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and Raphael’s dark portrait;¹ but decided for the John Bellini.

“Aug. 18th.-To-morrow we leave. I have been watching the twilight on the Tuileries, which was very grand and clear; and planning works. I shall try to paint a Madonna some day, I believe.”²

¹ [Probably No. 1164, now attributed to Franciabigio.]

² [See the “Notes on the Louvre” printed at greater length in Vol. XII. pp. 449-453.]

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