Mario Ghigi, his Physician, and Salvator Rosa, 113
Death of Salvator Rosa, 115
Domenichino, 121
The Dulness of Domenichino in Youth, 121
Domenichino's Scourging of St. Andrew, 123
The Communion of St. Jerome, 124
Domenichino's Enemies at Rome, 125
Decision of Posterity on the Merits of Domenichino, 126
Proof of the Merits of Domenichino, 127
Domenichino's Caricatures, 127
Intrigues of the Neapolitan Triumvirate of Painters, 128
Giuseppe Ribera, called Il Spagnoletto--his early
Poverty and Industry, 133
Ribera's Marriage, 134
Ribera's Rise to Eminence, 135
Ribera's Discovery of the Philosopher's Stone, 135
Ribera's Subjects, 136
Ribera's Disposition, 137
Singular Pictorial Illusions, 137
Raffaelle's Skill in Portraits, 138
Jacopo da Ponte, 139
Giovanni Rosa, 139
Cav. Giovanni Centarini, 139
Guercino's Power of Relief, 140
Bernazzano, 140
Invention of Oil Painting, 141
Foreshortening, 145
Method of Transferring Paintings from Walls and
Panels to Canvass, 146
Works in Scagliola, 147
The Golden Age of Painting, 149
Golden Age of the Fine Arts in Ancient Rome, 152
Nero's Golden Palace, 155
Names of Ancient Architects Designated by Reptiles, 156
Triumphal Arches,