30/38 709; the Signora Puliciani and her husband, No. 699; a rather crudely coloured Rubens--"Venus and Adonis"-- No. 812; the same artist's "Three Graces," in monochrome, very naked; and some quaint portraits by Lucas Cranach. The head, at any rate, would seem to be very similar to that of which Vasari speaks, painted by Leonardo for a peasant, but retained by his father. Time has dealt hardly with the paint, and one has to study minutely before Medusa's horrors are visible. |