e that a white veil,
which hangs from her shoulder, spreads itself over the right knee.
The chief parts of this figure are scarcely less excellent in
respect of form than of coloring. The head possesses great beauty,
and is replete with natural expression. The fair hair of the
goddess, collected into a braid rolled up at the back of her head,
is entwined by a string of pearls, which, from their whiteness,
give value to the delicate carnation of her figure. She throws her
arms, impassioned, around her lover, who, resting with his right
hand upon his javelin, and holding with the left the traces which
confine his dogs, looks upon her unmoved by her solicitations, and
impatient to repair to the chase. Cupid, meantime, is seen sleeping
at some distance off, under the shadow of a group of lofty trees,
from one of which are suspended his bow and quiver; a truly poetic
thought, by which, it is scarcely necessary to add, the painter
intended to signify that the blandishments and caresses of beauty,
unaided by love, may be exerted in vain. In the coloring, this
picture unites the greatest possible richness and depth of tone,
with that simplicity and sobriety of character which Sir Joshua
Reynolds so strongly recommends in his lectures, as being the best
adapted to the higher kinds of painting. The habit of the goddess,
on which she sits, is of crimson velvet, a little inclining to
purple, and ornamented with an edging of gold lace, which is,
however, so subdued in tone as not to look gaudy, its lining being
of a delicate straw color, touched here and there with a slight
glazing of lake. The dress of Adonis, also, is crimson, but of a
somewhat warmer hue. There is little or no blue in the sky, which
is covered with clouds, and but a small proportion of it on the
distant hills; the effect altogether appearing, to be the result of
a very simple principle of arrangement in the coloring, namely,
that of excluding almost all cold tints from the illuminated parts
of the picture."

TITIAN AND THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.

One of the most pleasant things recorded in the life of Titian, is the
long and intimate friendship that subsisted between him and the great
and good Emperor Charles V., whose name is known in history as one of
the wisest and best sovereigns of Europe. According to Vasa