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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

No. 479. The Education of Mary of Medici.
        480. The Lying in of Mary of Medici.
             His celebrated picture of the Assumption has lately been put
               up in the _Musée_.
        481. The Happiness of Peace.
        508. Adriana de Perès, wife of Nicholas Rockox, married in 1589,
               died in 1619.
        509. The Crucifixion of St. Peter.
        510. Christ on the Cross, between the two Thieves, at the moment
               when the centurion wounds him in the side.
        511. The Last Supper.
        512. The Adoration of the Kings, larger than life.
        513. St. Roch interceding for the Persons afflicted with the
               Plague.
        514. St. Roch fed by his Dog.
             N. B. I particularly recommend these last six pictures to
               your attention. They are more than commonly beautiful.
        515. St. Roch cured of the Plague by an Angel.
        516. Christ dead in the Arms of his Father.
        517. The Adoration of the Wise Men.—(An admirable picture.)
        518. The Beheading of St. John the Baptist.
        519. St. John the Evangelist thrown into a Copper of boiling Oil.
        520. The Portrait of a Woman, dressed in a hat, and, holding a
               bunch of roses in her hand.
        521. Another Portrait of a Woman in black, her head uncovered,
               and her hands crossed.
        522. The Nativity of our Saviour, a sketch.
        523. The Resurrection of Christ, a sketch.
        524. Lot and his Family leaving Sodom, led by an Angel.
        525. The Virgin and the Infant Jesus, surrounded with Innocents.
               This is called the Virgin and the Angels.
        526. The Kernesse, or Village Holiday.—(A very curious picture.)
        527. The Descent from the Cross.
        528. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes.
        529. The Apostles finding in the Mouth of a Fish, the Piece of
               Money necessary for the Payment of the Tribute.
        530. The Angel, making the Young Tobias angle for the Fish, the
               gall of which was to restore his Father’s sight.
        531. The Portrait of a Princess, who appears to be Elizabeth of
               Bourbon, Daughter of Henry the IVth, and Wife of Philip,
               King of Spain.
        532. The Triumph of Pomona.
        533. Venus and Adonis.
        534. A View of Malines.
        535. A View of Cadiz.

    TENIERS (THE YOUNGER DAVID.)

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