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A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capitalLemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

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A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital

Name: A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital
Author: Lemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

Lemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

Paris (France) -- Description and travel

I add, for the sake of gratifying the curiosity of such of your friends
as are connoisseurs, and wish to know where their favourite pictures may
be found, a list of those of the most celebrated masters, now in the
Louvre.

    FRENCH SCHOOL.

    CHARLES LE BRUN.

    No.   9. The Courage of Mutius Scævola.
         10. The Death of Cato.
         11. Portrait of Charles le Brun, taken in his youth, by himself.
         12. St. Stephen stoned.
         13. The Magdalen at the Pharisee’s.
         14. Jesus asleep, or Silence.
         15. The Benedicite.
         16. The Cross surrounded with Angels.
         17. The Defeat of Porus.
         18. The Tent of Darius.
         19. The Entry of Alexander into Babylon.
         20. The Death of Meleager, king of Calydon.
         21. The Conquest of Franche-Compté.—(The sketch from which le
               Brun drew the celebrated picture, in the great gallery
               at Versailles.)
         22. The Nativity.

    NICHOLAS POUSSIN.

    No.  67. The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, the Bishop.
         68. The Philistines attacked with the Plague.
         69. The Rape of the Sabines.
         70. The Fall of Manna in the Desert.
         71. Time makes Truth triumph.
         72. The Last Supper.
         73. St. Francis Xavier in India.
         74. St. John Baptising in the river Jordan.
         75. Rebecca and Eliezer.
         76. Diogenes throwing away his Cup.
         77. The Judgment of Solomon.
         78. The Blind Men of Jericho.
         79. Portrait of Poussin, taken by himself.
         80. The Adultress.
         81. The Death of Sapphira.
         82. Winter, or the Deluge.
         83. The Death of Eurydice.
         84. The Holy Family.
         85. The Assumption of the Virgin.

    RESTOUT.

    No.  88. Alpheus and Arethusa.

    LE SUEUR (EUSTACHE.)

    No.  98. The Preaching of St. Paul at Ephesus.
         99. The Descent from the Cross.
        100. The Celebration of Mass by St. Martir.
        101. St. Gervais and St. Protais.
        102. Clio, the Muse of History.
             Euterpe, the Muse of Music.
             Thalia, the Muse of Comedy.
        103. Calliope, the Muse of Epic Poetry.
        104. Urania, the Muse of Astronomy.
        105. Terpsichore, the Muse of Dancing.
        106. Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy.
             Erato, the Muse of Lyric Poetry.
             Polyhymnia, the Muse of Eloquence.

    VAN LOO (CARLO.)

    No. 115. Æneas and Anchises.
        116. The Marriage of the Virgin.

    VAN LOO (JOHN BAPTISTE.)

    No. 117. Diana and Endymion.

    VAN LOO (LOUIS MICHAEL.)

    No. 118. The Picture of Carlo van Loo, the historical painter.

    DUTCH, FLEMISH, AND GERMAN SCHOOL.

    CHAMPAGNE (PHILIP OF.)

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