FRA VITTORE GHISLANDI 
vernor of Bergamo, and the fine full-length 
of Count Secco-Suardo (5) at eighty-four years 
of age, are full of character and have a certain 
dignity in spite of their wigs ! Between them 
hangs an Othello-like, bronzed Count Filippo 
Marenzi, (16) who was once Ambassador from 
the City of Bergamo to the City of Venice. 
Very gorgeous is the dress of Count Vai- 
letti (17), on the screen by the fireplace, the 
stuffs boldly painted and the tall figure im- 
posing. 
Among the bronzed sailors, artists and 
learned men are a few friars, notably (14) 
a Carmelite of the Ambiveri family, one of 
the best pieces of work in the room. 
Fra Vittore is preeminently a painter of 
men, and the only woman’s portrait of strik- 
ing interest is that of a Countess Secco-Suardo 
in male attire (2); that a young girl should 
be thus dressed for convenience in travelling 
was not unheard of in those days, we believe. 
Noting his own portrait (23), its intelligent 
look and the work in hand, we judge that 
the very charming little half-length portraits 
of boy-artists, a painter (3) and a sculptor (4), 
were labours of love—No. 3 being Murillo- 
like in its simplicity and understanding.