and writes rhymes, and plays on the
harpsichord. She receives great men without much ceremony, and the
Elector Palatine, the Duke of Mecklenburg, Frederick, King of Norway,
and Maximilian, King of Bavaria, come to her to order miniatures of
their reigning beauties. Then she goes off to Paris where she has plenty
of commissions, and the frequently occurring names of English patrons in
her fragmentary diaries, tell how much her work was admired by English
travellers. She did more than anybody else to promote the fashion for
pastels, and her delightful art may be seen at its best in the pastel
room of the Dresden Gallery.

Henrietta, Countess of Pomfret, has left us a charming description of a
party of English travellers, which included Horace Walpole, arriving in
Venice in 1741, strolling about in mask and _bauta_, and visiting the
famous pastellist in her studio. It is in such guise that Rosalba has
painted Walpole, and has left one of the most interesting examples of
her art.

SOME EXAMPLES

_Francesco da Ponte._

Venice. Ducal Palace: Sala del Maggior Consiglio. Four pictures on
ceiling (second from the four corners of the sala). On left
as you face the Paradiso: 1. Pope Alexander III. giving the
Stocco, or Sword, to the Doge as he enters a Galley to
command the Army against Ferrara; 2. Victory against the
Milanese; 3. Victory against Imperial Troops at Cadore;
4. Victory under Carmagnola, over Visconti. These four are
all very rich in colour.
Chiesetta: Circumcision; Way to Calvary.
Sala dell' Scrutino: Padua taken by Night from the Carraresi.

_Leandro da Ponte._

Venice. Sala del Maggior Consiglio: The Patriarch giving a
Blessed Candle to the Doge.
Sala of Council of Ten: Meeting of Alexander III. and Doge
Ziani. A fine decorative picture, running the whole of one
side of the sala.
Sala of Archeological Museum: Virgin in Glory, with the
Avogadori Family.

_Palma Giovine._

Dresden. Presentation of the Virgin.
Florence. Uffizi: S. Margaret.
Munich. Deposition; Nativity; Ecce Homo; Flagellation.
Venice. Academy: Scenes from the Apocalypse; S. Francis.
Ducal Palace: The Last Judgment.
Vienna. Cain and Abel; Daughter of Herodias; Pieta;
Immaculate Conception.

_Il Pa