London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
Sophonisba dying with grief in the arms of her damsel on receiving
doleful news. The figures are half lengths as big as the life. A
celebrated piece, by Domenichino.
Our Saviour known by the two disciples in the breaking of the bread. The
figures bigger than the life, by Lodovico Caracci.
The flight into Egypt. The figures as big as the life. A noble work, by
Guido Reni.
The heads of St. Andrew and St. Paul, bigger than the life. A valuable
performance, by Andrea Sacchi.
St. Elizabeth with St. John when a babe, musing on a cross made of
reeds. The figures smaller than the life. A renowned piece, by
Leonardo da Vinci.
Judith holding Holofernes’s head. A half length, very beautiful, by
Francesco Salviati.
Our Saviour’s nativity. The figures a little more than one foot high,
finished with extreme diligence. A rare work, by Baldassare Peruzzi.
Our Lady contemplating her babe. The figures about two feet and a half,
wonderfully well done after Correggio’s manner, by Francesco Mazzuoli,
commonly called Parmigianino.
A half length, as big as the life, representing a naked woman, by
Titiano.
_It is thought that this is the portrait of the woman that was
Titian’s model, when he drew the famous Venus now existing in the
room called_ La Tribuna, _in the Medicean gallery at Florence_.
Our Saviour taken down from the cross. The figures a little more than
one foot high, by Daniele da Volterra.
_This appears to be the sketch from which Daniel made the large
famous picture, that is now in one of the chapels of the church
called_ La Trinità de Monit, _at Rome_.
An oval picture representing Medusa’s head, bigger than the life,
painted with astonishing expression, by Rubens.
A holy family. The figures one foot high, compleatly finished, by Annib.
Caracci.
Our Saviour crowned with thorns. The figures a foot and a half high. One
of the best works in his first manner, by Correggio.
Our Lady with the two babes Jesus and John laying hold of a lamb, and
two angels devoutly looking on them, by Fran. Mazzuoli, called
Parmigianino.
_It was formerly in Charles the First’s collection._
Socrates and Alcibiades. Half lengths of about a foot and a half, by
Giorgione da Castelfranco, who was Titiano’s master.
A small picture representing our Lady’s assumption, and the apostles, by
Francesco Naldini.
_This was the sketch of a celebrated picture now in Florence._
Our Saviour’s circumcision. An original sketch, by Polidoro da
Caravaggio.
A picture in light and shadow, representing Diana and her nymphs in the
bath, changing Acteon into a stag. An original beautiful sketch. The
figures one foot high, by Nicolo dell’ Abate.
A small sketch for a ceiling in light and shadow, by Correggio.
Our Saviour’s supper, a small and most beautiful performance, by
Innocenzo da Imola.
_Innocenzo was one of Raphael’s best disciples._
A Venetian history, by Paolo Veronese.
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