Telegram-herald., 1888-04-29


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Dezg.liui paintings But Hosells lslls Us
that &c e4nn,ss rscsiss . lass n1&loa ei pc
lures % reading O. them. W1ss n las
vlii &c oos Way, lei rs call TO niat sonls
OF the copies Of TIE original. First. we see
Lzsiaia in Ale IA yoain Ia tbs Dresden
gallery. A young cir. siih caEllng. o.eade
lair, dressSd in v ate. ho.dsag lan- Again,
2s Salomi st Madrid. Ia bsflin SIS Is de
picisd As q fau gEosns ro30sg yoalg
woman, dressed ia yellosish lowered six,
win slsshed sieesss. caissisd slrils
round hsF saisr. and white
veil hanging from her shoulders. Seen ia
| pT0slis, sle raises with D0sA h2nds. 10 tne
level OF her forehead, a silver dish flied
with iruil and flowers. her head Is throws
back and turned SO as TO ALLOW three-Quar-
! ters OF u 10 DC seen SIZE looks from the
corners of her eyes at the spectator. Auburn
| hair Is carefully Drusned OF the temples
and confined by Jsweled Giadem. aud ths
neck Is set OF vita string OF pearls. TIE
4 whole nguFe expresses onconstralned and
| inD0csnl freedom OF movement aud the
isce is pure aad sweet. How ike the "I.a-
| ysnis' OF the Cooper collccliOn.-in this the
| jewel caskst replaces the fruit. Again we
| see her ia thar well known but strange pic
! ture which commemorates a death ike her
| mothers.
| At times We might almost question the
| existence OF Lssinia beyond the artist >
| Imagination, did We not know 10 y
| certainty that tiny babe, La
vinia. brought Joy to Titisns home,
san Samuelse, Venice. in 1888. Soon
| this Joy gave way 10 sorrow Little LAWN
ia is motheriess. Our sympathy must now
be love for the little ones never TO know a
mother. The great Tiiian was disconsolats
al the death of his wife. and We can see bis
majestic figure bowed with grief in the
midst OF his little motherless family. San
Samuele is dreary and oppressive. and he
takes the Two boys and the Daoe LaYinia 10
his old home. Cadore. away from the pcmp
and glory of Venice, where sounds the
praise OF the divine Titan" He has long
| enjoyed his reputation gained by the "frib-
ute Money" his power Of Initiating nature
and treating detail, aud the Assumption
which placed him NJ the head OF Venitisn
| artists-the friend OF Popes, Emperors. po-
| cts, but he leaves Venice and
| consoles himself with his art in his
old mountain home. A painting OF
this time represents his three little
| children offering flowers 10 an
eathroned Madonna. It is pleasure u
| dwell on the calm scenes OF T;tian's home
life. Rarely does he leave us long to thinS
of his domestic life, for we are drawn away
to find him iawning on the nobility. Bd
here in the home of his childhood, his
| Alpine pountains-here We like TO see hin
nyiug over again his own young life in tbEi
OF his children. Back again in Old Cadore
"A land of gorges and defiles. Of towerin
peaks and raging mountain torrents-in the
wild and picturesque landscape, besutifed
in so many OF his amous paintings few
years sip by and We no longer see tiny
baby in the hillside cottage. But If we wa. L
down toward the village square, there just
ahead of u.s. we see = little child toddling b,
the side of toll majestic man. They ar,
coming toward Us and We recognizes the
face OF little Lavinia. How beautiful, hoN
fondly her father looks on tn,
little one. who dzy by dsy
grows more like his dead Cecilia
and her childish pra,tle-how it please.
him-the little feet are weary. and We car
hear the little Lavinia's English to Us
'I. tired" and then We see her riding OF
shoulder heights up the hillside, and thil
is the last glimpse we nave of little La
vlnia and Titan at Csdore. for soon Titiaf
takes his family to his new home, Bir
Grande. Venice, and here at 10 years o
age we find Lsvinia showing great promise
OF the beauty her father loved TO see upor
his canvas. Her father is now a man OF 63
in position never obtained By any artist
unless it may have been Raphael, or Mich
ael Angelo. Or these, however, the forme
died young, and the latter disdained TIA,
pleasures OF society. while Titan had out
lived the age of youthful enjoyment anc
was the centre of circle which comprises
the rank, the beauty. and genius of Italy
He had rivals in Venice, but none tha
he did not crush by his excellenc
and his knowledge of the world
in converse with gentlemen. A well-knowl
scholar. Priscianese. on a visit from Rom