Identifier: centuryillustratv43n2newy (find matches)
Title: The century illustrated monthly magazine
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: American literature
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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flattering socialattentions. Watteau, Vivien, and the otherleading artists of the day gave her the mostgenerous recognition, and on the 26th of Octo-ber she was received with acclamation as amember of the French Academy. She is de-scribed as forty-five years of age, not beauti-ful, but possessing grace, modesty, and charm,which set off her rare talent. She received moreorders during her Parisian visit than she wasable to execute, and returned to Venice de-lighted with her French experience. Threeexamples of her work are preserved in theLouvre, all portraits of women, displaying greatdelicacy and grace of treatment, but paintedon a rather white and chalky key when com-pared with the glowing carnations of Prudhonand Chardin. Her name Rosalba, white rose,is said to have been a sobriquet given by herfriends, possibly on account of the very light anddelicate tints which she affected. After her returnto Venice her popularity increased. She paintedso many traveling Englishmen that the number
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A VENETIAN LADY OF RANK. PASTEL BY ROSALBA CARRIERA, IN THE DRESDEN GALLERY. 268 THE GOLDEN AGE OF PASTEL. of her works still preserved in England gave riseto the impression that she had visited that coun-try. She is mentioned in Russells work on pas-tel-painting, and Russell was doubtless familiarwith her portraits, perhaps receiving his inspira-tion toward that medium from them. In 1730she was called to the court of Vienna, and theKing of Saxony, Frederick Augustus, acquireda number of her paintings, which are now inthe Dresden Museum. It would be interestingto ascertain whether any pastels of real meritwere produced in Germany before this date.If not, whatever nation may have invented thematerial, to the White Rose of Italy belongsthe honor of the first propagandism of theperfected art. At every station of our pilgrim-age we found some example of her work. In thefascinating Museum of Arts at Dijon—whichhas grown out of the old palace of the Dukesof Burgundy — we discovered four

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