Annals of the Artists of Spain Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...and invited to Spain, in 1534, by Charles V., whom he accompanied in the expedition to Tunis, of which he preserved some scenes, afterwards transferred to Brussels tapestries. He likewise followed the court to Italy, Germany, and Flanders; and having exercised his art with honour and profit, he died in 1559 at Brussels, and was buried in the Church of St. George, beneath an epitaph of his own writing. The sources whence he drew his early instruction in painting are unknown; but he excelled in several branches; in portraiture, landscape, and in sacred subjects. The Palace of the Pardo was adorned with a number of his pictures;--eight pieces representing Imperial progresses in Germany, and views of Madrid, Valladolid, Naples, and London, all of which perished in the fire of 1608. Vermeyen was a special favourite of Charles V., who ordered his bust to be executed in marble "for the sake of the gravity and nobleness of his countenance." He was still more remarkable for the length of his beard, which gained him the name of " el Barbudo," or "Barbalonga," and very justly, if it be true, that although the wearer of this superb specimen was a tall man, the Emperor, when in a playful mood, used to amuse himself by treading on it as it trailed on the ground.1 Pedro Campana, a Fleming, was one of the fathers of the school of Seville. He was born, in 1503, at Brussels, where he acquired some knowledge of painting, probably from Vander Weyde, or Van Orley. He then went to Italy, and, passing through Bologna in 1530, was chosen to paint a triumphal arch for the solemn entry of Charles V.--a task which he executed to the admiration of the citizens. After many years spent in study at Rome, he appeared at Seville in, or shortly before, 1548. In...