Raphael . LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACKNEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO. ^^^yo. UTAH The plates are printed by Bemrose Dalziel, Ltd., WatfordThe text at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PlateI. Pope Julius II Frontispiece In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence Page 11. The Madonna del Gran Duca... 14 In the Pitti Palace, Florence III. The Madonna della Sedia ... 24 In the Pitti Palace, Florence IV. The Donna Velata 34 In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence V. The Madonna of the Tower ... 40 In the National Gallery, London VI. The Ansidei Madonna . • . 50 In the National Gallery, London VII
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Raphael . LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACKNEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO. ^^^yo. UTAH The plates are printed by Bemrose Dalziel, Ltd., WatfordThe text at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PlateI. Pope Julius II Frontispiece In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence Page 11. The Madonna del Gran Duca... 14 In the Pitti Palace, Florence III. The Madonna della Sedia ... 24 In the Pitti Palace, Florence IV. The Donna Velata 34 In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence V. The Madonna of the Tower ... 40 In the National Gallery, London VI. The Ansidei Madonna . • . 50 In the National Gallery, London VII. Putto with Garland 60 In the Academy of St. Luca, Rome VIIL Portrait of Raphael . .... 70 In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence vu. I and I tell you that to paint one beauti-jtx, f^^ woman, I should need to seeseveral beautiful women, and to haveyou with me to choose the best, wroteRaphael, then at the zenith of his fameand good fortune, to his life-long friendCount Baldassare Castiglione, who — the 10 RAPHAEL ideal courtier himself—has given the worldthat immortal monument of Renaissanceculture, the Book of the Courtien In pen-ning these lines the prince of paintersintended, perhaps, no more than a prettycompliment to one who was himself amodel of courtesy and graceful speech, but the words would gain deep significanceif picture were substituted for woman^and if Castiglione were taken to signifythe personification of intellect and learning.For the beauty of Raphaels art, which inthe course of four centuries has lost noneof its hold upon the admiration of mankind, is distilled from the various elements ofbeauty contained in the art that had gonebefore him and was being created aroundhim; and in choosing the best