aints.
Lochis: Woman and Shepherd; Portraits; Saints.
Morelli: Madonna (L.).
Roncalli Collection: Family Group.
Hampton Court. Adoration of Shepherds (L.); Venus (L.).
London. Death of S. Peter Martyr (L.); Madonna and Saints (L.).
Milan. Brera: Madonna and Saints (L.); Madonna (L.).
Ambrosiana: Way to Golgotha.
Paris. Madonna, Saints, and Donor (E.); Holy Family and Saints.
Rome. Villa Borghese: Sleeping Venus; Madonna and S. Peter.
Venice. Holy Family; Portraits.
Vienna. Christ bearing Cross; The "Bravo."

_School of Giorgione._

London. Unknown subject; Adoration of Shepherds; Venus and Adonis;
Landscape, with Nymphs and Cupids; The Garden of Love.
Mr. Benson. Lovers and Pilgrim.

CHAPTER XVII

TITIAN

The mountains of Cadore are not always visible from Venice, but there
they lie, behind the mists, and in the clear shining after rain, in the
golden eventide of autumn, and on steel-cold winter days they stand out,
lapis-lazuli blue or deep purple, or, like Shelley's enchanted peaks, in
sharp-cut, beautiful shapes rising above billowy slopes. Cadore is a
land of rich chestnut woods, of leaping streams, of gleams and glooms,
sudden storms and bursts of sunshine. It is an order of scenery which
enters deep into the affections of its sons, and we can form some idea
of the hold its mingling of wild poetry and sensuous softness obtained
over the mind of Titian from the fact that in after years, while he
never exerts himself to paint the city in which he lived and in which
all his greatest triumphs were gained, he is uniformly constant to his
mountain home, enters into its spirit and interprets its charm with warm
and penetrating insight.

The district formed part of the dependencies of the great republic, and
relied upon Venice for its safety, its distinction, and in great measure
for its employment. The small craftsmen and artists from all the country
round looked forward to going down to seek their fortune at her hands.
They tacked the name of their native town to their own name, and were
drawn into the magnificent life of the city of the sea, and came back
from time to time with stories of her art, her power, and beauty.

The Vecelli had for generations held honourable posts in Cadore. The
father and grandfather of the young Tiziano were influential men, and
with his brother and sisters he must have been brought up in