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Excerpt from Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, Vol. 2 On the death of Giorgione, Titian rose rapidly into favor. He was soon afterwards invited to the court Of Alphonso, Duke of Ferrara, for whom he painted his celebrated picture Of Bacchus and Ari adne, and two other fabulous subjects, which still retain somewhat Of the style of Giorgione. It was there that he became acquainted with Ariosto, whose portrait he painted, and in return the poet spread abroad his fame in the Orlando Furioso. In 1523, the Senate Of Venice employed him to decorate the Hall of the Council Chamber, where he represented the famous Battle of Cadore, be tween the Venetians and the Imperialists - a grand performance, that greatly increased his reputation. This work was afterwards destroyed by fire, but the composition has been preserved by the burin Of Fontana. His next performance was his cele brated picture of St. Pietro Martire, in the church of ss. Giovanni e Paolo, at Venice, which is gene rally regarded as his master-piece in historical paint. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.