Three Essays In Method
by
Bernard Berenson


CONTENTS

Title Page
Dedication Page
Preface
Table of Contents
List Of Illustrations
I. Nine Pictures In Search Of An Attribution ..... 1
II. A Neglected Altar-Piece By Botticelli ..... 75
III. A Possible And An Impossible 'Antonello Da Messina' ..... 87
Appendix : The Infant John In Venetian Painting ..... 133
Index Of Artists ..... 137


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece. Domenico Morone: St. Thomas at Table of St. Louis
Chateau de Ripaille (Savoy), Collection of Mme Emile Paravicini.
1. Domenico Morone: Birth of St. Thomas
New Haven, Conn., U.S.A., Jarves Collection.
2. Domenico Morone: St. Thomas between SS. Peter and Paul
New York, Metropolitan Museum
3. Domenico Morone: Vision of Fra Paolino of Aquila
Paris, Chalandon Collection
4. Domenico Morone : St. Thomas disputing; Christ gives His approval from the Altar
Paris, Chalandon Collection
5. Domenico Morone: Miracle of St. Dominic
New York, Metropolitan Museum
6. Domenico Morone : Preaching of St. Thomas
Rome, Baron Michele Lazzaroni
7. Domenico Morone : Baptism of Christ
Paris, M. F. Kleinberger
8. Domenico Morone: Feast of Herod
M. F. Kleinberger
9. Domenico Morone: Preaching of St. Vincent Ferrer
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
10. Catalan - Valencian, Fifteenth Century: Altar-piece of St. Vincent Ferrer
Naples, S. Pietro Martire
11. Cathedral of San Miniato al Tedesco
12. S. Anastasia, Verona
13. Cima da Conegliano: Detail from Presentation of Virgin
Dresden Gallery
14. Titian: Detail from Presentation of Virgin
Venice Academy
15. Vittore Belliniano: Detail of Martyrdom of St. Mark
Formerly Vienna Academy, now Venice
16. Lazzaro Bastiani(?): Martyrdom of Saint
Philadelphia, J. G. Johnson Collection
17. Domenico Morone: Battle in the Cathedral Square of Mantua and Expulsion of Bonacolsi
Mantua, Ducal Palace
18. Studio of Paul Veronese: Martyrdom of SS. Primus and Felician
Padua Museum
19. Liberale da Verona: St. Sebastian
Milan, Brera
20. Antonio Badile: Detail of Madonna and Saints
Verona Museum
21. Liberale da Verona: Detail of Death of Dido
London, National Gallery
22. Francesco Morone: Samson and Delilah
Milan, Poldi-Pezzoli
23. Francesco Morone: Betrothal
Berlin Gallery
24. Montagnana: Detail of Annunciation
Padua, Bishop's Palace
25. Girolamo dai Libri: Death of the Blessed Lorenzo Giustiniani
Formerly in Schweizer Collection, Berlin
26. Domenico Veneziano: Miracle of St. Zanobius
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
27. Domenico Ghirlandajo: Detail of Miracle of St. Francis
Florence, S. Trinita
28. Ercole Roberti: St. Jerome
Ferrara Gallery
29. Giovanni Bellini : Portrait of a Gonzaga
Bergamo, Carrara Gallery
30. Venetian: Coloured woodcut
From the Edition of 1500 of Ketham
31. Piero Pollajuolo : Profile of Woman
Florence, Uffizi
32. Benozzo Gozzoli: Miracle of St. Dominic
Milan Brera
33. Mantegna Detail of Nativity
New York, Mr. Clarence Mackay
34. Domenico Morone: Christ on Cross
London, Mr. A. L. Nicholson
35. Domenico Morone: King receiving Youthful Ambassador
London, Mr. Durlacher
36. Altichiero: St. George
Padua, Oratorio di S. Giorgio
37. Liberale da Verona: Graduale 10, Fol. 73
Siena, Piccolomini Library
38. Domenico Morone: Detail of Miracle of St. Dominic
New York, Metropolitan Museum
39. Girolamo dai Libri: St. Peter
London, National Gallery, Mond Bequest
40. Marco Zoppo: Pen Drawing — Madonna and Saints
Brunswick Museum
41. Girolamo da Cremona: Poppaea giving Alms to St. Peter
London, Mr. L. Clarke
42. School of Cossa: Death of Knight of Celano
Pesaro, Municipal Gallery
43. Florentine, close to Carrand Master: Fresco — Presentation of Virgin
Lucca, S. Francesco
44. Domenico Morone: Preaching of St. Peter Martyr(?)
Vienna, Este Gallery
45. Domenico Morone: Priest addressing a Kneeling Woman
Vienna, Este Gallery
46. Domenico Morone: Saint receiving Monk
Vienna, Este Gallery
47. Domenico Morone : Miracle of St. Vincent Ferrer
Vienna, Este Gallery
48. Domenico Morone: Tournament
London, National Gallery
49. Domenico Morone: Saint healing the Sick
Vienna, Este Gallery
50. Domenico Morone: a Procession
Vienna, Este Gallery
51. Veronese, late Fifteenth Century: Youth saluting King
Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., Fogg Museum
52. Veronese, late Fifteenth Century: A Decapitation
Formerly belonging to M. Alphonse Kann, Paris
53. Domenico Morone: St. Vincent Ferrer baptizing two Jewesses
Vienna, Este Gallery
54. Francesco Benaglio: S. Bernardino Triptych
Verona, S. Bernardino
55. Domenico Morone: Tournament
London, National Gallery
56. Domenico Morone(?) : Madonna of the Fan
Verona Museum
57. Domenico Morone: Madonna
Paris, Musee Andre
58. Domenico Morone: Madonna
Paris, Chalandon Collection
59. Domenico Morone: Madonna
Lovere, Tadini Gallery
60. Domenico Morone: Madonna
Philadelphia, Widener Collection
61. Domenico Morone: Madonna
Berlin Gallery
62. Butinone-Zenale: SS. Lucy, Catherine, and Mary Magdalen
Detail of Polyptych at Treviglio
63. Domenico Morone: Holy Family
Altenburg Museum
64. Domenico Morone: Detail of Fresco — Madonna and Angels
Verona, Library of S. Bernardino
65. Domenico Morone: Purification of Virgin
Chaalis, Musee Andre
66. Domenico Morone: Three Scenes from Legend of St. Blaise
Vicenza Gallery
67. Gentile Bellini: Adoration of Magi
London, National Gallery, Layard Bequest
68. Domenico Morone: Fresco — Madonna, Saints, and Donors
Verona, Library of S. Bernardino
69. Domenico Morone: Madonna and Dead Christ
Formerly in Noseda Collection, Milan
70. Domenico Morone: St. Antony of Padua
Detail of Paladon Frescoes now in Verona Museum
71. Domenico Morone: St. Claire and Female Donor
Verona, Detail of Fresco in Library of S. Bernardino
72. Botticelli: Madonna and Saints
Florence Academy
73. Botticelli: Detail of Picture in Florence Academy 76
74. Botticelli: Head of Virgin
Detail of picture in Florence Academy
75. Raffaellino del Garbo: Madonna with Infant John
Dresden Gallery
76. Filippino Lippi: Holy Family and St. Catherine
Lewes, Warren Collection
77. Filippino Lippi: Madonna and Angels
Berlin Gallery
78. Filippino Lippi: Meeting of Joachim and Anne
Copenhagen Museum
79. Filippino Lippi: Details from Frescoes of the Strozzi Chapel
Florence, S. Maria Novella
80. Antonio da Viterbo: Madonna and Saints
New York, Friedsam Collection
81. Perugino: Madonna, Saints, and Angels
Paris, Louvre
82. Perugino: Madonna and Two Saints
Vienna Gallery
83. Perugino: a Sibyl
Perugia, Sala del Cambio
84. Perugino: a Sibyl
Perugia, Sala del Cambio
85. Botticelli: Head of the Magdalen
Detail of picture in Florence Academy
86. Botticelli : Head of St. Catherine
Detail of picture in Florence Academy
87. Workshop of Botticelli: Madonna
Lockinge (Berks.), Loyd Collection
88. Workshop of Botticelli : Madonna
Paris, Collection of Baron Michele Lazzaroni
89. Workshop of Botticelli: Madonna
Formerly at M. Decok's, Paris
90. Botticelli: Detail from 'Primavera'
Florence, Uffizi
91. Botticelli: Reconstruction of Florence Academy Picture with Heads of Virgin and Child from Lockinge Picture
92. Antonello da Messina: St. Sebastian
Museo Civico, Verona
93. Head of a Statue of Ti (about 2600 B.C.)
Cairo Museum
94. Head of the Angel Gabriel. XIIth century
Toulouse Museum
95. Antonello da Messina: Detail of St. Sebastian
Museo Civico, Verona
96. Antonello da Messina: St. Sebastian
Dresden Gallery
97. Antonio de' Saliba: Pieta
Venice, Museo Civico
98. Antonello da Messina: Archers — Detail of St. Sebastian
Verona, Museo Civico
99. Antonello da Messina: Annunciation
Syracuse Museum
100. Attributed to Antonello da Messina: Madonna and Infant John
101. Giovanni Bellini: St. Justine
Milan, Bagatti Valsecchi Collection
102. Antonello da Messina: Madonna
London, Benson Collection
103. Lorenzo Lotto: Portrait of Young Man
Bergamo, Carrara Gallery
104. Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings for a Nativity
New York, Metropolitan Museum
105. Francesco Botticini: Nativity
Florence, Pitti
106. Follower of Cosimo Rosselli: Nativity
Formerly in Aynard Collection, Lyons
107. Follower of Piero di Cosimo: Madonna with St. Catherine
Breslau Gallery
108. Studio of Botticelli: Madonna with Infant John
Rome, Borghese Gallery
109. Studio of Botticelli : Madonna with Infant John
Formerly in Sulzbach Collection, Paris
110. Studio of Botticelli : Madonna with Infant John
Florence, Pitti
111. Studio of Botticelli: Madonna with Infant John
Paris, Dreyfus Collection
112. Francesco Botticini : Madonna with Infant John
Boston, U.S.A., Fenway Court
113. David Ghirlandajo(?): Madonna with Infant John
Vienna, Herr Stefan Von Auspitz
114. Copy of Filippino Lippi: Nativity
Lille Museum
115. Piero di Cosimo : Madonna with Infant John
Glasgow, Beattie Collection
116. Leonardo da Vinci: Drawing
Windsor, The King's Library
117. Lorenzo di Credi: Madonna with Infant John
Dresden Gallery
118. Lorenzo di Credi: Madonna with Infant John
Rome, Borghese Gallery
119. Mainardi: Madonna with Infant John
Philadelphia, Johnson Collection
120. Franciabigio: 'La Madonna del Pozzo'
Florence, Uffizi
121. Signorelli: Madonna
Florence, Uffizi
122. Michelangelo: 'La Madonna Doni'
Florence, Uffizi
123. Raphael: Drawing
Vienna, Albertina
124. Raphael: Drawing
Lille Museum
125. Raphael: 'Madonna di Casa Alba'
Petrograd, Hermitage
126. Giovanni Bellini: Madonna
Formerly in Oldenburg Gallery
127. Francesco Tacconi: Madonna
London, National Gallery
128. Cima da Conegliano: Madonna
Richmond (Surrey), Cook Collection
129. Catena: Drawing, Madonna and Infant John
Vienna, Alhertina
130. Francesco da Santa Croce: Annunciation
Bergamo, Carrara Gallery
131. Previtali: Madonna with Infant John
Dresden Gallery
132. Cristofano da Parma: St. James, from a Panel formerly in the Crespi Collection
Milan
133. Cristofano da Parma: The Baptist
Detail from panel in the Carrara Gallery, Bergamo