to him through the eye, by the picturesque masses of stonework, the warm harmonious tones of classic remains and the effects of light upon them. He painted almost entirely out-of-doors, and has left many examples drawn from the ruins. His success in Rome was not remarkable, and he was still a very young man when he retraced his steps. On regaining his native town, he realised for the first time the beauty of its canals and palaces, and he never again wavered in his allegiance.