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Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)

Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 239

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theyare monstrous; but the small Titian, St. Mark with Sts.Cosmo and Damian, was, when I first saw it, to my judg-ment, by far the first work of Titians in Venice. Ithas since been restored by the Academy, and it seemed tome entirely destroyed, but I had not time to examine itcarefully. At the end… … THE MARRIAGE IN CANA 173 An immense picture, some twenty-five feet long by fifteenhigh, and said by Lazari to be one of the few whichTintoret signed with his name. I am not surprised at hishaving done so in this case. Evidently the work has beena favourite with him, and he has taken as much pains…

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