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
Vulcan at his forge, with the Cyclops, by Jacob Jordaans of Antwerp.
Over against the windows.
In the middle.
The head of our Saviour crown’d with thorns, by Ludovico Caracci.
On both sides of that.
Two fruit pieces, by Michael Angelo Pase, called Michael Angelo del
Campidoglio.
Under them, in the middle.
A Bacchanal in two colours, by Rubens.
On both sides of it.
A landscape with a robbery, and a battle, both painted by Giacomo
Cortese, commonly called Il Bourgognone.
Under them, in the middle.
A pretty large landscape and figures of Dutch boors, by Adrian Van
Ostade.
On both sides of it.
A stag hunting, and another of hern hawking, by Philip Woverman.
Under them.
Two conversations of boors within doors, by Adrian Van Ostade.
In the second parlour.
Over the chimney.
Lot and his two daughters, with the city of Sodom on fire, by Lorenzo
Lotti, a great imitator of Giorgione and Titian.
Over the closet doors.
Next the window.
The great amphitheatre at Rome, and other buildings, by Viviano
Cadahorra.
A sea port with buildings and ruins, by Salviouch, and the figures by
John Miele.
Over the door to the first parlour.
Omphale the mistress of Hercules, with the lion’s skin and his club by
her, by Augustin Caracci.
Over the two other doors.
Two battles in the stile of Bourgognone, but the hands not certainly
known.
In the passage room.
Over the doors.
A philosopher with a book in his hand, by Pier Francesco Mola.
Mary Magdalen, by Giacinto Brandi.
Our Saviour meditating on the sins of the world, by Giovanni Antonio
Regillio, a competitor of Titian’s, and commonly called Il Pordenone.
In the great room.
Over the door at which you go in.
The portrait of a young man on wood, by Andrea del Sarto.
Between that door and the window.
The head of St. James the apostle.
The head of St. John the evangelist.
N. B. These two last pictures are by
a hand that is not certainly known.
Under them.
A Bacchanal painted on copper, by Cornelius Polembergh.
Between the door and the wall.
In the middle.
A pretty large picture of our Saviour and the Samaritan woman, by
Giovanni Francesco Barbiori da Cento, commonly called Il Guercino.
On the side towards the door.
The Virgin and Child, by Il Cavalier Giovanni Lanfranchio.
On the side towards the wall.
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