A 
 
 CATALOGUE RAISONNE 
 
 OF ALL THAT 
 
 truly capital and splendid assemblage 
 
 OF VALUABLE 
 
 gallery and cabinet 
 
 THE GENUINE PROPERTY OF 
 
 EDWARD COXE, ESQ^ 
 
 COMPRISING 
 
 THE INESTIMABLE WORKS OF 
 
 THE MOST ADMIRED MASTERS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ROMAN, FLORENTINE, BOLOGNESE, 
 
 VENETIAN, SPANISH, FRENCH, DUTCH AND FLEMISH 
 
 Selected during Thirty YearSy with- the utmost Care and Judgementy 
 
 AND UNQUESTIONABLY 
 
 IN- THE HIGHEST STATE OP PRESERVATION AND BEAUTY. 
 
 totll fie ®>oHj fij ^luctton 
 
 BY 
 
 On THURSDAY, the 23'" Day of APRIL, 1807, 
 
 AND TWO FOLLOWING DAYS, 
 
 AT TWELVE O’CLOCK, 
 
 Yit Mr. Sqtiihb’s Qrpat Room. Saville Passao^e. 
 
 May be publicly viewed Thice Days preceding the Sale, when Catalogue'; may be had at Half a Crown 
 each; of Mr. Peter Coxe, 33, Gerrard Street, and 33, Throgmorton Street, and at the Place of Sale* 
 
Cootitttons of ^ale. 
 
 I- A HAT the highest Bidder be the Purchaser; but should any Dispute arife 
 between two or more Bidders, the Lot or Lots, to be put up again 
 and refold. 
 
 IL That no Person advance less than Half a- Crown. Above Five Pounds, Five 
 Shillings; Ten Pounds, Half-a-Guinea ; Twenty Pounds, One Guinea ; 
 and fo on in Proportion. 
 
 III. That the respective Purchasers give in their Names and Places of Abode, 
 
 if required ; and pay down immediately a proportionate Part of the Purchase 
 Money after the Rate of Twenty Pounds per Cent, and pay the Remainder 
 on or before the Delivery of the Lots purchased. 
 
 IV. That the Lots fhall be abioiutely taken away within Three Days after 
 
 the Sale, with all Faults, by whomfoever they were painted, under 
 
 any and every Defcription, and at the Expence of the Purchafers. 
 
 And Laftly. That upon Failure of complying with these Conditions, the 
 
 Money deposited in Part of Payment shall be forfeited ; all Lots 
 
 uncleared after the Time limited shall be re-sold by Public or Private 
 Sale ; and the Deficiency, if any, attending such Re-sale, together with 
 all incidental Charges, be made good by the Defaulters at the present 
 Sale. 
 
^ti\)erti0ement 
 
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 A HIS Entire and unreserved Collection, now offered to the 
 Public, consists of Pictures by the best Masters of the foreign 
 Schools ; and was originally formed by the Proprietor for his own 
 Gratification : he having then not the most distant intention of 
 disposing of them by Sale. 
 
 It would be superfluous to enlarge on their merits ; as the 
 Catalogue Saisonnt describes their several Excellencies; and 
 points out the rich sources from which they were drawn. 
 
 It may not however be improper to observe, that while 
 the Collection has been gradually swelling to its present Magnitude 
 and Value, during a Course of Thirty Years, the Opportunities, 
 which occurred of forming it, were not confined merely to this 
 Country ; but in two Journeys through Holland and the Austrian 
 
Netherlands, Connections with the most respectable Families 
 enabled the Proprietor to examine at leisure the best Public 
 Collections, and Private Cabinets : and, (though it was not 
 the Object of his Journeys) to avail himself of those advantages, 
 in improving his Taste, and effecting his Purchases. 
 
 The Pictures themselves will best prove how far the Pro- 
 prietor has succeeded in selecting beautiful and undoubted 
 Specimens of the different Masters. But as he constantly attended 
 all the Sales of genuine Paintings at home, (at most of which 
 he was a Buyer,) it may, without incurring the imputation of 
 Partiality, be asserted ; that few Collections have surpassed the 
 present, either in the Number of Fine Original Pictures, or 
 in their Quality and Condition : and that it comprises some 
 Specimens so rare, and Unique; as scarcely to be matched in 
 any Assemblage of Pictures, that have hitherto been presented 
 to Public View. 
 
CATALOGUE, 
 
 Raisonne^ 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 jFirst Sap’s ^ale^ 
 
 THURSDAY, APRIL 23d, 1807. 
 
 PICTURES. 
 
 1 SCHIAVONE 
 
 Study of Female Heads — from the Godolphin Sale. 
 
 2 Velasquez Po' trait of a Spanish Nobleman — from Mr. Strange’s. 
 
 3 Vangoyen A small Sea View — a brisk Gale. 
 
 4 Van Djest A View of one of the small Lakes in Switzerland, with a 
 
 Soow-capt Mountain in the Distance — a pleasing Com 
 position. 
 
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 6 WycK — A Hunting Piece; in a very warm Landscape-one of his best 
 
 Pictures. 
 
 6 Tintoeetto .. Portrait of Gritti, Doge of Venice — from Mr. Strange’s Sale. 
 
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 7 F. Mola A Woody Scene; rich with the tints of Autumn. 
 
 8 G. Romano... A Study of Heads ; drawn with all the Spirit of the Roman 
 
 and coloured with the charm of the Venetian School — 
 a Picture of great Effect. 
 
 9 1. Moucheron An upright Garden Scene with Statuary; the Figures by 
 
 WouvERMANS^ and most spiritedly touched. Isaac was 
 the Son of Frederick Moucheron. In the Bark of his 
 Trees, and distribution of Light and Shade, he shews the 
 Science he acquired under the tuition of his Father. 
 
 10 Rubens An old Man’s Plead, a study — spirited and free. 
 
 11 Tintoretto.. Margaretta, Duchess of Parma — beautifully coloured — from 
 
 the Godolphin Sale. 
 
 12 G. Bassano The Portrait of a Civilian writing, exhibiting great force and 
 
 dignity : a fine Specimen of this Master — from the 
 Calonne Collection. 
 
 13 Valentini The Saviour mocked; a Picture of great animation — from 
 
 the Collection of the late Earl of Besborough. 
 
 14 Carlo Dolci . The Magdalen, most richl}'^ colored, and for this Master dis- 
 
 playing a more than common Strength in the Expression 
 of Character : brought from Italy by the late Mu. Daven- 
 port. 
 
 13 Jan Both Italian Buildings with a distant Landscape; the Figures 
 
 in the Foreground by his Brother Andrew ; and the whole 
 partakes of the rich glow of that climate. ^ 
 
 l6 Lievens.. The Head of an old Man, correctly drawn and richly 
 
 colored, expressive of the true Character of Age. This 
 Master bears a high reputation in the Dutch School. 
 
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 17 F. Mil£ 
 
 . A romantic View of Rocks and Water, with Ruins and a 
 beautiful distance, painted with more than usual Energy 
 and Vigor, and shewing ^ had studied the Poussins 
 with singular success, * 
 
 18 Guido 
 
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 . Madona and Child, in his early manner, when he was im- 
 pressed with the Stile of Caravaggio ; the Child is in 
 Shadow, but the Face of the Virgin which is in strong 
 Light, is painted with uncommon Sweetness and Brilliancy 
 — this Picture made Part of the Godolphin collection. 
 
 19 ScHIAVONE... 
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 . . Diana and Acteon, with all the appropriate Accompani- 
 ments to elucidate the Story, painted in a rich Tone of 
 Color, and with Scientific Effect, 
 
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 . The Public Road to Antwerp, with the Spire of the greaf 
 Church in the Distance. The Trees on each Side the 
 Road are admirably distributed, and sweetly Pencilled ; 
 and the Scene is enlivened by the passing of a Stage 
 Waggon and "a Variety ofGows, All the Spirit of Rubens 
 in the Touch and Design — engraved — This Picture was 
 left to the Proprietor by Will. 
 
 21 GhiSOLjUHI . . . 
 
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 .. Grand Ruins with a Sea View at Ancona. Ghisolphi was 
 a Scholar of Salvator Rosa ; and the Sky and Water 
 
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 partake of his Brilliancy and Clearness; the Buildings 
 evince grandeur of Design, and freedom in the Execution. 
 
 22 Bombelli ... 
 
 . . The Portrait in Miniature, beautifully painted, of Nicolo 
 Poussin, and a perfect resemblance of the other Portraits 
 extant of this great Master, and another Portrait un- 
 known, in the same Frame — from the Collection of 
 
 Mr. Strange. 
 
 23 Bombelli 
 
 Portrait of a Female Singer; in Miniature ; delicately touched 
 — from the same Collection. 
 
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 24 Ag. Caracci.- a very fine Copy of the famous Picture of St. Jerome, by 
 
 CoRREGio.*" The beauty of the Original is faithfully 
 preserved in this most excellent Copy — from the Col- 
 lection of Mr. Strange. 
 
 25 Giacomo Bas- The Mocking the Saviour, on black Marble; painted with 
 
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 uncommon Beauty, both with respect to Color and 
 
 
 Composition— from the Collection of Commissioner 
 Brett. 
 
 26 Paduanino... The Infant Jesus asleep on the Cross. — The genuine Works 
 
 
 of this Master, such as the present Specimen, are held 
 in the highest estimation, and considered equal in coloring 
 and beauty to Titian 
 
 27 NiCOLO POTJSSIN 
 
 Narcissus admiring himself in the Water: his dejected air, and 
 pallid hue describe his Story with poetical Truth ; and 
 the coloring is as warm, as the drawing is correct — 
 Cabinet Pictures of this Size, by this Master, are very 
 rare and highly valued — From iVi/? C-i.i.onne Collection 
 
 28 Ruysbael 
 
 A Landscape with a distant Town, and extensive Horizon ; 
 a very captivating Cabinet Picture, of uncommon excel- 
 lence, in the manner of, and equal to Rembrandt. 
 
 29 Fiuppo Laura 
 
 St. Francis dying, attended by a Choir of Angels; the 
 Countenance of the Saint highly expressive. 
 
 iO I).TENiERs,Jun. A Pasticcio in the stile of Bassano, representing the Angels 
 
 ^ 51 CuvP = 
 
 appearing to the Shepherds ; executed with great warmth 
 and Brilliancy; and shewing the extent of this Painter’s 
 ■wonderful powers. 
 
 Figures and Horses at the side of a Brook, with Buildings 
 —small. Upright — clear, w.arm- and beautiful. The 
 Florses painted in his finest manner. 
 
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 52 G. Tersukg. a Lady at her Toilette, with a female Attendant, and 
 
 Boy waiting — grouped with great judgement, and finished 
 with perfection and accuracy — the reflection in the 
 Mirror happily accomplished. 
 
 53 D. Teniers, A Landscape, with a ruined Castle, Water and Figures — a 
 
 Jun. sweet, clear, and harmonious eflfect pervades this valuable 
 
 Morceau. 
 
 34 Murillo The Spartan Boy — most strikingly impressive, and descrip- 
 
 tive of the well-known story ; an undoubted Picture of 
 this Master — from the Delme Collection. 
 
 35 F, Moucheron A View of an extensive Country, highly picturesque 
 
 and richly embellished with Wood, particularly in the 
 Foreground, where the Bark and Foliage of the Trees 
 are pencilled with captivating delicacy and sweetness — 
 some Deer painted by Adrian Vandevelde in his most 
 beautiful manner add greatly to the interest and solitude 
 of the Scene — from the Collection of the late Miss 
 Vansittart, of which it constituted a principal 
 Ornament. 
 
 A Flower Piece, as singularly bright and transparent, as 
 it is sweetly composed ; and the reflection of a Window 
 in the Glass, which contains the Flowers, has a most 
 fascinating effect. Pictures of this Master are in high 
 estimation in Holland. 
 
 A Saint at Devotion, with a Memento Mori and Crucifix 
 —painted with great knowledge of the Chiaro Scuro, 
 and a sober tone of coloring, admirably adapted to the 
 Subject; brought from Italy by the late Mr. Daven- 
 port. 
 
 A solemn Woody Scene, with Water; the Figures bv 
 IshcoLo Poussin, painted with great force, truth and 
 effect— from the Barnard Collection 
 
 36 Abraham Mig- 
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 37 ?. Veronese . 
 
 -^8 G. Poussin .. 
 
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 39 Ditto 
 
 A View of part of Tivoli, with the Temple of Concord ' 
 and other Buildings — the Companion to the preceding 
 Picture — This is pencilled with exquisite delicacy and 
 sweetness : also from the Collection of Mr. Barnard. 
 
 40 D. Tenieks..» 
 
 A valuable Cabinet Picture ; a Girl cleaning Kettles, 8cc. 
 and a Boor regarding her archly from above — painted 
 with uncommon Depth and Force. 
 
 41 Guebcino - 
 
 A dying Cleopatra, with the Asp at her Bosom, an affecting 
 Specimen of this Master in describing the near approach 
 ofdissolution. 
 
 42 D. Teniers, 
 
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 A Landscape and Figures — a Picture of considerable 
 Interest and Effect; representing a Shepherd playing 
 on his Flute to a Shepherdess, seated on an eminence 
 in the Foreground, with a Herd of Cows near them, 
 while another Shepherd is also playing on thg Flute 
 as he precedes a Flock of Sheep and Goats. — The 
 Schelde and City of Flushing are introduced in the 
 Distance — the Cows and Sheep resemble closely Paul 
 Potter, in his best manner — this estimable Performance 
 'came out of the Collection of Sir W. Hamilton. 
 
 43 LucaCambiasi Judith with Attendants — grandly composed, and drawn with 
 
 44 J. Ruysdael. 
 
 astonishing science ; and whether we view the inspired, 
 triumphant air of Judith, or the surprise of the attend- 
 ants, we are equally struck with the powers of this 
 Alaster ; whose paintings in Genoa" are in the highest 
 estimation — from the Orlean’s Collection. 
 
 . A Landscape with Figures and Water — the Season, Harvest ^ 
 Time — a delightful Specimen of his Art — true to Nature, 
 and the Sky chearful and warm — from the Calonne 
 Collection. 
 
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 45 Giorgione ... A sacred Historical Subject^ David with the Head of Goliath r 
 
 the fall of Goliath emblematically represented by a broken 
 Column, and the youthful Conqueror by a Lilly. This 
 is a Picture of uncommon Richness in Colour, even for 
 Giorgione, who so excelled in it; and in point of gran- 
 deur of Design and Force of Expression is unrivalled. 
 It was brought from Venice by Mr. Strange. 
 
 46 Carlo Maratti The Madona reading; the Beauty and Expression of the 
 
 Head, and fine Colouring and admirable Drawing, render 
 it one of the most desirable Specimens of this Master. 
 
 47 Pynaker An upright Landscape of uncommon Sweetness, with a 
 
 Figure of a Man Teposing, and Goats, 8cc. in the Fore- 
 ground, that are most highly finished, and Ornamental 
 to the Piece. The distant Hills are most softly touched, 
 and the Beauty of the whole is truly harmonious. 
 
 48 Francisco St. Jerome with the Angel and Trumpet. There is a ma- 
 
 Mola gic charm of Colour as well as Effect pervading this happy 
 
 Perforuiiincx: — a dcligKtful Specimen — from the Collection 
 of Sir William Hamilton. 
 
 49 Carlo Cignani Children embracing each other ; an allegorical Representation 
 
 of Poetry and Painting united, and crowning themselves 
 "" with Laurel ; a most enchanting proof of this favorite 
 
 Master’s Abilities: equal to Guido — from the London- 
 derry Collection. 
 
 50 Annibal Caracci- The Holy Family with St. John, in a charming Landscape 
 
 — a rich glow of Colouring pervades the whole. The 
 simplicity in the countenance of the Virgin ; the vene- 
 rable air oP the head of Joseph, and the divine ex- 
 pression of Character in the infant Jesus, render it a 
 most striking and expressive group ; it was therefore 
 deservedly a great favorite of the late Monsieur 
 Calonne, at whose sale it was bought. 
 
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 Buildings and Figures — Peasants amusing themselves with 
 a Dancing Dog — a complete Specimen of the Master. 
 
 Cupids, a Pair; in small — Two precious Gems, and equal 
 to CORREGIO. 
 
 Portrait of St. Francis, with the Stigma — a rare and valu- 
 able Cabinet Picture of this elaborate and delightful Mas- 
 ter; the Figure and Character at once expressive of Piety 
 and Resignation — very capital. 
 
 A Physician inspecting the wound of a youthful Warrior, 
 with attendant Figures. There is a glow of Coloring 
 in this Picture equal to Giorgione ; and the other Heads 
 are designed and executed with equal Vigor — This Picture 
 is unquestionably one of the finest of his Works — from 
 the Collection of Commissioner Brett. 
 
 55 Isaac Ostade. A small circular Picture with Buildings, Figures, Poultry, 
 
 &c. — a most admirable effect of light, and highly finished. 
 
 56 Jan .e Bellini A singularly valuable Production of this early, but superior 
 
 Painter. The aubject. Saints adoring the Saviour in 
 the Arms of the Virgin— richly colored, and atten- 
 tively executed throughout. Titian, in his famous 
 Picture of the Cornaro Family, at Northumberland House, 
 has evidently studied this Picture, dated 1505 — From the 
 Purling Collection ; originally if belonged to the 
 Pembroke Family. 
 
 5? M. A. DE Cara- From the Oelean’s Collection, to which this Chef 
 vaggio ...... . d’Glnvre belonged. It was characterized by the Title of 
 
 Caravaggio’s Dream, being his own Portrait in profile, 
 which, in a Mirror he holds in his Hand, presents a Full 
 Face by Reflection — the Figure is drawn in a most 
 masterly stile, most richly colored, and wholly free from 
 his dark manner. There is an old Engraving of this 
 Picture, wdiich was always considered as one of the 
 finest Performances of this capital Master ; most capital. 
 
 51 Jan Miel 
 
 52 Annibal Caeacci. 
 
 53 Carlo Dolci 
 
 54 Pie. de la Vecchia 
 
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 58 CarlettoCag- The Adoration of our Saviour^ by the Wise Men from 
 
 HARi the East, bringing Presents— the Grandeur of the Com- 
 
 position, and Richness of the Coloring are not inferior 
 to the Works of Paul Veronese, of whom Carlet ro 
 was not only the Son, but also the favorite Scholar — An 
 admired Picture, from, the Orleans Collection. 
 
 59 Jan Miel.... His own Portrait, in the Character of an Itinerant Musician. 
 
 A most highly finished and beautiful Miniature. 
 
 60 Guido The Virgin with the Infant Saviour and St. John attended 
 
 by Saints ; a Picture of extraordinary Management and 
 beautiful Tone of Coloring, in his happiest Manner ; the 
 Devotion and Attitude of the Female Saint, the Air of 
 her Head, the Delicacy and Grace of her Hands, and all 
 the accompanying Figures, full of Character and Piety, 
 stamp it as a Work of extraordinary Perfection ; brought 
 to England by the late Sir James Wright. 
 
 §1 James Anthotiy Jupiter and Leda; from the celebrated Basso Relievo of 
 Arlaud ...... the same size, by Michael Angelo Buona Roti. 
 
 Pilkington, wlio draws Iris Information partly from 
 Deschamps, speaking of this extraordinary Performance, 
 says, that Arlaud, who corresponded with Sir Isaac 
 Newton on Optics, and taught the Regent Duke of 
 Orleans Design, effected the Imitation so exquisitely 
 in aTint of Colours, so exactly similar to the Marble, and 
 with such Correctness in every Part, that when they were 
 both placed together, it was scarcely possible to distinguish 
 the Marble from the Painting, even on the nicest Inspec- 
 tion — ^The Due DE LA Force purchased it from the 
 Painter at 12000 Livres, but this Nobleman having 
 ruined himself in the Mississippi Scheme, it returned 
 into Arlaud’s possession; who afterwards sold it to , 
 the Duke ofCHAWDOS, as appears in the Duke’s Hand 
 Writing at the back of this Picture, for £ 500 . It sub 
 
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 sequently came into the Collection of the Earl of 
 Besborough, at whose Sale it was purchased by the 
 present Proprietor.— All further Commendation of this 
 astonishing Performance, which is dated Paris 1718, 
 would be superfluous. 
 
 62 Nie. Poussin. Morning — This beautiful Performance describes a soft 
 
 and Silvery toned Landscape, with Mountains in the 
 receding distance; a Shepherd is represented in the 
 fore ground, playing on his Sylvan Reed to a listening 
 Shepherdess, who reclines in the shade of a lofty grove , 
 while the Sheep feeding around them, seem charmed 
 with the Shepherd’s Melody. The Mind contemplating 
 this Picture and its Companion, which are of the highest 
 Class of Art, reposes on them with Delight, and partakes 
 of the serenity of the scene. Indeed they are truly 
 Virgilian, and evidently shew the Painter’s intimacy with 
 that divine Poet; whose Bucolics, these Pictures prove 
 him to have most successfully studied ; most capital. 
 
 Evening — The companion. This great Classic Painter, 
 who in the preceding Performance has described the 
 mild influence of a rising Sun, has here given the 
 Effect of its setting, in a rich and fervid glow ; which is 
 heightened by the judicious contrast of deep masses of 
 Shade. This happy Sylvan scenery, thus beautifully 
 composed, is enrich’d also with Classic Figures, appro- 
 priately introduced; representing a Satyr and Wood 
 Nymph, with their offspring riding on a Goat; all of 
 them penetrating the recesses of the Forest, while 
 another Satyr who precedes them, is entering a Cavern, 
 their supposed Habitation. This admirable Performance 
 (as well as the preceding Picture) was in the Possession 
 of Sjr Joshua Reynolds ; and evidently marks one of 
 the sources from whence he drew those Magic Principles 
 that he made his own, from his frequent contemplation 
 of their beauty — most capital. 
 
 63 Ditto 
 
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 64~Titian. ...... A Female from the Bath adjusting her Hair : the roundness 
 
 of the form, the correctness of the design, and the 
 peculiar glow and richness of the Colouring, have been 
 the admiration and delight of every Connoisseur. This 
 Master Piece of Art came from the Orlean’s Collection. 
 
 (J 6j Jan Both.... A Warm Italian Landscape, representing a Hilly Country ; in 
 
 which is a broken fore-ground, enriched with Trees, whose 
 forms are peculiarly light and Picturesque, and the Road 
 in the middle distance is enlivened with Peasants re- 
 turning from Market, and mounted on Horses and Mules : 
 In a remoter distance is a Figure Angling, and near him 
 is another driving a Cow. For brilliancy and variety of 
 Colour, exquisite finishing, and a sweet tenderness that 
 pervades the whole, tins Picture stands unrivalled. The 
 Figures, &c. &c. by his Brother Andrew. — Painted in 
 Paniiel. — Formerly in the Collection of Mr. Brown of 
 Dorchester : in the highest state of Preservation. 
 
 ^ 66 Alexander Virtue ndmonishing Plefljiiire. represented by two Fe- 
 
 Veronese males. Virtue, modestly attired, has one of her Hands 
 
 pointed towards Heaven ; while Pleasure, whose Toilet is 
 arrayed with all the Ornaments for Dress, is struck with 
 the impressive remonstrances of Virtue — a truly sublime 
 Performance, uniting all the beauties of the Venetian 
 and Roman Schools. This magnificent Picture came 
 from the Collection of the Marshal Conway, and was 
 the admiration of all beholders. 
 
 67 Caspar Poussin A magnificent and extensive Landscape, representing a 
 
 View of the Campagna, taken near Rome. In a very 
 rich and highly coloured foreground, is a Reposo; in 
 the middle distance, the Convent of San Lorenzo; while 
 the Sabine and Alban Hills terminate the Scene. The 
 Trees in the Foreground as well as the Clouds, are evi- 
 
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 dently agitated by the Wind, which this Master excelled 
 in describing — the clearness of the Shy and the variety 
 and richness of the Tints throughout/ rank this Picture 
 among the very finest productions of his Pencil —from 
 the celebrated Delme Collection. 
 
 68 Gerard DotJW A Dutch Servant Girl purchasing Herrings of an elderly 
 
 Female, with a variety of Still Life and Beautiful basso 
 Relievo - Performances so full of subject a;id manage- 
 ment from this icnowned Master, are very scarce — This 
 Picture was brought from Holland Forty-two Years ago, 
 and was left to the present Possessor by Will. Those 
 least learned in the Art, muj-t admire this interesting 
 Picture ; it is a Collection in itself, from its infinite variety 
 and great excellence. 
 
 '69 Guercino.... Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife — a most sublime Picture, and 
 
 deservedly a favorite of Sir Joshua Reynolds, to 
 whom it belonged. There is, indeed, a beauty and 
 graop in Vioth rho Figures that partake more of the 
 character of Guido: the expression of Joseph in par- 
 ticular, represented with uplifted hands and eyes, is 
 powerfully described, and ranks this Picture as one of 
 the grandest specimens of this Master. It js mentioned 
 by Count Malvasia in his 2d. Vol. p. 376, Bologna 
 Edition, to have been Painted in 1649, for Signiob 
 Aurelio Zanoletti. 
 
 70 ScHiDONB.... The Virgin with the Infant Jesus in her lap, and Joseph 
 
 teaching him to read — the Composition is particularly 
 beautiful, the Colouring rich and harmonious, and was 
 esteemed by Sir William Hamilton, from whose 
 Collection it came, as one of the choicest Specimens of 
 this very scarce Master. 
 
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 71 Titian..^... Caesar repudiating Pompeia— there is a chaste sobriety of 
 
 coloring in this Picture, and dignity of character, truly 
 worthy of the Subject : few of Titian’s Works are more 
 conspicuous for Powers of Art — the Composition full of 
 mind and energy — from Mon. de Calonne’s Collection. 
 
 72 G. TRaoURGH » The Interior of a Chamber, with a young Lady sitting and 
 
 cliusing Lemons out of a Basket, which an elderly Female 
 Servant is presenting to her Mistress. The Drapery of 
 the Lady, consisting of a Crimson Velvet Jacket, edged 
 with Fur, and a White Satin Petticoat, is painted with 
 great force, and yet with equal delicacy; while the con- 
 trast of the two Characters, the richness of the Colouring 
 and the distribution of the Light and Shade are most 
 harmoniously combined —a most capital Picture of this 
 rare and distinguished Master — from the Collection of 
 Mr. Laborde, on PanneL 
 
 Er»d of the First Day’s Sale. 
 
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 g>econt> ®ap’0 ^ale, 
 
 FRIDAY, A P R I L the 24-th,- 1807. 
 
 PICTURES, 
 
 1 Van Dyck - - - A Sketch, in Chiaro Scuro — Rubens’s Wife — slight, but 
 
 free and graceful. 
 
 2 C. CiGNANi .. His own Portrait — a small Oval. 
 
 3 M. A. DE LA 
 Battalia 
 
 small Landscape and Figures, spiritedly touched. . 
 
 4 Ditto Ditto — the Companion — equally good. 
 
 5 Rubens A Study of Heads — warm, vigorous, and well pencilled. 
 
 6 Wilson The three Mary’s at the Tomb — an uncommon Subject, from 
 
 the Hand of this favorite English Artist. 
 
 I Portrait of Philip 1st. of Spain. 
 
 8 Ditto The Companion — Queen Mary of England — these Pictures 
 
 are very highly finished, and equal to Holbein. 
 
 9 Breembekgh . Nymphs and Satyrs Dancing, in a Landscape — the Figures 
 
 are most correctly drawn, and beautifully colored. 
 
 10 Gonzales. ... The Portrait of Sir Theodore Mayne, Physician to Charles 
 
 the First, highly finished, in the manner of Rubens. 
 
 11 Wynants A small upright Landscape, with Figures, highly finished, 
 
 and in his clear Tone of colouring. 
 
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 12 J. Ruysdael - 
 
 An upright spirited Landscape^ with broken Foreground 
 and Trees ; the View of the great Church of Haerlem 
 in the Distance — singularly clear and highly finished. 
 
 IS Andkea Sacchi David with the Head of Goliah — the attitude in which David 
 
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 is represented, is nearly that of the Apollo Belvidere : 
 very finely coloured. 
 
 14- Vernet 
 
 A Sea Calm, with Rocks and Figures — this Picture and its 
 Companion are very clear and beautiful. 
 
 15 Ditto 
 
 A Landscape, with Banditti — the Companion. This and tlie 
 preceding Lot from the Collection of Mr. Laborde. 
 
 l6 Hans Holbein 
 
 The Portrait of a Professor — very warmly colored and highly 
 
 finished — from the Collection of Mr. Strange. 
 
 17 C. Maratti.. 
 
 The Assumption of the Virgin — a finished Sketch, for a 
 painting on a larger Scale, evidently intended for a 
 compartment in a Cieling — beautifully clear, and spirit* 
 edly and gracefully executed. 
 
 18 M. A. DE la 
 
 Sportsmen Regaling themselves before an Inn — their Servants* 
 
 Battalia 
 
 Horses and Dogs near them — the Distance, a warm 
 Landscape terminating in Hills— this Picture is touched 
 with great Spirit, and the grouping finely composed. 
 
 19 Guido 
 
 A Sketch of a Saint reading — most sweetly pencilled and deli- 
 cately coloured — from Sir W. Hamilton’s Collection. 
 
 20 Murillo 
 
 The Apotheosis of a Pope— a finished Sketch — very capital. 
 
 21 Lingelbach .. 
 
 A View of Ponte Mola, with the adjacent Country ; in the 
 foreground is a Group of Italian Labourers and Peasants, 
 most admirably composed and beautifully drawn — there is 
 indeed a Chasteness and Repose in this Picture, which 
 cannot fail to gratify the Connoisseur. 
 
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 22 Guercino Head of a Sybil, on an octagon; painted with a great contrast 
 
 of Light and Shadow, and a perfect knowledge of the 
 Chiaro Scuro-— from the Godolphin Collection. 
 
 23 Fouquier =-« A small, highly finished, beautiful Landscape and Figures. 
 
 This Painter was employed by Rubens to paint the 
 Landscapes in several of his larger Compositions. 
 
 24 Tintoretto , The original Sketch for the grand Picture by this Master, of 
 
 the Judgment Seat of Pontius Pilate ; which was one of 
 the chief Ornaments of the Doge’s Palace at Venice. 
 This Picture was brought into England by the late 
 Sir William Hamilton, and combines all the great 
 and transcendent talents, which this Master so eminently 
 possessed- 
 
 25 J. Miel ....... The Morning. In the foreground of this Landscape is re* 
 
 presented, a most picturesque Group of Italian Peasants at 
 Market, while the Distances and Sky are richly illumi- 
 nated with the rising Sun. This truly Connoisseur and 
 beautiful Picture came out of the Dundas Collection. 
 
 26 Jan de Bellini The Portrait of Marcello Doge of Venice — a fine Specimen of 
 
 this great Reviver of the Art of Painting — from Mr. 
 Strange’s. 
 
 27 Paduanino ... The Madona and Child : painted, with great Sweetness, and in 
 
 Colouring not inferior to Titian — brought from Venice 
 by the late Sir Robert Strange. 
 
 28 Vandeeneer - A Moonlight; River View, with Shipping and Figures^ — a most 
 
 delightful and rich Cabinet Picture of this admired Artist* 
 
 29 Ditto........ Ditto, the companion, and of equal Merit. 
 
 30 Titian. ... ... Hippomenes and Atalante — a rare Cabinet Picture — from the 
 
 Purling Collection. 
 
 31 F. Mile...... A lovely Performance of this esteemed Painter, representing 
 
 a Landscape of uncommon beauty, sweetly coloured and 
 happily enlivened by Cattle and Figures — purchased from 
 the celebrated Collection of the Greffier Fagel. 
 
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 S2 Gerard Douw 
 
 His own Portrait, painted with spirited EfFcct; in the stile 
 of his Master, Rembrandt — from the Godolphin 
 
 Collection. 
 
 .So Gasp. Poussin . 
 
 A Woody Scene of uncommon sweetness and brilliancy, 
 in his silvery tone, yet tempered with the most delight- 
 ful repose— this beautiful Cabinet Picture came out of 
 the Mont FORD Collection, and appears among the 
 Engravings after this Master, by Pond. 
 
 34 Brauwer 
 
 A Small Picture, an Interior — Boors in Conversation — circular, 
 painted in a silvery tone and with brilliant effect. 
 
 So Sebastian 
 
 The Woman accused of Adultery — a most admirable Cabinet 
 
 Bourdon 
 
 Picture — clear and brilliant. 
 
 36 Giorgione 
 
 A small Portrait of Gaston de Foix ; delicately touched, and 
 scientifically colored. 
 
 37 F. Moucheron 
 
 A warm glowing Landscape; representing a high Woody 
 Bank, with Water in the Foreground; and an un- 
 commonly rich and brilliant Distance — The Cows, Sheep, 
 and Figures, which enliven this most beautiful Perfor- 
 mance, are painted by Adrian Vandevelde, and 
 harmonise with the rest of the Scenery in a most 
 enchanting manner. 
 
 38 SCHIDONE 
 
 A Copy by this great Master of the celebrated Diva Mag- 
 dalina of CoRREGio,in the Dresden Gallery— to possess 
 such a Copy, from such a Master, will be an invaluable 
 Treasure. It was formerly in the Possession of the 
 Pom FRET Family. 
 
 39 Vanderneer - 
 
 A small Moonlight — a highly finished Cabinet Picture. 
 
 40 Domenichino 
 
 His own Portrait, in small — the likeness, upon a comparison 
 with the extant Prints, undoubted. Besborougk 
 Collection. 
 
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 41 SoPHONiSBA Her own Portrait in small — the Specimens from this Aitist’s 
 
 Angosciola 
 
 Pencil are very rarely to be met with, and she has taken 
 uncommon pains to do justice to her beauty, in the deli- 
 neation and Pencilling of her osvn Features — there is a 
 sweetness and character that is most delightful. From 
 the Besborough Collection. 
 
 42 Albano 
 
 Venus and Cupid in a Car, drawn and attended by the Graces — 
 a fascinating Composition, from the Calonne Collection. 
 
 43 Ditto 
 
 Its Companion ; representing Vulcan and the Cyclops at his 
 Forge, visited by Venus, Cupid, and the Graces; equally' 
 rlelicate and beautiful — also from the Calonne Collection. 
 
 44 Gerard Ter- 
 
 A Portrait of a Boy — one of the happiest efforts of the Master;, 
 
 BURGH 
 
 from the Collection of Mr. La Borde. 
 
 4.5 Adrian Ostade 
 
 An Old Man reading a Manuscript; also from the Collection 
 of Mr. La Borde — for delicacy of pencilling, expression 
 and tone of coloring, it may rank with the finest produc- 
 tions of this Master — a Gem. 
 
 40 DominicoFeti 
 
 The Lord of the Vineyard reproving the Labourer ; the 
 Steward standing behind his Master. This is a most 
 correctly chaste Composition, and the different Stations 
 in Life are even less marked by their appropriate Dresses, 
 than by the diversity of Character expressed in the Airs 
 and Countenances of this interesting Group — This is a 
 most capital performance of a very scarce and first late 
 Master — from Dr. Newton, the Bishop of Bristol’s 
 
 Sale. 
 
 47 David Teniers An Incantation, in an Oval, surrounded by Fern, Mushrooms, 
 
 Jun. 
 
 Blackberries, and other wild Fruits and Flowers, and 
 various Insects appropriate to the subject. A singular 
 proof of the versatility of this Artist’s abilities. A crisp 
 Touch marks every Leaf and delineates every Insect ; and 
 the wildness of the Sorceress, who is muttering the Charm 
 
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 tlial lias eclipsed ihe rising Moon, as well as the familiar 
 Spirits, render this an impressive and masterly Croupe — 
 indeed it is truly capital. 
 
 48 Valentin 1 The Senses, a vigorous and bola Performance, and displaying 
 
 a thorough knowledge of the Chiaro Scuro — from the 
 Orleans’ Collection, In the Life of this Painter this 
 very Picture is highly commended. ^ 
 
 49 Jacob Ruys- A Mill in Ruins, backed by a rich and picturesque 'IVood, 
 dael with the Spire of a Church peeping above it, and in the 
 
 foreground of the Scene a rapid Stream precipitating itself 
 into a River. Whether we consider tlie richness of the 
 Foliage, the silvery tints of the Clouds, the transparency 
 nnd agitation of the Water, or the fascinating harmony 
 of the whole, it stamps itself as a Master Piece of 
 Ruysdael and the perfection of his Art — from the 
 select Collection of Baron Nagel. 
 
 50 Giacomo Bas- His Own Portrait — from the Orleans’ Collection, a proof 
 SANO of his great knowledge and excellent management of his 
 
 Art — most vigorously pencilled — a most capital Perfor- 
 mance. 
 
 51 Agostino 
 Caracci 
 
 The Dead Christ ivith Mary and Angels ; a high finish’d Pic- 
 ture, full of Expression and Etfect — was imported from 
 Italy by Mr. Graves. 
 
 52 Adrian Ostade A small Upright, being a Concert, with the Portraits of 
 
 himself, his Wife and Father— an undoubted Picture ot 
 this great Master, richly colored and admirably com- 
 posed. f 
 
 53 Guiuo Representing the Virgin with the Saviour in the Clouds, and 
 
 St. Lawn-ence, St. Cecilia, and other Attendant Saiiits; a 
 beautlful,little,high-finished, interesting Cabinet Picture, 
 greatly prized by the late Sir William Hamilton, from 
 whose Collection it was purchased : it is inestimable ; and 
 was presented to Sir W. H. by the Family for whose 
 Ancestors it was painted : called the iMadona del Rosario; 
 
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 54 Rubens...... 
 
 The story of Hagar, in a single Figure, and that Figure taken 
 from the Person of Helena Forman, Rubens’ Wife; 
 beautifully managed with a silvery tone of color, and 
 is transparency itself — a most capital Performance, evi- 
 dently the entire work of Rubens, was purchased at 
 Mr. La Horde’s Sale. 
 
 55 Annibal 
 
 His own Portrait in the Character of St. Stephen, with the 
 
 Caeacci 
 
 Palm of Martyrdom. The depth and Richness of the 
 Coloring, temper’d by the calm composure expressed in 
 the countenance, has been always the admiration of Con- 
 noisseurs. It might almost be imagined, that Annibal 
 Caeacci had his own fate in Contemplation when he 
 chose this Subject; as he fell a Martyr to chagrin and 
 disappointment, in consequence of his splendid profes- 
 sional services, being so ill rewarded by the Cardinal 
 Farnese. 
 
 56 Claude leLoe- 
 
 A celebrated Picture from the Blackheath Collection of the 
 
 EAINE 
 
 late Sir Gregory Page. The View representing a warm 
 Evening, with the Church of Trinita di Monte, (where 
 this Painter was buried,) as the chief Object ; together 
 with the Pope’s Summer Residence, and other Buildings : 
 being a View of Monte Cavallo, and the Buildings de- 
 scending to Piazza d’Espagna. The Ruins, Trees, and 
 Figihes in the Foreground are Composition. Nothing 
 can exceed the golden hue of Light diffusing itself over 
 the Architectural Buildings in the middle Distance, from 
 the charming Effect of an Italian Sunshine; while 
 the pure Atmosphere of a genial Climate, is painted 
 with all that Knowledge and Mastership, for which this 
 extraordinary Painter was so renowned — truly Capital.-— 
 A peculiar Incident attaches to the Picture ; as Claude 
 may be said in this Performance almost to have painted 
 his own Monument, he having painted the Church that 
 
 contains it. 
 
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 o7 Karii. DU Jakdin An upright Landscape with Cattle, in his early grey Tdna- 
 
 silvery and highly finished. 
 
 CiUERCiNO Judith giving the Head of Holofernes to a female Attendant. 
 
 This Picture was painted at the time Gueucino was quit- 
 ting the dark Manner of Caravaggio for the clear and 
 brilliant Tints of Guido ; and the Air of Judith’s Head has 
 such an uncommon degree of Grace and Expression, that 
 this masterly Performance has been frequently taken for 
 the Production of Ludovico Caracci-. Felibikn 
 notices this Picture in the warmest stile of Commendation, 
 in the 3d Vol. of the London Edition, page 414 ; and says 
 that the Air of the ilead, as well as the Countenance of 
 Judith, is strikingly beautiful and Graceful. This Picture 
 is also mentioned by Count Malvasia, who says it 
 was painted in the Year l651 for Signor Giacomo 
 Zanone. See 2nd Vol. page 373, of the Bologna. 
 Edition. 
 
 William Van- A Sea \ iew. A small upright Picture, representing a Pier 
 DEVELDE, Jun. With Figures and Vessels in a Calm — a most delicious Per- 
 formance. Purchased from the Collection of the late Sir. 
 William Hamilton. In no one instance has the Art 
 of this admired Painter, gone higher, in Care, Finishing^ 
 Beauty, Transparency, and Effect. 
 
 do TniAN A Portrait of one of the Cornaro Family, highly descriptive 
 
 of Ease and Dignity — unquestionable Works of this Mas- 
 ter, like the present Specimen, and coming from such 
 an undoubted source, are rarely to be met with, and are 
 highly valued — from the Op.lean’s Collection. 
 
 trl Gabriel Metzu An Interior. A Lady at her Toilet, with a Lap Dog and 
 
 Servant in a grand Saloon. This exquisite Picture com.- 
 
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 'bines every Perfection of tbe Art; and the Beauty of the 
 Carnations, the Delicacy of the Pencil, the Correctness of 
 Forms, and the Sweetness of the Female Cliaracter, 
 together with the extraordinary Richness and Splendour 
 of the subordinate Parts, rank it among the first rate 
 Productions of this scarce Master — from the Collection 
 of the Earl of Besborough. 
 
 A.Vandevexde The View of a River and the Country on each Side, on a 
 warm Summer’s Evening ; in the foreground, on the 
 hither Bank, a group of people, among them a Dutch 
 Officer in his Regimentals mounted on a brown Horse, 
 ■under a tree, waiting for the Ferry Boat (that is approach- 
 ing full of Passengers and Cattle,) to cross the Water; 
 on the Right Bank, underneath which. Fishermen are 
 dragging a Net, a Post Waggon is passing along an 
 open Country. The left Bank is wooded and in shadow; 
 and behind the rising ground in the distance beyond it, 
 the Sun, just setting, illuminates the passing Clouds, 
 together with the whole of the Sky, with its cheering 
 rays ; the reflection of which, is thrown with a delightful 
 warmth upon the Stream: so great indeed, is the fasci- 
 nation of this lively yet quiet scene, that it seems not 
 canvas, but real Nature sweetly expressed, and is truly 
 capital — was purchased at the Holderness Sale ; his 
 Name and the Year 1663 are on the Picture. 
 
 •63 F. MiERis. ... Portrait of a Cavalier, leaning on a Table with one'ldand, and 
 
 holding his Sword with the other. This very scarce and 
 admirable Master, who is considered in Holland, equal, 
 if not superior to Gerard Douw, has exhibited such 
 a knowledge of the Chiaro Scuro in this Picture, as well 
 as such an extraordinary degree of Force and Truth ; 
 
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 and has colored it so powerfidly, botli in its pronnricnf 
 and subordinate parts ; and it is besides so finely drawn, 
 M'ith drapery so easy and so ricli ; tliat it tnay be classed 
 in the highest rank of the Art, as a most ciaborale, 
 scientific, and finished, cabiiiet Gem — the name 1 ‘'ra 
 Mieeis is on the right of the Picture, on the enta- 
 blature of a monument — from the Collection of Mr. Lis, 
 of Brussels : on Pannel, 
 
 64 Bitto The Companion ; A Female in dark Drapery, and a black 
 
 Veil thrown behind, from the toj) of licr Head; slie 
 stands close to a small Table, on wliich lies one of her 
 Gloves, and an open Letter ; the other Glove is on 
 
 . her other hand, in which she holds a Bunch of Feathers ; 
 
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 on the left, under a map on the wall, is the Name of 
 Fran. Mieris — equally capital with the preceding 
 Lot, in all its parts : also from the same Collection. 
 
 65 G, Netscher. This small, inestimable Gem represents the Interior of a 
 
 Dressing Room, containing a Toilet Table, over which 
 is thrown a carpet: In front of the Picture, a Youne 
 Lady dressed in white Satin is attended by a Female 
 Servant, who is adjusting her Dress ; a Page on the left 
 is presenting to his Mistress a Ewer and a Bason. The 
 airs of the heads are sweet, the countenances beautifully 
 and delicately pencilled, and the Satin drapery, as well 
 as the carpet, are painted with such brilliancj^ and truth, 
 that altogether, it is a most capital Chef d’Oeuvre — 
 from the Holderness Collection. 
 
 66 D. Teniers, Jun. The Interior of a Cabaret, divided into two Apartments: In 
 
 the nearer one are five Figures jilaced towards tlie left, 
 one standing, and four seated at a small table ; an old 
 Man is dealing the Cards, and a younger Man in a Black 
 Vandyck Dress is playing with him; the other three. 
 
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 thougli only looking on, seem deeply interested in the Game. 
 The Characters are drawn with infinite spirit, and mosr 
 happily contrasted ; the Figure in the Black Dress is not 
 only Vandyck in the Apparel, but seems almost to have 
 been designed by* that superior Master: from a Windovr 
 above is an old Woman looking down on the Card Players; 
 and on the Floor within, near some household implements, 
 is a Dog asleep. In the exterior Apartment a Woman frying 
 Pancakes, near her, two other Figures ; and a third upon 
 the Steps of the Door, that is thrown open, and introduces 
 the Light from the open Air; which is not the least beau- 
 tiful passage in the Picture. — But though the composition 
 is thus faithfully detaded, it is impossible by words to do 
 justice to the transcendent merits of the whole ; which, in 
 silvery Tone, harmony of Colour, scientific Grouping, 
 distribution of Light and Shade ; and above all, in the 
 striking opposition of Character, was never surpassed, and 
 scarcely ever equalled — from the Collection of Sir Law- 
 RENCji Dundas — on Pannel. 
 
 ()7 GtJjno This capital Gallery Picture represents Abigail soliciting David 
 
 to pardon her Husband, for having ill treated some of his 
 Soldiers ; she is seated as described in Scripture’on an Ass, 
 and near her are two Female Attendants : David on the 
 left is accompanied by two Warriors, whp are behind him ; 
 and a youthful Page before him, is holding his Helmet. 
 David is in Armour with a robe of Scarlet, partly thrown 
 over it; his left hand rests on his side; in the other 
 he holds a Scepter : Abigail’s Form is loosely covered wi:h 
 drapery of a violet Blue in large Folds: her beautnid 
 Hair of a pale Chesnut flows over her Shoulders; and 
 her Plead is ornamented with a Crown of Flowers : she 
 looks down with a supplicating and timid Air, while she 
 endeavours to appe&ae his Wrath. The Attendants of 
 both seem equally interested in the wished for success of 
 
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 her Petition ; and David struck both with her Eloquence 
 and beauty, appears as beginning to relax in the Sternness 
 of his Displeasure : All the Figures are the Size of Life. 
 The story thus interestingly told, is set off by the magic 
 Union of the most masterly design and the most splendid 
 colouring; in both which this divine Painter, as he is 
 emphatically called, so eminently excelled : Nothing 
 can be more lovely than the air of the Female Heads, 
 
 ' ' more grand than David’s, or more appropriate than those 
 
 of the Attendant Women and the Page., There is an 
 inconceivable charm in the distribution of Light and 
 Shadow on the Page’s Countenance : and his fixed 
 admiration of Abigail’s, seems intended by the painter as 
 the forerunner of his Royal Master’s attachment. In short 
 there is a combination in this Picture of every thing 
 grand, beautiful, and graceful ; and makes it worthy of 
 being placed again in one of the most noble Collections in 
 this Country, as it. lately was one of the finest ornaments 
 of the Orlean’s Gallery at Paris. Count Malvasia in the 
 2d volume, page 9I of the Bologna edition, describes this 
 Picture to have been then in possession of Sig. Agustino 
 Franzone at Genoa, brother to the Cardinal of that name. 
 
 68 Leonardo da A lovely Cabinet Jewel, representing the Virgin with the Infant 
 Vinci Jesus on her lap, presenting a Lily to St. John, who is 
 
 kneeling to him with Adoration. Nothing can be more 
 chastely beautiful than the Face and Countenance of the 
 Virgin, who is regarding with ineffable sweetness, our. 
 Saviour and St. John. — The youthful Saint is charming. — 
 The Infantine Grace, and expression of the Countenance 
 of Jesus are exquisitely delineated and truly divine — 
 withal, it is pure and perfect. It was one of the brightest 
 Ornaments of the Calonne Collection, and the onlv 
 one of this scarce Master that it possessed. This truly 
 capital Picture is on PanneL 
 
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 69 Gioegiokr. . - 
 
 70 Alexandeu 
 Veronese 
 
 7 Velasquez .. 
 
 Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, in Armour; as large a« 
 ■Life — a most grand and dignified Portrait, breathiug as it 
 were that martial and invineible spirit, which character- 
 ised him when living. It is impossible ever lo behold the 
 genuine works of this bold and daring Master, without 
 being struck with the extraordinary force and energy of 
 his powers ; which, though they sometimes hurried him on, 
 so as occasionally to want correctness in design, are in 
 this Specimen entirely free from that defect ; for- nothing 
 can be chaster than the Outline, or more vigorous than the 
 Colouring: this most capital Picture which is finely 
 engraved, was bought at the Earl of Besborough’s Sale. 
 
 The Angels appearing to Abraham, and Sarah as described in 
 the Scripture listening, while they announce to Abraham 
 that she will bear him a Son. The countenance of the 
 Patriarch, whose Figure is reverently inclined, is finely 
 conceived, and admirably expressive of devotion and gra- 
 titude to Fleaven. The Angels are represented with great 
 sweetness of pencilling and beauty of eharactei, and the 
 whole is most deliciously coloured. It is finely engraved, 
 and was always considered as an excellent Performance 
 of this highly esteemed Master in the Palais Royal, 
 as it came out of the Orleans’ Collection. 
 
 Satyrs and Tigers : this singular performance of this accom- 
 plished Master, was evidently painted after he contemplated 
 the Works of Rubens, which enriched his fancy and 
 pallette, with an harmonious tone of coloring and grandeur 
 of composition. The Satyrs are forcibly expressed with 
 characteristic propriety, while the maternal affection of the 
 female Tyger, mingled with'ferociousness, nourishing and 
 protecting her young ones, at the same instant, is highly 
 descriptive of the true nature of this wild and teiiific 
 Animal. Purchased from the collection of Mons. de 
 Calonne, where it was umversally esteemed. 
 
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 7 'i Rapiiaci The finished design by this iinmoital Painter of ilie Oorouaiion 
 
 of llie Mmperor Charlemagne, by Pope Leo: the 1 1 Id, in 
 one of the Chambers of the Vatican. The great (hcture in 
 the Vatican has two variations from this .sketch, as vrili 
 appear from the Print of it, that is extant ; namely, the 
 door is closed in the great Picture, whereas in this Sketch 
 it is open, and shews a Building ; and likewise there is 
 some slight difference in the Architecture; an incon- 
 testable proof, (although the internal evidence is sufiicient 
 to stamp it so,) of this Sketch being from the undoubted 
 hand ol Raphael. This incomparable Picture contains 
 such an extraordinary variety of Character and Expression ; 
 is so rich in its Composition, without being crowded; so 
 grand in the detail, and so beautifully colored ; that Sir 
 V^ iLLiAM Hamilton, who received it from a most 
 celebrated Collection in Spain, together with the Par- 
 MEGiANO, Lot 66 of the Third Day’s Sale, assured the 
 present Proprietor, that they had always been considered 
 the two most valuable Pictures he possessed ; and were 
 deserving of most distinguished plaees in the first Cabinet. 
 
 73 Titian........ The Entombing of Christ — this capital Performance was in 
 
 the possession of Sir Joshua Reynolds, at whose Sale 
 k was purchased. Sir Joshua has frequently led the 
 young Artists to this Picture, to contemplate equally, 
 the superlative merits of its composition and color: the 
 , very nature of the subject is impressive, while the Genius 
 
 of this great Master in telling the story, has added won- 
 derful Effect to the solemnity and Piety of the Scene — 
 most capital. 
 
 End of the Second Day's Sale. 
 
SATURDAY, ’APRIL ^the 25th, 
 
 1807, 
 
 1 ' Van Dyck.--- 
 
 2 De Vos 
 
 3 CUYLENBUEGH 
 
 4 Titian 
 
 5 Pynacker.--. 
 
 6 PoRDONONE... 
 
 7 Watteau .... 
 
 8 Ditto... 
 
 PICTURES. 
 
 A Study of Old. Heads, correctly designed, deliciously 
 pencilled, and harmoniously colored — ^frora the Earl of 
 Godolphin’s Collection. 
 
 The Portrait of an Artist, with a Bust on the Table. 
 
 An upright Woody Scene, with Water, Nymph? bathing, 
 and warm sky : equal to the finest Works of Polemberg. 
 
 A Female dressing herself; a well-coloured sketch of this 
 Master. 
 
 A Woody Scene with Water, and Ferry Boat with Passengers 
 — an early Picture of thisMaster, full of Nature and Truth. 
 
 An Itinerant, singing Ballads, with a garland of wild Flowers 
 round his Head : the Whole painted with uncommon 
 Vigor. 
 
 A Concert. The female Characters singularly beautiful, and 
 delicately and richly coloured. 
 
 A Masquerade, the Companion — both undoubted Specimens, 
 and from the Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds. 
 
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 9 Brp.civLe.vkamp The fatcrior of a Dutch Bed Cliamber^ with a Lauj at hr,'- 
 
 Spinning Wheel, engaged in Conversation with a Feinalr 
 Servant, who has brought her some Wiid Fowls — It is a 
 most silvery Picture, delicately pencilled ; and the Light 
 thrown from the Window into the Apartment, has the 
 Brilliancy of Ostade, or Peter de Hoog. This Picture 
 was sent to this Country many Years ago, by the Family 
 for whom it was painted in Amsterdam ; and left by 
 Will to the Proprietor of the present Collection. 
 
 JO JacobRuysdael A small Landscape; a Woody Scene with Water— highly 
 
 finished and richly coloured, 
 
 11 Vandevelde.. A Sea Calm with Boats, clear and transparent. 
 
 12 Holbein--..- A small Circular Portrait of the celebrated Reformer, 
 
 Melancthon ; the mildness of whose Character is hap- 
 pily expressed in the countenance. — This Picture is re- 
 ferred to by Walpole. Undoubtedly original. 
 
 13 N. Poussin A small Upright : Infant Bacchanalians striding a Cask — a fine 
 
 and interesting Specimen, colored like . a Picture of the 
 Venetian. School : from Mi’. Strange’s Collection. 
 
 14 Van Harp.-.- A Woman leaning on a Stove — very highly finished: from 
 
 Sir Laurence Dundas’s Collection. 
 
 lo Moetimeh ... A Banditti carrying off a Female“a very spirited sketch in 
 
 Chiaro -Scuro. 
 
 46 ScHiAYONi A spirited and uncommonly grand Sketch of the Prophet 
 
 Samuel anointing David, in the Presence of Jesse. The 
 Dignity of the Prophet is finely contrasted by the Hu- 
 mility of Jesse, the Devotion of David, and the Aston- 
 ishment of his Brethren. Undoubtedly original. 
 
 A Sand Bank with broken Ground and Trees, and a rich 
 distance, very finely and warmly coloured. 
 
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 17 Wynants 
 
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 18 D. Teniers, Jun. An Interior with Figures drinking and smoking, and a boj 
 
 19 Filippo Laura 
 
 warming himself by a Fire, touched with great brilliancy 
 and effect. 
 
 A drunken Silenus, Bacchanalians and young Satyrs in a 
 Landscape, with Grapes and other Fruit in the foreground 
 — spirited and highly finished, from the Collection of the 
 Hon. Mr. Bouverie. 
 
 20 Jan Asselyn -- The lower part of the Colysseum, with Figures and Animals, 
 
 31 Guglielmo 
 
 Pencilled with all the freedom and delicacy of Berchem 
 — a very beautiful Specimen of this Master: from the 
 Calonne Collection. 
 
 Grapes and Peaches, coloured with uncommon richness and 
 
 VON Alst 
 
 warmth, which as well as the Insects, vie with Rachael 
 Ruysh, or Van PIuysum for fidelity and finishing; and 
 surpass them in Composition and effect — this Painter 
 was Knighted ; his Pictures in Holland are rare and 
 highly valued. 
 
 32 POLEMEERGH.. 
 
 Nymphs bathing : in a clear and beautiful Landscape, 
 delicately finished — a capital Picture of this Mas.ter. 
 
 23 Murillo .... 
 
 The Portrait of a Painter’s Son with a Pallette of Colours, 
 — painted with singular sweetness, from Mr. Strange’s 
 Collection. 
 
 24 RosadaTivoli 
 
 Goats, Sheep and Figures, in an Italian Landscape, of great 
 P’orce and clear Tone of Coloring — from the London- 
 derry Collection. 
 
 £5 Ditto.. 
 
 The companion : of equal Merit to the preceding — from the 
 same Collection ; both superior Pictures of this Master. 
 
 26 Giacomo Bas- 
 
 The entombing of the Saviour. This Picture was deservedly in 
 
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 high estimation with Sir William Hamilton, from 
 whose Collection it was purchased, who valued it as one 
 of the finest productions of this Master, as to coloring 
 mid compositionk 
 
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 27 WiiiSON 
 
 Ruins with Figures in a small Landscape ; an uncommonly 
 spirited and fine Production of this very justly esteemed 
 English Master. 
 
 28 G. Bassano 
 
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 A small Portrait, circular; spiritedly drawn and highly 
 coloured — from Mr, Strange’s Collection. 
 
 29 Pakmegiano.. 
 
 A small Circular Portrait — a Study from Raphael’s Head 
 of St. Peter liberated from Prison — from Mr, Strange’s 
 Collection — very capital. 
 
 30 Giorgione — 
 
 A Young Satyr, stealing the Arrows of Cupid, as he is sleeping 
 in the Shade— the Figures finely rounded, and the Colour- 
 ing uncommonly rich : an undoubted Picture of this 
 Master, from the Collection of Mon. de Calonne. 
 
 '3i L. Giordano.. 
 
 The Adoration of the Shepherds — few, if any Pictures of 
 this Master, can surpass this Specimen: the rich* tone, 
 and glow of Light, that illumines the group of Ffgures, 
 and which emanates from the Saviour; is scientifically 
 contrasted with the break of Morn in the Distance ; and 
 is no less judiciously conceived than masterly executed 
 — from the Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, who 
 held this Picturb in the highest estimation ; and selected 
 it for his peculiar Study: painted on Pannel. 
 
 32 J. DE Mabuse. 
 
 Two Portraits, of a Man and Woman (in one Frame,) at 
 Devotion ; highly finished, and in a perfect state of Pre- 
 servation — from the Holderness Collection — very fine. 
 
 33 Ditto 
 
 Flis own Portrait, painted with great Attention — the drapery 
 rich and finely colored — equal to Holbein — from the 
 Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds. 
 
 ^4 Pieter Neef. 
 
 The Interior of the great Church at Antwerp, lighted up for 
 Vespers — a Picture of wonderful harmony — what Per- 
 
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 formance of this Master, it may be asked, surpasses this 
 astonishing Instance of his Magic Pencil? — the solemn 
 grandeur of Gothic Architecture, is finely displaj'cd by 
 the Light, that illumines the Pillars, and fretted Vault 
 
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 of tlie Chapel ; while the glooirij that -pervades the great- 
 Nave of the Building, produces an awful solemn Effect 
 by the power of contrast — the Figures are judiciously 
 inserted, and scientifically placed ; a pare and perfect 
 Cabinet Picture, from the Collection of the Countess 
 OF Ho-lderness. 
 
 35 RuBENts ...... The Portrait of the celebrated and learned Anna Maria 
 
 ScHURMAN — the delicacy and peculiar beauty in the 
 softness and drawing of the Hands — the easy attitude, 
 the Charm of coloring, and admirable Management 
 of the whole, entitle it to be ranked among the finest 
 productions of his Pencil; from the Collection of the 
 Earl of Bes bo rough. 
 
 Sfi Vandyke .... A high-finished beautiful Cabinet Picture, onPannel; repre- 
 senting various Figures, Male and Female, engaged in 
 I a concert of vocal and instrumental Music ; a rare, and 
 
 extraordinary specimen of his imitative Talent. The 
 original of this Picture was formerly in the -possession of 
 our Charles the First, who was fond of having smaller 
 copies of his best Pictures, painted by the first Master of 
 his time.— This Master as was his frequent custom, has 
 borrowed the composition from Titian, as well as 
 imitated his colouring, in which he has been eminently 
 successful. 
 
 37 XjtUJDO ....... The Infant Saviour standing upon the Globe, bruising the 
 
 Head of the Serpent, surrounded by attendant Cheru- 
 hims — this lovely Performance was in the Collection 
 of Monsieur de Calonne ; and if ever Infantine sweet- 
 ness in the Character and Countenance of a Child was 
 delightfully Painted, it is here evident — there is at the 
 same Time a variety of Character in the attendant Che- 
 Tubims uncommonly captivating. 
 

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 38 Francisco 
 
 A grand, solemn, Woody Scene, in which are reflected with 
 
 Mo LA 
 
 uncommon Splendor, the rays of the setting Sun on the 
 
 Figures, re|)iesenting the Patriarchal Family of Jacob in 
 the fore ground, which Group is most admirably com- 
 posed. The Depth of the Shadow opposed to the brilliancy 
 and richness of the Light, is effected with a Magic equal 
 to 1'iTiAN. This capital Picture was bought by the Pro- 
 prietor at Mr. Delme’s Collection. 
 
 39 Salsa Fe.r- 
 
 The Virgin and Child ; one of the most beautiful Cabinet 
 
 EATA 
 
 Pictuies of this Master — formerly in the Collection of 
 
 Dr. New'ton, Bishop of Bristol. 
 
 40 Parmegiano - 
 
 The Virgin with the Infant Saviour in the Clouds, wdth 
 
 St. John the Evangelist and Si. Jerome— this striking and 
 beautiful Picture was arrested in its course from Genoa 
 .to Marseilles, by an English Cruiser, (as it was consigned 
 to Paris for Bonaparte’s Cabinet,) and was publickly sold 
 as part of the Prize for the benefit of the Captors. 
 
 41 Innocenza da 
 
 The Adoration of the Shepherds, dated 1538, embracing all the 
 
 Imola 
 
 grandeur and expression of Raphael: indeed Imola, 
 according to Malvasia, came nearer to Raphael, than 
 any of his Scholars. The learned in the Art will venerate 
 this extraordinary Performance, which to the eye and judge- 
 ment of the Connoisseur, will it is presumed, carry its praise 
 along with it; and recall all those first principles of 
 the Art, that subsequently led to the very Acme of Paint- 
 ing, and perfection of the Art. Though painted in , 
 
 Oil, the colouring is like Fresco; and its resemblance 
 to Raphael will be felt by those, who have studied 
 the Cartoons at Hampton Court. This very Picture 
 is described by Count Malvasia, in his 1st vol. page 
 
 147, Bologna edition, to be then in the Church of 
 
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 the Madona di san Luca su’ Monte della Guardia, and 
 describes it " as of such beautiful invention, good design, 
 " vigorous coloring, and correct judgement; that he would 
 " almost venture to pronounce it equal to Raphael he 
 adds, “^the Pictures of this Master were accoi-dinglj in the 
 greatest request and obtained very large prices” — from the 
 Orlean’s Collection. 
 
 42 David Teniers 
 
 A Single Figure in an upright Landscape — in his clear and 
 
 Jun. 
 
 most brilliant tone of colouring— a Gem. 
 
 43 Ditto 
 
 Ditto, the Companion, no less beautiful. 
 
 44 Fra. Bartolo- 
 
 The Head of the Saviour, crowned with Thorns ; truly a Man 
 
 MEO 
 
 of Sorrows and acquainted with Grief — Pictures of this 
 Master are uncommonly scarce and highly valued. — Ii was 
 bought at the late Mr. Vanderguchts Sale, who prized 
 it most deservedly, as a first-rate Picture — painted on 
 pannel. 
 
 45 Vander Hey- 
 
 den and Adrian 
 
 The View of a Town in Flanders, with a beautiful Sky : en- 
 riched by Adrian Van de Velde, with the Procession 
 
 Vandevelde 
 
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 of the Host and various other Figures. Though Vander 
 Heyden has finished his part with such uncommon 
 accuracy, that every Brick in each Building may be 
 counted ; it is entirely free from hardness, and the per- 
 spective and general effect are not the least destroyed. 
 The figures by Van de Velde, are happily introduced 
 and touched with his usual delicacy. Thus the combi- 
 nation of the united skill of those two eminent Artists 
 renders this Picture a perfect Bijou, and worthy of the 
 first Cabinet in this Country — from the HoldernesS 
 Collection. ^ 
 
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 46 Spagnoletto . 
 
 The Portrait of the celebrated Astronomer Galileo, consulting 
 the Celestial Globe ; there is an enthusiasm and ardoui of 
 expression in this masterly performance that beggars all 
 description — from the Collection of the Earl of Be s bo- 
 rough — most capital. 
 
 47 Rubens 
 
 The Boar Hunt, with the Death of Meleager. No Master can 
 be compared to Rubens in these Subjects of the Chase. 
 The lifeless Body of Meleager is finely contrasted by the 
 animated Action of the surrounding Group, all eager to 
 destroy the enraged Animal ; while the anxious Character 
 of Atalante, bent on revenging the Death of her Lover, 
 is told in impressive and forcible Language. The Soul 
 of Rubens is in this splendidly coloured Sketch ; and 
 evidently shews it to be the mtirt work of the Master — 
 from the Calonne Collection. 
 
 48 Murillo 
 
 The Virgin with the Infant Saviour in the Clouds surrounded by 
 groups of Angels. The air of the Angels’ Heads is divinely 
 beautiful ; and the whole forms a most fascinating Cabinet 
 Picture— from the Collection of the Ea r l of Bes borou g h. 
 
 49 Paul Potter.. 
 
 Landscape, with Cows and Sheep — Scene, the Wood at the 
 Hague, combining beauty of Foliage with a happy distri- 
 bution of light and shade ; exquisite Drawing in the Cattle ; 
 and transparent sweetness of colouring. This most delicious 
 Cabinet Picture possesses all those extraordinary beauties 
 for which this Master stands unrivalled; and was highly 
 valued in the Holderness Collection, at the Sale of 
 which it was purchased — painted on Pannel. 
 
 50 Carlo Dolce.. 
 
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 A Madona; great delicacy and elaboiate finishing are the 
 general characteristics of this Master; and many of his 
 works that combine no other excellencies, have been 
 much admired: But this performance is of a much higher 
 class ; as in addition to the beauty of his execution, he 
 
 
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 affects us here with the profound grief, that is so forcibly' 
 expressed in the countenance of the Virgin. It is a Picture 
 of the greatest interest ; and one of the finest productions of 
 his pencil. Formerly in the Pembroke collection. 
 
 51 CoEREGio ... -A celebrated Picture of this rare and distinguished Master ; being 
 
 the head of our Saviour, who seems in the act of speaking. 
 It is painted with inexpressible grandeur and warmth, yet 
 with a softness of Outline that is his peculiar excellence- 
 most capital; from the Orlean’s Collection. 
 
 52 Salvator Rosa A Landscape — a Rocky Scene, wdth a Lake and a’City in the 
 
 Distance. In the foreground a Banditti : one of the most 
 clear and brilliant Pictures of this highly esteemed Master 
 — very Capital. 
 
 63 Vandyke..... The Entombing the Savior, from a design by Titian ; and the 
 
 Artist has introduced his own Portrait, and that of his 
 Friend and instructor. Sir Peter Paul Rubens. This 
 is a Picture of uncommon beauty, softness and transpa- 
 rency ; and was a very great favourite of Mons. de 
 Calonne’s, at whose Sale it was bought — on pannel. 
 
 34 Claude le 
 Lorraine 
 
 A Landscape, Cattle and Figures ; the early time of Morn, 
 described at that particular Period when, in the language 
 of Milton, 
 
 “ The Sun 
 
 “ With wheels yet hovring o’er the Ocean’s brim, 
 
 “ Shoots parallel to the Earth his dewy ray.” 
 
 This charming Picture so full of Subject and Variety, so 
 tender, so true to iNature, and so captivating, is descri- 
 bed in the Liber Veritatis. It came into the Possession 
 of the late Earl of Besborough from Lady Betty 
 Germaine ; and had belonged to the famous Arundel 
 Collection, as Sir William Hamilton imformed the 
 present Proprietor. Capital throughout, and of most 
 exquisite Sweetness and Beauty. 
 
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 50 . Gcino A Maclona with the Infant Jesus^ scated'on cushions, witiv 
 
 St. John embracing his Feet, in a small Octagon, on 
 Copper; this highly finished and exquisite Gem, of which 
 the characters are most lovely, and the coloring is in the 
 y finest stile of this Master, came from the Collection 
 
 of Dr. Newton, Bishop op Bristol — most capital. 
 
 56 JacobRuysdael A 
 and 
 
 Adrian Vande- 
 
 VELDE 
 
 View from Nature — the Season, abo\it the time of the 
 approach of Harvest, del.ciously described with truth 
 and nature. The Scene simple and agreeable ; a chalky 
 lioad leading to a Wood bordered on each side by 
 Corn Fields, with Figures and Cattle, passing and 
 feeding as they move. This Union of talent is so admi- 
 rable and harmonious as to appear the work of one — very 
 capital. 
 
 57 Titian A Noble Portrait of that amiable, learned, and heroicCharao 
 
 ter. Count Castiglione, the author of 11 Corteggiano, the 
 friend of Titian and Raphael, and esteem’d and 
 rewarded by Pope Julius IL It is not to be wondered,, 
 that Titian should here have exerted all his Powers: the 
 Hand of the Friend guided the pencil of the Artist. 
 This Picture was in the Orlean’s Collection, and 
 purposely selected, to compose part of that valuable 
 assemblage. The Portrait is full of Mind and Expressiosi 
 at once placid and dignified'; it is a noble Pertormance, 
 and Titian has enlivened it by introducing a beautiful 
 Group of Trees to shew his various Powers — most capital. 
 
 58 Leonardo da This Picture represents Salome, the Daughter of Herodias, 
 Vinci with averted look, pointing to the Head of St. John, 
 
 held by the Executioner over the Charger ; which is 
 placed on an antique Marble Table, supported bv a 
 Sphynx. In the back ground between them is the Plead 
 of an Attendant in Shadow. Salome, though she tuins 
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 from the work of Deaths has a smile of satisfaction on her 
 countenance^ at the execution of the bloody Deed ; her 
 figure is extremely light, elegant and graceful ; her dra- 
 pery very highly finished and ornamented; and forms 
 a powerful contrast, with the ferocious look of the 
 Executioner, whose Body appears partly naked. The 
 trunkless Head of St. John is softly Pencilled and 
 affecting ; but not disgusting. The size of the Figures 
 all standing, is somewhat smaller than life : this Picture 
 evidently Painted, when his Pencil had freed itself from 
 the hardness of his early manner ; and when the correct- 
 ness of his Drawing was heightened by the most brilliant 
 Colouring; presents a fascinating and perfect whole: 
 but in addition, it boasts the superior, and almost 
 unrivalled excelience, of being treated so, as to excite 
 anguish for the decollaiion of the Saint ; without occa- 
 sioning horror : briefly, it is a most marvellous Picture : ^ 
 and bore internal evidence of being the production of this 
 incomparable Master, although it was called in the 
 Catalogue of the Orlean’s Gallery, by the name of 
 Andrea SoLARio ; on removing the Frame which con- 
 cealed it, the Name of Leonardo da Vinci, inscribed 
 in golden Letters, stood confessed under the Marble 
 Table. Connoisseui's, who know how very rarely the true 
 and genuine Works of this immortal ihiinter are to be 
 met with, and the immense Prices they deservedly obtain, 
 will appreciate the consummate beauty of this Master 
 Piece of Art. 
 
 59 Titian. A Landscape, enriched with a Castle: in the Foreground 
 
 are represented Nymphs Bathing in a Stream that 
 runs through a woody Dell. This splendid proof of 
 Ti tian’s powers would alone add celebrity to any Collec- 
 tion : it seems Painted from a Pallet of Gold, and is one 
 blaze of harmonious colour, while the singular manage- 
 ment of the Trees in the Fore Ground ; which could not 
 
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 have been attempted by any inferior Painter ; “ is Noble 
 Daring.” This inestimable Performance was Sje Joshua 
 Reynolds’s most favorite Landscape ; nor can it be 
 wondered at : it was bought at his Sale, and is truly in- 
 valuable. 
 
 *59 Reinagle, jun, A Copy of tire preceding Picture by this ingenious Artist. 
 
 60 Lud. Caracci The Adoration of the Shepherds : a Composition equal to the 
 
 finest of CoRRECio, and executed with the most extra- 
 ordinary Powers in all its Parts. This superlatively 
 beautiful and splendid ('abinet Gear re{)resents the 
 Virgin in the act of taking off the Mantle from the 
 Infant Saviour, who is lying in the Manger; and as ^ 
 she shews him to a Shepherd, who kneels before her, 
 she gazes with sublime delight on his adoration of the 
 Child; behind her is Joseph admitting other Shepherds, 
 and a Boy lighting them in with a Torch. The eman- 
 ation from the Infant Jesus, throws a splendor on tiie 
 foreground of the Picture, where the Virgin and the 
 Child are placed ; and on the same line to the right 
 are two Angels, one with his Arm round the Ass, and 
 the other in the act of adoring the Saviour ; and a Cow 
 is recumbent before them; above them on the outside 
 of the ‘-table, where there is an opening into the Interior, 
 are tw'o Sliepherds, leaning on the Partition ; the one, 
 
 (a Portrait of Annibal Caracci,) is looking down 
 upon the Infant Christ : the other, who holds a lighted 
 Lanthorn, directs his view upwards to the Heavens, 
 which are opened ; and amidst a Blaze of celestial Light 
 disclose a Group of Angels, who with Instruments of 
 Music “ and blest Voices, are uttering Joy.” In the 
 intermediate space between the two Shepherds and the 
 Group of Angels, the distant Landscape faintly appears, 
 as at the break of dawn ; thus there are five lights, yet 
 
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 so scientifically managed, as not only, not to create 
 confusion ; but even to add to the wonder of the Scene T 
 Where all is perfection, it is difficult to point out 
 passages of superior excellence ; but though we are 
 fascinated with the charm of the earthly Scene, we fix 
 our last View and Thought with rapturous delight, ou 
 the radiance bursting through the Clouds, and the- 
 Seraphic forms of the heavenly Choir. It only remains 
 to say, that the harmonious brilliancy of the colouring, 
 enriches the design with rival Splendor — this captivating 
 Cabinet Picture is on Copper, pure and perfect as 
 when first Painted ; from the Collection of Dr. Newton, 
 Bishop of Bristol. 
 
 The Good Samaritan. The Story is taken up at the point of 
 time, when he has conveyed the poor wounded Passenger 
 to a place of relief ; and he is represented on the steps of an 
 Inn, giving money to the little doctor, (as the engraving 
 of this Picture is called in Holland) with injunctions to 
 take care of the patient, whom a servant is assistins^ to 
 dismount from the Samaritan’s Horse, which another 
 servant is holding by the bridle : in the middle space is a 
 female figure drawing Water from a Well; and a Landscape 
 with Trees, faintly drawn, in order not to take off the 
 attention from the story, terminates the view. This mar- 
 vellous and unrivalled Bijou, equal, if not superior to the 
 finest works of Gerard Douw, contains in miniature, 
 all the wonderful force and magic of his largest Pictures : 
 yet withal so exquisitely, so sweetl}’ pencilled, and with 
 such a superiority in the Chiaro Scuro, and such force of 
 colouring, as to baffle all description. This inestimable 
 Jewel formerly belonged to the Due de Choiseul 
 Praslins ; and was bought by the present Proprietor, at 
 Mons. DE Calonne’s sale. 
 
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 4)2 M. A. Caea- The intended Sacrifice of Isaac by his Father Abraham, with 
 vaggio the Interposition of the Angel— nobly conceived, and 
 
 grandly treated. — Abraham seems indeed to question the 
 Ansel, as to the substitution of the Ham for his Son, 
 
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 being acceptable to the Deity. — This Picture belonged 
 to the Orleans’ Collection, and was always considered 
 as one of its first rate Ornaments ; being most powerfully 
 Painted, and with a most scientific management of the 
 Chiaro Scuro— very capital. 
 
 63 Uembeandt.. Inattentive observers, who have not sufficiently contemplated 
 
 the Works of Art, do not consider the feelings of the 
 Artist, who receives a natural Bias from the Country in 
 which he was born and where he resides ; and liem- 
 ^ ' branch has been censured for want of Dignity in his 
 
 Choice of Character, and for Vulgarity in Features and 
 forms : so Rubens, also, has been censured in a different 
 Manner, because his Females have not the Grace of 
 the Venus cle Medici. But satisfied of their Art, and 
 confident of their Powers, the Dutch and Flemish 
 Painters did not fly from the Objects that surrounded 
 them, in search of ideal Beauty; but gave Consecpience 
 ^ to every Subject they took in hand, by command of 
 
 Pencil and Fascination of Color : but this Picture is 
 a proof, that when Rembrandt met with Character, 
 he knew how to describe it, not only correctly and 
 forcibly, but even grandly; and there is a Sense, an 
 Understanding, and a Composure in the Countenance 
 of this Capital Performance, that is no less interesting 
 in the Subject, than astonishing in the Execution. There 
 is a Freedom, a Force, a brilliancy and Harmony, 
 and a magical blending of Colours throughout, that is 
 
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 Perfection itself, and the Acme of Art. It is indeed 
 a wonderful Performance, and no single Figure can rank 
 higher than this superla;ive Specimen of Rembrandt’s 
 Skill — ^It is dated 1650. 
 
 ^4 HoBBiMA = . . . A Wood with Cottages and Figures, and a distance to the left, 
 
 painted towards the conclusion of Summer ; and thus, 
 the intermixture of the verdant foliage with the autum- 
 nal tints, richly diversifying the Sylvan scene. It seems 
 to have been taken, just after the fall of a refreshing 
 shower ; with a warm sunshine on a Principal Cloud and 
 other parts of the Picture. The forms of the Trees, that 
 compose the Landscapes of this Master, are not in general 
 ■either Picturesque, or elegant ; seldom well grouped, 
 and loo often broken into many unconnected parts; 
 but this Picture possesses the happiest union of those 
 requisite beauties, and forms a perfect whole. And 
 though he has varied this view in many of his works ; 
 in no other has he ever introduced the Principal Masses 
 of Trees, that embellish the middle of the Foreground of 
 this composition, with such excellence, either as to their 
 forms, or their groupings. The eye that finds every-where 
 the most delightful repose, knows not where to fix its 
 preference ; and the colouring of the whole is so brilliant 
 in the light, so transparent in the shadows (of which not 
 the smallest part is grown opaque), that it has gained 
 this Picture the admiration of the Connoisseurs for its 
 exquisite truth in the delineation of simple and beautiful 
 Nature. To add more than that it is the most finished, 
 perfect and fascinating specimen of this incomparable 
 Master’s Pencil, would be superfluous, IT IS A COL- 
 LECTION IN ITSELF. 
 
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 dj A. Ostade A Dutch Cabaret^ an Interior: Peasantry of both Sexc-; 
 
 drinking, dancing and making merry. This extraordinary 
 Picture, presents a Scene of hilarity, happily describing 
 the characteristic humour of the Boors of Holland ; 
 admirably grouped and magically colored throughout. It is 
 impossible not to participate in the humor of the Scene, 
 and become a gratified Spectator of this spirited JA-rfor- 
 mance; so true to nature in all its parts, so scientifically 
 accomplished, and where all is proper cheerfulness. The 
 dancing couple are absolutely alive, and in motion ; 
 while the numerous Figures in the surrounding group are- 
 equally excellent, und all contribute in their different 
 situations, to produce an appropriate effect, and fill the 
 scene to complete satisfaction. It will bear the most 
 minute investigation in every part, for Art cannot go 
 higher. This Chef d’CEuvre of Ostade, was the 
 greatest favourite among all the Pictures of the Dutch 
 and Flemish Schools, which were in Mons. de Ca- 
 lonne’s Collection, from whence it was fortunately pur- 
 chased — truly capital. 
 
 66 Pakmbgiano- . The Infant Saviour standing on the lap of the Virgin, and 
 
 embracing her with filial affection. Of all the Pictures 
 in the Collection of Sir William Hamilton, this 
 (bought at his Sale) he prized above the rest: and 
 when we consider the feminine sweetness and mater- 
 nal regard of the Virgin, her ineffable smile, the glow 
 of health and beauty on the countenances of each, the 
 graceful flow of the outline of the Child, with the round- 
 ness of the Limbs, together with the purity and warmth 
 of the Carnations, as well as the simplicity of the Draperv 
 of the Virgin, it cannot be wondered that such a lovely 
 assemblage should have arrested the attention of so great 
 a judge, and delighted him above all his other Pictures : 
 it is correct in all its minuter parts, and wonderful in the 
 general execution — most capital — engraved. 
 
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 67 P. Veronese . St. Jerome — in his finest time and manner. Cabinet Picture?. 
 
 of this Master, of which this is an undoubted specimen, 
 are very rare, and highly esteemed — from Mr. Strange’s 
 Collection. 
 
 The Portrait of the celebrated Tuscan Poet and Sat^uist, 
 Pietro Aretin ; who corresponded with the Princes 
 and Painters of his time, with equal fainiliai'ity — Titian 
 has in this Pictiu'e displayed his highest skill, and for 
 truth, eorreetness, and warmth it must stand unrivalletl 
 — it has indeed all the force and glow of Giorgione, 
 of whom Titian was the Scholar — most capital. 
 
 The adoration of the Kings. This very scarce and excellent 
 Painter, who was born in 1510, and died in 1588 (as men- 
 tioned in the Abecedario Pittorieo) had received instruc- 
 tion from Buonaroti ; and 'afterwards improved himself 
 as a Scholar of Corregio. Thus he was enabled to 
 treat this divine subject with such astonishing Powers 
 of Alt, as combines both the graceful and sublime; and 
 by the emanation of light from the Infant Jesus, which 
 is reflected on the beautiful countenance of the Virgin, 
 forms a perfect illumination ; while the latter is grandly 
 contrasted with opposing shadow. This Picture was 
 bought at the Purling Sale, where it was excessively 
 admired. 
 
 70 Domenichino The finished Sketch for the celebrated Picture of the Apo- 
 theosis of St. Cecilia in the Dome of the Church of St. 
 Luigi, at Rome — this interesting and beautiful Perfor- 
 mance (though in oil, yet in the stile of Fresco colouring) 
 was purchased at a very considerable price in Italy, by 
 the late Mr. Davenport; and always considered as a 
 truly Cabinet Gem. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 ^j. Smeetcn, Printer, 148, St. Martin’s Lane.) 
 
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