Chapter I: Front Matter

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MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY
T. LEMAN HARE

TINTORETTO

IN THE SAME SERIES

ARTIST. AUTHOR.

VELAZQUEZ. S. L. BENSUSAN.
REYNOLDS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
TURNER. C. LEWIS HIND.
ROMNEY. C. LEWIS HIND.
GREUZE. ALYS EYRE MACKLIN.
BOTTICELLI. HENRY B. BINNS.
ROSSETTI. LUCIEN PISSARRO.
BELLINI. GEORGE HAY.
FRA ANGELICO. JAMES MASON.
REMBRANDT. JOSEF ISRAELS.
LEIGHTON. A. LYS BALDRY.
RAPHAEL. PAUL G. KONODY.
HOLMAN HUNT. MARY E. COLERIDGE.
TITIAN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
MILLAIS. A. LYS BALDRY.
CARLO DOLCI. GEORGE HAY.
GAINSBOROUGH. MAX ROTHSCHILD.
TINTORETTO. S. L. BENSUSAN.

_In Preparation_

VAN DYCK. PERCY M. TURNER.
FRANZ HALS. T. E. STALEY.
WHISTLER. J. MARTIN WOOD.
LEONARDO DA VINCI. M. W. BROCKWELL.
RUBENS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
BURNE-JONES. A. LYS BALDRY.
J. F. MILLET. PERCY M. TURNER.
LUINI. JAMES MASON.
CHARDIN. PAUL G. KONODY.
FRAGONARD. HALDANE M'FALL.
HOLBEIN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
BOUCHER. HALDANE M'FALL.
VIG√ČE LE BRUN. HALDANE M'FALL.
WATTEAU. LEWIS HIND.
MURILLO. S. L. BENSUSAN.

AND OTHERS.

This portrait (note the Maltese crosses on the cloak) is a splendid example of Tintoretto's gifts as a portrait painter. It should be remembered that three or four hundred years have helped the restorer's arts to spoil much of the painter's work.]

TINTORETTO

BY S. L. BENSUSAN

ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.

CONTENTS

I. 9

II. 32

III. 68

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate
I. A Knight Of Malta Frontispiece
From Hampton Court

Page
II. The Doge Alvise Mocenigo 14
In the Venetian Academy

III. The origin of "The Milky Way" 24
In the National Gallery

IV. St. George and the Dragon 34
In the National Gallery

V. The Procurator Battista Morosini 40
In the Venetian Academy

VI. Queen Esther Fainting before Ahasuerus 50
In Hampton Court Palace

VII. The Risen Christ blessing three Senators 60
In the Venetian Academy

VIII. Adam and Eve 70
In the Venetian Academy