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
Venus dressing, and Cupid holding her looking-glass, by Paolo Veronese.
Under them, in the middle.
The Virgin and Child, by Raphael de Urbino.
On the side towards the door.
The Virgin and Child in the clouds, and several angels, by Bartolomeo
Murillo.
On the side towards the wall.
The Virgin and our Saviour, by Carlo Cignani.
Next to the door.
The annunciation of the Virgin Mary, by Paolo Veronese.
Next to the wall.
The birth of our Saviour, &c. by Jacapo Robusti, commonly called
Tintoretto.
Over the chimney.
Tobit and the angel, by Michael Angelo Amerighi, commonly called Michael
Angelo Caravaggio.
Between the wall and the chimney.
In the middle.
The portrait of a man, by Antonio Allegri, commonly called Il Correggio.
Towards the wall.
The head of some Spanish general, by Giovanni Giachinette, commonly
called Il Bourgognone delle Teste.
Towards the chimney.
The portrait of the famous Hernando Cortes, conqueror of Mexico, by
Titiano Vecelli, called Il Titiano.
Under them.
A large battle in an oval, painted by Luca Jordano.
Between the chimney and farthest wall.
In the middle.
St. Sebastian, by Guido Reni.
Next the chimney.
The portrait of Sir Anthony Vandyck, painted by himself.
Next to the wall.
The portrait of a young girl, with a little dog asleep in her hands, by
Rembrandt van Rijn.
Under them.
A large oval battle, painted by Luca Jordano.
Over the closet door.
The portrait of a man with a book in his hand, said to be the famous
satirist Berni, by Giorgio Barbarelli, called Il Giorgione.
Between the door and the wall.
A she saint, with angels, by Pietro Berettini, called Pietro Cortona.
Under it, in the middle.
A small battle, by Bourgognone.
On both sides of it.
Two small pictures, done from the gallery of Archduke Leopold, the one
from Paris Bourdon, and the other from young Palma, by David Teniers.
Between the door and the window.
A large picture, representing our Saviour at the Pharisee’s house, and
Mary Magdalen anointing his feet, with the portrait of the person for
whom it was painted, as a servant waiting at table, by Carlo Dolce.
N.B. This picture is out of the stile of Carlo Dolce’s paintings, who
never before attempted so great a subject and composition; and was
done by him, after the drawing of Ludovico Cigoli.
Under it, in the middle.
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