Note 114 — THE ART OF PAINTING;

In May 1664, Gio. Pietro Bellori read a discourse in the Academy of St Luke at Rome, (Carlo Maratti being then president,) entitled—L’Idea del Pittore, dello Scultore, e dell’ Architetto, scelta dalle bellezze naturali superiore alla Natura. This discourse, from which the following extract is taken, was afterwards prefixed to Le Vite de Pittore, &c. by the same author, printed at Rome in 4to, 1672.—Malone.