Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers,
Sculptors
by Shearjashub
Spooner

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Title: Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and
Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)
Author: Shearjashub Spooner
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ANECDOTES OF PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS Sculptors and
Architects, AND CURIOSITIES OF ART.
BY S. SPOONER, M.D., AUTHOR OF "A BIOGRAPHICAL
HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS."
IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II.
NEW YORK: R. WORTHINGTON, PUBLISHER, 770 Broadway.

COPYRIGHT, S. SPOONER, 1853.
Reëntered, G. B., 1880.

CONTENTS.
Titian--Sketch of his Life, 1 Titian's Manners, 5 Titian's Works, 6
Titian's Imitators, 7 Titian's Venus and Adonis, 8 Titian and the
Emperor Charles V., 10 Titian and Philip II., 13 Titian's Last Supper
and El Mudo, 14 Titian's Old Age, 15 Monument to Titian, 15 Horace
Vernet, 16 The Colosseum, 29 Nineveh and its Remains, 34
Description of a Palace Exhumed at Nimroud, 37 Origin and Antiquity
of the Arch, 41 Antiquities of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiæ, 43
Ancient Fresco and Mosaic Painting, 55 Mosaic of the Battle of Platæa,
55 The Aldobrandini Wedding, 56 The Portland Vase, 56 Ancient
Pictures on Glass, 58 Henry Fuseli; his Birth, 59 Fuseli's early Love of
Art, 59 Fuseli's Literary and Poetical Taste, 60 Fuseli, Lavater, and the
Unjust Magistrate, 61 Fuseli's Travels and his Literary Distinction, 62
Fuseli's Arrival in London, 63 Fuseli's change from Literature to
Painting, 63 Fuseli's Sojourn in Italy, 65 Fuseli's Nightmare, 66 Fuseli's
OEdipus and his Daughters, 66 Fuseli and the Shakspeare Gallery, 67
Fuseli's "Hamlet's Ghost," 68 Fuseli's Titania, 69 Fuseli's Election as a
Royal Academician, 70 Fuseli and Horace Walpole, 71 Fuseli and the
Banker Coutts, 72 Fuseli and Professor Porson, 73 Fuseli's method of

giving vent to his Passion, 73 Fuseli's Love for Terrific Subjects, 73
Fuseli's and Lawrence's Pictures from the "Tempest," 74 Fuseli's
estimate of Reynolds' Abilities in Historical Painting, 75 Fuseli and
Lawrence, 75 Fuseli as Keeper of the Royal Academy, 76 Fuseli's Jests
and Oddities with the Students of the Academy, 77 Fuseli's Sarcasms
on Northcote, 78 Fuseli's Sarcasms on various rival Artists, 79 Fuseli's
Retorts, 80 Fuseli's Suggestion of an Emblem of Eternity, 82 Fuseli's
Retort in Mr. Coutts' Banking House, 82 Fuseli's Sarcasms on
Landscape and Portrait Painters, 83 Fuseli's Opinion of his own
Attainment of Happiness, 84 Fuseli's Private Habits, 84 Fuseli's Wife's
method of Curing his fits of Despondency, 85 Fuseli's Personal
Appearance, his Sarcastic Disposition, and Quick Temper, 86 Fuseli's
near Sight, 87 Fuseli's Popularity, 88 Fuseli's Artistic Merits, 88
Fuseli's Milton Gallery, the Character of his Works, and the
Permanency of his Fame, 89 Salvator Rosa, 91 Salvator Rosa and Cav.
Lanfranco, 91 Salvator Rosa at Rome and Florence, 92 Salvator Rosa's
Return to Rome, 93 Salvator Rosa's Subjects, 93 Flagellation of
Salvator Rosa, 95 Salvator Rosa and the Higgling Prince, 96 Salvator
Rosa's Opinion of his own Works, 98 Salvator Rosa's Banditti, 98
Salvator Rosa and Massaniello, 100 Salvator Rosa and Cardinal Sforza,
100 Salvator Rosa's Manifesto Concerning his Satirical Picture, La
Fortuna, 101 Salvator Rosa's Banishment from Rome, 102 Salvator
Rosa's Wit, 103 Salvator Rosa's Reception at Florence, 103 Histrionic
Powers of Salvator Rosa, 104 Salvator Rosa's Reception at the Palazzo
Pitti, 105 Satires of Salvator Rosa, 105 Salvator Rosa's Harpsichord,
106 Rare Portrait by Salvator Rosa, 106 Salvator Rosa's Return to
Rome, 109 Salvator Rosa's Love of Magnificence, 109 Salvator Rosa's
Last Works, 111 Salvator Rosa's Desire to be Considered an Historical
Painter, 112 Don Mario Ghigi, his Physician, and Salvator Rosa, 113
Death of Salvator Rosa, 115 Domenichino, 121 The Dulness of
Domenichino in Youth, 121 Domenichino's Scourging of St. Andrew,
123 The Communion of St. Jerome, 124 Domenichino's Enemies at
Rome, 125 Decision of Posterity on the Merits of Domenichino, 126
Proof of the Merits of Domenichino, 127 Domenichino's Caricatures,
127 Intrigues of the Neapolitan Triumvirate of Painters, 128 Giuseppe
Ribera, called Il Spagnoletto--his early Poverty and Industry, 133
Ribera's Marriage, 134 Ribera's Rise to Eminence, 135 Ribera's

Discovery of the Philosopher's Stone, 135 Ribera's Subjects, 136
Ribera's Disposition, 137 Singular Pictorial Illusions, 137 Raffaelle's
Skill in Portraits, 138 Jacopo da Ponte, 139 Giovanni Rosa, 139 Cav.
Giovanni Centarini, 139 Guercino's Power of Relief, 140 Bernazzano,
140 Invention of