Chapter II: Introduction: 1

EARLY SIENESE SCHOOL 15
DUCCIO’S FOLLOWERS 16

THE FLORENTINE SCHOOL 19
THE GIOTTESQUES 20
FRA ANGELICO 23
PAOLO UCCELLO 26
THE GOLDSMITH PAINTERS 32
LEONARDO DA VINCI 34
MONA LISA 36
BOTTICELLI 39
ALBERTINELLI 43
ANDREA DEL SARTO 45

THE LATER SIENESE SCHOOL 49

THE UMBRIAN SCHOOL 53
PERUGINO 54
RAPHAEL 56

THE VENETIAN SCHOOL 61
THE BELLINI 62
GIORGIONE 66
TITIAN 68
TITIAN’S FOLLOWERS 72
PAOLO VERONESE 74

THE PADUAN SCHOOL 79
ANDREA MANTEGNA 80

THE SCHOOL OF VERONA 85

THE SCHOOL OF FERRARA 89

THE SCHOOL OF MILAN 93
ANDREA SOLARIO 95
BERNARDINO LUINI 96

THE SCHOOL OF LOMBARDY 99

THE SCHOOL OF FERRARA-BOLOGNA 101

THE SCHOOL OF CREMONA 103

THE SCHOOL OF BRESCIA 105

THE SCHOOL OF MODENA 107

THE SCHOOL OF VICENZA 109

THE SCHOOL OF VERCELLI 111

THE SCHOOL OF PARMA 113

THE SCHOOL OF BOLOGNA 115

THE DECADENT SCHOOLS 117
THE “MANNERISTS” 117
THE “ECLECTICS” 118
THE “NATURALISTS” 120

THE EARLY FLEMISH SCHOOL 123
JAN VAN EYCK 124
THE SCHOOL OF TOURNAI 124
HANS MEMLINC 125
MEMLINC’S “VIRGIN AND CHILD, WITH DONORS” 127
GERARD DAVID 128
HIERONYMUS BOSCH 130
THE ANTWERP SCHOOL 131
BAREND VAN ORLEY 133

THE LATE FLEMISH SCHOOL 135
PIETER BRUEGHEL 136
JAN BRUEGHEL 137
THE FRANCK FAMILY 138
PETER PAUL RUBENS 139
RUBENS AT ANTWERP 140
THE MÉDICIS SERIES 142
MÉDICIS PORTRAITS 143
LATE WORKS BY RUBENS 145
ANTHONY VAN DYCK 146
VAN DYCK’S SECOND ANTWERP PERIOD 147
“LE ROI À LA CHASSE” 148
FRANS SNYDERS 149
JACOB JORDAENS 150
FOLLOWERS OF RUBENS 151
ADRIAEN BROUWER 152
DAVID TENIERS 153
PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE 155
VAN DER MEULEN 156
MINOR FLEMISH PAINTERS 156

THE GERMAN SCHOOL 159
“THE MASTER OF THE BARTHOLOMEW ALTAR” 159
COLOGNE PAINTERS 160
ALBRECHT DÜRER 161
DÜRER’S FOLLOWERS 162
LUCAS CRANACH 162
HANS HOLBEIN 163
THE KRATZER PORTRAIT 164
PORTRAIT OF ANNE OF CLEVES 166
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 167
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 167

THE SPANISH SCHOOL 171
LUIS DE DALMAU 171
LUIS MORALES 172
EL GRECO 173
THE SCHOOL OF SEVILLE 175
ZURBARÁN 176
RIBERA 177
VELAZQUEZ 179
THE INFANTA 181
MARIANA OF AUSTRIA 182
COPIES AND SCHOOL PICTURES 183
THE “MEETING OF THIRTEEN PEOPLE” 184
MURILLO 185
“THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION” 186
“THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN” 187
“THE ANGELS’ KITCHEN” 188
THE SCHOOL OF MADRID 189
GOYA 191

THE DUTCH SCHOOL 193
GERARD OF HAARLEM 193
SIR ANTONIS MOR 195
SPANISH OPPRESSION 196
HISTORY AND PORTRAIT PAINTERS 197
CORNELIS JANSSEN 198
FRANS HALS 198
DUTCH INDEPENDENCE 201
REMBRANDT 201
THE PUPILS OF REMBRANDT 205
VAN DER HELST 205
GENRE PAINTERS 207
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 207
GERARD DOU 208
DOU’S PUPILS 210
GERARD TERBORCH 211
JAN STEEN 212
PIETER DE HOOCH 213
NICOLAS MAES 214
GABRIEL METSU 215
LANDSCAPE PAINTERS 216
AELBERT CUYP 217
JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 218
HOBBEMA 219
PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 219
THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE 220
ARCHITECTURAL PAINTERS 221
MARINE PAINTERS 222
STILL-LIFE PAINTERS 223
THE DECLINE 224

THE EARLY FRENCH SCHOOL 227
THE MAÎTRE DE MOULINS 228
THE DE SOMZÉE “MAGDALEN” 230
JEAN FOUQUET 231
NICOLAS FROMENT 232

THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL 235
JEAN CLOUET’S DRAWINGS 235
FRANÇOIS CLOUET 237
CORNEILLE DE LYON 238
THE SCHOOL OF FONTAINEBLEAU 239
JEAN COUSIN 240

THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL 243
THE BROTHERS LE NAIN 244
NICOLAS POUSSIN 245
CLAUDE LORRAIN 247
LE SUEUR 248
CHARLES LE BRUN 249
PIERRE MIGNARD 250
LE BRUN’S FOLLOWERS 251
BATTLE PAINTERS 253
JEAN JOUVENET 253
THE PORTRAIT PAINTERS 254
LANDSCAPE PAINTERS 257
DESPORTES 258

THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL 259
GENRE PAINTERS 259
RAOUX AND DE TROY 260
WATTEAU 261
THE WATTEAUS IN THE LA CAZE GALLERY 263
WATTEAU’S FOLLOWERS 263
THE VAN LOO FAMILY 264
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER 265
SIMÉON CHARDIN 267
FRAGONARD 268
GREUZE 269
PORTRAIT PAINTERS 270
TOCQUÉ, VESTIER, AND LÉPICIÉ 270
MME. VIGÉE LE BRUN 272
JOSEPH VERNET 273
HUBERT ROBERT 273
JACQUES LOUIS DAVID 275
THE “CORONATION” PICTURE 276
BARON GÉRARD 277
BARON GROS 278
PIERRE PRUD’HON 278

THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL 279
GÉRICAULT 279
DELACROIX 280
DELACROIX’S ORIENTAL PICTURES 282
INGRES 283
DELAROCHE AND SCHEFFER 285
DECAMPS 286
THE ORIENTALISTS 287
REGNAULT 288
ACADEMIC PAINTERS 288
MICHEL AND HUET 289
THE BARBIZON SCHOOL 290
COROT 290
T. ROUSSEAU 292
C. TROYON 293
J. DUPRÉ 293
DIAZ 294
DAUBIGNY 295
MILLET 296
DAUMIER 298
COURBET 298
MEISSONIER 299
RICARD 300
MANET 301

THE BRITISH SCHOOL 303
CONSTABLE AND HIS IMITATORS 303
BONINGTON 305
RAEBURN 306
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE 306
OTHER PORTRAIT PAINTERS 307

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

NO. | ITALIAN SCHOOLS | PLATE | PAGE
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1601 | LEONARDO DA VINCI— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF MONA LISA_ (_LA JOCONDE_) | IV |_Frontispiece_
| | |
1383 | SIMONE MARTINI— | |
| _CHRIST BEARING HIS CROSS_ | I | 16
| | |
1344 | FRA FILIPPO LIPPI— | |
| _MADONNA AND CHILD, WITH ANGELS, AND TWO_ | II | 28
| _ABBOTS_ | |
| | |
1322 | DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF AN OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON_ | |
| (“_THE BOTTLE-NOSED MAN_”) | III | 32
| | |
1297 | BOTTICELLI— | |
| _GIOVANNA DEGLI ALBIZZI AND THE THREE GRACES_| V | 40
| | |
1566A| PERUGINO— | |
| _ST. SEBASTIAN_ | VI | 56
| | |
1496 | RAPHAEL— | |
| _LA BELLE JARDINIÈRE_ | VII | 58
| | |
1505 | RAPHAEL— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE_ | VIII | 60
| | |
1134 | ANTONELLO DA MESSINA— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF A CONDOTTIERE_ | IX | 64
| | |
1136 | GIORGIONE— | |
| _PASTORAL SYMPHONY_ | X | 66
| | |
1399 | PALMA VECCHIO— | |
| _THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS, WITH A_ | |
| _FEMALE DONOR_ | XI | 68
| | |
1592 | TITIAN— | |
| _THE MAN WITH A GLOVE_ | XII | 70
| | |
1584 | TITIAN— | |
| _THE ENTOMBMENT_ | XIII | 74
| | |
1375 | ANDREA MANTEGNA— | |
| _PARNASSUS_ | XIV | 80
| | |
1117 | CORREGGIO— | |
| _THE MYSTIC MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE_ | XV | 112
| | |
| | |
| FLEMISH SCHOOL | |
| | |
1986 | JAN VAN EYCK— | |
| _THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, AND THE CHANCELLOR_ | |
| _ROLIN_ | XVI | 122
| | |
[1] | HANS MEMLINC— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADY_ | XVII | 128
| | |
1957 | GERARD DAVID— | |
| _THE MARRIAGE AT CANA_ | XVIII | 130
| | |
2029 | QUENTIN MATSYS- | |
| _THE BANKER AND HIS WIFE_ | XIX | 132
| | |
1997 | JAN MABUSE— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF JEAN CARONDELET_ | XX | 134
| | |
2093 | RUBENS— | |
| _HENRY IV. LEAVES FOR THE WARS_ | XXI | 144
| | |
2113 | RUBENS— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF HÉLÈNE FOURMENT AND TWO OF HER_ | |
| _CHILDREN_ | XXII | 146
| | |
1967 | VAN DYCK— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF CHARLES I. OF ENGLAND_ | XXIII | 148
| | |
| | |
| GERMAN SCHOOL | |
| | |
2715 | HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF ERASMUS_ | XXIV | 164
| | |
| | |
| SPANISH SCHOOL | |
| | |
1731 | VELAZQUEZ— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF THE INFANTA MARGARITA_ | XXV | 180
| | |
1709 | MURILLO— | |
| _THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION_ | XXVI | 186
| | |
| | |
| DUTCH SCHOOL | |
| | |
2384 | FRANS HALS— | |
| _THE GIPSY GIRL_ | XXVII | 198
| | |
2385 | FRANS HALS— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN BLACK_ |XXVIII | 200
| | |
2539 | REMBRANDT— | |
| _THE PILGRIMS AT EMMAUS_ | XXIX | 202
| | |
2547 | REMBRANDT— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF HENDRICKJE STOFFELS_ | XXX | 204
| | |
2394 | VAN DER HELST— | |
| _THE SHOOTING PRIZE_ | XXXI | 206
| | |
2348 | GERARD DOU— | |
| _THE DROPSICAL WOMAN_ | XXXII | 208
| | |
2589 | TERBORCH— | |
| _THE CONCERT_ |XXXIII | 210
| | |
2580 | JAN STEEN— | |
| _BAD COMPANY_ | XXXIV | 212
| | |
2415 | PIETER DE HOOCH— | |
| _DUTCH INTERIOR, WITH A LADY PLAYING CARDS_ | XXXV | 214
| | |
2456 | JAN VER MEER— | |
| _THE LACE-MAKER_ | XXXVI | 216
| | |
| | |
| FRENCH SCHOOL | |
| | |
734 | NICOLAS POUSSIN— | |
| _THE SHEPHERDS IN ARCADIA_ |XXXVII | 246
| | |
317 | CLAUDE— | |
| _VIEW OF A SEAPORT_ |XXXVIII| 248
| | |
982 | WATTEAU— | |
| _THE EMBARKATION FOR THE ISLAND OF CYTHERA_ | XXXIX | 262
| | |
36 | BOUCHER— | |
| _VULCAN PRESENTING ARMS TO VENUS_ | XL | 266
| | |
92 | CHARDIN— | |
| _GRACE BEFORE MEAT_ | XLI | 268
| | |
291 | FRAGONARD— | |
| _THE MUSIC LESSON_ | XLII | 270
| | |
372 | GREUZE— | |
| _THE BROKEN PITCHER_ | XLIII | 272
| | |
522 | MME. VIGÉE LE BRUN— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AND HER DAUGHTER_ | XLIV | 274
| | |
199 | DAVID— | |
| _PORTRAIT OF MME. RÉCAMIER_ | XLV | 276
| | |
338 | GÉRICAULT— | |
| _THE RAFT OF THE “MEDUSA”_ | XLVI | 280
| | |
207 | DELACROIX— | |
| _DANTE AND VIRGIL_ | XLVII | 282
| | |
422 | INGRES— | |
| _THE SPRING_ |XLVIII | 284
| | |
2801 | COROT— | |
| _THE DELL_ | XLIX | 292
| | |
2867 | DUPRÉ— | |
| _THE POND_ | L | 294
| | |
2818 | DAUBIGNY— | |
| _THE WEIR GATE AT OPTEVOZ_ | LI | 296
| | |
644 | MILLET— | |
| _WOMEN GLEANING_ | LII | 298
| | |
613A| MANET— | |
| _OLYMPIA_ | LIII | 302
| | |
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| ENGLISH SCHOOL | |
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1809 | CONSTABLE— | |
| _HAMPSTEAD HEATH_ | LIV | 304

[1] This picture has not yet received an official number.