Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 · London : G. Bell · leaf 222
t attribution by the authorities of theNational Gallery.^ Delightful as is Mr. Heseltines Holy Family, it is even surpassed by Lord Brown-lows Nativity (No. 251, ascribed to GiovanniBellini). Few pictures of the Venetian school have amore idyllic charm and loveliness ; few are executedwith greater… … ■ ^ VENETIAN PAINTING 133 The kneeling shepherd is a Venetian gentleman ofalmost Lottesque refinement. There can be no doubtwhatever that this Nativity is by Catena. TheVirgin, whose drapery, by the way, is most character-istic of the master, is of the type of the St. Christina inCatenas…
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