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A 
 
 Catalogue 
 
 or 
 
 A most Sujierh and Distinguished Collection of Italian^ French^ 
 Flemish, and Dutch 
 
 P I C T U R E S, 
 
 J SELECTION 
 
 Formed with peculiar Taste and Judgment by 
 
 JOHN TRUMBULL, ESQ, 
 
 V During his late Residence in Paris, 
 
 From some of the most CELEBRATED CABINETS in FRANCE. 
 
 CONSISTING OF 
 
 The undoubted Works of the following great Masters, in the highest State 
 
 RAPHAEL, 
 
 TITIAN, - 
 
 PORDENONE, 
 
 BASSAN, 
 
 SPAGNOLETTO, 
 
 GUERCINO, 
 
 GUIDO, 
 
 " Preservation : 
 
 SALVATOR ROSA, 
 
 MURILLO, 
 
 POUSSIN, 
 
 RUBENS, ^ 
 
 V. DYCK, 
 TENIERS, 
 
 BERGHEM, 
 WOUVERMANS, 
 GER. DOUW, 
 CH. V. WERFF, 
 REMBRANDT, 
 VERNET. 
 
 Which will be Sold by Auction 
 
 By Mr. CHRISTIE, 
 
 At his Great Room in Pall Mall, 
 
 On Friday, February lyth, 1797, and following Dav. 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK. 
 
 To be publicly viewed Two Days preceding the Sale. 
 Catalogues may be had as above, and at the Rainbow Coffee Houfe, Cornhi 
 [price one shilling.] 
 
 
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CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
 I. Mgheft Bidder to be the Buyer ; and if any Difpute arife between Two or more 
 Bidders, the Lot fo difputed (halt be put up again and re-fold. 
 
 II. No Perfon to advance lefs than is. Above Five Pounds as. 6 d. And fo <Mi in pro- 
 portion. , . ! ! •' 
 
 III. The Purchafers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, if required,, and to 
 pay down 20I. per Cent, in Part of Payment of the Purchaie Money ; in E)efault 
 of which, the Lot or Lots fo purchafed, to be' immediately put up again, and re-fold. 
 
 IV. The Lots to be abfolutely taken away with all Faults at the Expence of the Purchafers, 
 within One Day after the Sale. 
 
 V. To prevent Inconveniences that frequently attend long and open Accounts, the 
 
 Remainder of the Purchafe Money to be abfolutely paid on or before the Deliverjr. 
 
 VI. Upon Failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money depofited in Part 
 of Payment fhall be forfeited ; all Lots uncleared within the Time aforefaid, (hall 
 be re-fold by Public or Private Sale; and the Deficiency (if any) attending fuch 
 Re-fale, lhall be made good by the Defaulters at this Sale. 
 
TThE- C apital and Valuable Colledion of Pitflures which is 
 here prefented to the Public, is the fruit of a conhderable refidence, and 
 the laborious refearch of a perfon who had the means of accefs to the 
 very fineft remaining colle<5tions in France j and whofe judgment 
 enabled him, in a lingular degree, to avail himfelf of thofe means 
 of acquiring whatever was eminently fine and valuable in the Arts. 
 
 The convulfions with which that country had been diftradled, 
 prefented a fctene that too well fetonded his endeavours to attain his 
 objedt. — What a confufion* of perfons, and of property ! — Pofiefibrs, 
 miffing, or profcribed, and their cabinets difperfed, like the leaves of 
 the Sybil, in every quarter !< England has had, perhaps, the greateft ffiare 
 in gathering up thefe fcattered Treafures, and by affording a Sanduary 
 to the Fine Arts, 'has conftituted within herfelf an Emporium of 
 Wealth, incalculable^ Some few in the unfortunate Country, whofe 
 enthufiafin for the ’uirtu had armed them with greater fortitude, 
 retained their 'treafures to ‘the daft. This was the moment in which 
 the colledior, who configned thefe pidures, ftepped in. — The preffure 
 of calamity had ' prevaired-— And what, hut excefs of this, could have 
 wrefted from them, fuch fpecimens as the Raphael, the Guercino, 
 the Pouffin, and many others, of the different great fchools ; or the 
 Pordenone, which in variety of excellence is an Epitome of them all 
 
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 It is the colledor of refined tafte, and judgment only, who 
 knows how to direct his refearches, and in collecting what is fine, 
 ever, at the fame time, keeps in view the beautiful and the pleafing. 
 The Prefent Collection jiiftifies the Idea that in the feleCting of it, neither 
 the one, nor the other have been lofl: Sight of.'— ^But this might be ex- 
 pected from the Collector’s well-known Critical Knowledge, and 
 Perfection in the Art. He has ^ given ample proofs of thefe to the 
 World — nor do we Conceive that it is the Prefent Age alone that 
 will Stamp its admiring Teftimony upon the recent Inimitable Pro- 
 ductions of his Pencil. 
 
 It may undoubtedly be deemed one of the mofi: capital, and 
 fuperb collections (for its number) ever configned to this country, or 
 exhibited to the view of the Public. As the pictures are all of the very 
 grandeft, and fineft clafs, and in the mofi: pure, and fpotlefs flate of 
 prefervation, the Public, we doubt not, will know well how to appre- 
 ciate their excellence. The patient Connoijfeur may pafs on from the 
 turbid brook, but he will not be able to refill the gratification of 
 flaking his thirfl; for the virtue at the pure fountain. The tafte of the 
 moft refined and faftidious collector may here be gratified without 
 fatiety, and he muft poflTefs the virtue, nil admirariy in an uncommon 
 degree, who cannot be tempted by the exquifite rarities with which this 
 capital collection is adorned. 
 
A 
 
 CATALOGUE, 
 
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 First Day’s Sale, 
 
 
 FRIDAY, 
 
 — - Simon di Pefaro 
 
 Tilburg — 
 
 — Van Delen — 
 
 ^ — s>Van Romyn — 
 T Maes — — 
 
 Hobbima — 
 2 — — 
 • Trcvifani ~ 
 
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 Called Le Sceur 
 Ommegank — 
 
 FEBRUARY the 17th, 1797. 
 
 1 J^EAD of a faint; from the colledion of M. Jou- 
 
 bert 
 
 2 Peafants at the door of an inn — dolledlion of M. Des 
 
 Touches 
 
 3 Infde view of a church with figures hy Poelenburg ; from 
 
 the colleftion of M. Des Touches 
 
 4 Buildings and cattle ; from the fame 
 
 5 A hoy with a young deer ; from the fame 
 
 6 Landfcape ; from the colleftion of M. Grandpre 
 
 7 The Holy Family 
 
 8 Madona and St. Francis; from the colledion of M. 
 
 Joubert 
 
 9 The Magdalen . 
 
 10 Cattle^ finely painted 
 
 
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 Poelemburg — “ 
 
 ^ Adrian Van de Velde 
 
 '7/7 Canaletti — — - 
 
 — Ditto — — — 
 
 >^_^PaulFerg — — ■ 
 
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 26 > Wynants — — 
 
 ;5^vJ-R»yfdacl - - 
 
 Cuyp _ _ — 
 
 Vandermeulen — 
 
 /f After Nicholo Pouffin 
 D. Teniers — — 
 
 /O Weenix — — 
 
 50 Teniers “ — 
 
 Rubens — — 
 
 60 ^- Jordaens — — 
 
 20 Alexander Veronefe — 
 /3J^ intoret — — 
 
 33 Paul Veronefe — 
 
 30 Alexander Veronefe 
 
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 11 Rums and figures, delicately finiflied 
 
 12 A fmall winter Jcene, charmingly painted ; from the 
 
 colledion of M. Des Touches 
 
 13 ^ view in Venice, fine 
 
 14 Ditto, ditto 
 
 15 A military Jcene 
 
 16 Ditto, companion. Thefe are two uncommonly fine 
 
 fpecimens of Ferg, on copper 
 
 17 A very pleaftng landfcape, with figures by Lingelbach, 
 
 finely painted and in the beft prefcrvation ; from 
 i the colleftion of M.'Grandpre 
 
 18 A morning Jcene, the centre of this piilure is peculiarly 
 
 fine ; from the colleftion of M. Grandpre 
 
 19 Cows, an early pidlure of this favorite maficr ; from 
 
 the colle£l;ion of M. Des Touches 
 
 20 A battle, one of the capital pi£lures of this mafter, and 
 
 in perf'e£l prefervation ; from the colledlion of M. 
 Le Rouge 
 
 21 An excellent old copy of one of his fineft landfcapes — 
 
 colle£l;ion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 22 A road, with figures, iAc. an agreeable fmall fpecimen 
 
 of this favorite mafter; from the colle£Hon of M. 
 Des Touches 
 
 23 Head of a young artijl, very finely painted; from the 
 
 colledfion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 24 Portrait of a lady with a negro fervant, a very fine 
 
 pidure ; from the coljedlion of the Duke dePrallin, 
 
 25 Germanicus haranguing his troops, Iketch ; from the col- 
 
 leSrion of M. Des Touches 
 
 26 The Holy Family, half figures the fize of life; a very 
 
 capital pi£ture, equal to Rubens for colouring ; from 
 the colleiftion of the Baron D’Ffpagnac 
 
 27 Cupid and Pfyche, on black marble 
 
 28 A female figure, half length, fize of life and finely 
 
 coloured 
 
 29 The martyrdom of St Catharine, a fine pitfture ; from 
 
 the colleftion of the Duke de Tallard 
 
 30 Diana and nymphs furprized bathing by A£teon ; from 
 
 the colletftion of M. Le Rouge 
 
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 V Sebaftian Bourdon 
 ^^TTitian — 
 Paris Bourdonne 
 ^^Philip Champagne 
 
 arlo Dolce — 
 S/ Giorgione — 
 2C} Schidoni — 
 
 /s, Dominico Fetti 
 Louis Carrache 
 
 Z$ Pietro da Cortona 
 /O Dominichino 
 
 y2 Stella — 
 
 yj/t- Luca Tordano 
 23 Ditto - - 
 
 Ditto — — 
 
 ;2/ Ditto - - 
 
 /do Sebaftian Bourdon 
 
 Salvator Rofa 
 
 
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 3t The Baptifm of Chriji, a fine compofition and in perfeft 
 prefervation — colledion of M. Donjoux 
 
 32 Portrait of a lady, a fine half-length ; from the collec- 
 
 tion of the Prince Carignan 
 
 33 Portrait of a lady, half-length^ fine as- Titian, and, in 
 , perfed prefervation— -colledion of Prince Carignan 
 
 34 Portrait of the great Colbert, very finely painted and in 
 
 perfed prefervation ; from the colledion of the 
 Baron D’Efpagnac 
 
 35 The Magdalen, a very fine head ; from the colledions 
 
 of the Duke de L’Alfaie and M. Donjoux 
 
 36 The Holy Family, a fine fpecimen and in excellent pre- 
 
 fervation — colledion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 37 The Coronation of the Virgin, fmall, a fine compofition 
 
 of twelve figures, in perfed prefervation, and 
 from the very choice colledion of the Duke de 
 '' Praflin 
 
 38 ^r/mj/i< 2 --colledion of M. Donjoux 
 
 39 The Holy Family, fmall, a charming little fpecimen'^ 
 
 from the colledion of M. Donjoux 
 
 40 Fhe Adoration of the Jhepherds, a beautiful little fpeci- 
 
 men of the mailer ; from the colledion of the 
 Baron D’Efpagnac 
 
 41 The Virgin and child, fmall, a favourite compofition 
 ' of this great mailer; in perfed prefervation ; from 
 
 the colledion of M. Donjoux 
 
 42 Cupid and Pfyche, fmall, and fweetly painted ; from 
 
 the colledion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 43 Fire', an allegorical compofition 
 
 44 FVater, ditto 
 
 45 Earth, ditto 
 
 46 Air, ditto. Thefe four pidures of the elements arc 
 
 from the choice colledion of the Baron D’Efpagnac, 
 and are juilly regarded as among the fineil works 
 of the mailer 
 
 47 The daughters of Jethro, a very fine compofition, 
 
 worthy of N. Pouflln, in high prefervation; from 
 the colledion of the Baron D’Efpagnac 
 
 48 A landfcape, a fine romantic grand fcene, and in 
 
 excellent prefervation ; from the colledion of 
 M. Le Rouge 
 
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 Spagnoletto 
 
 ' Rembrandt 
 
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 49 St. Jerome and Angela a capital pifture, the body and 
 
 head of the faint, worthy the pencil of Guido, in 
 fine prefervation ; from the colleftion of M. 
 Donjoux 
 
 50 Portrait of a lady^ half length, in his high finiflied 
 
 manner, one of his fineft and moft extraordinary 
 works; from the collection of M. Donjoux 
 
 End of the Firft Day’s Sale. 
 
Second Day’s Sale, 
 
 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY the i8th, 1797. 
 
 L. Titius — 
 
 \ Hobbima — 
 
 ^2 \ Teniers — 
 
 v^uccarelli — 
 
 Domin. Fetti 
 
 332 ^ Weenix — 
 
 Vandyke — 
 
 4 ^ 
 
 Sebaftian Bourdon 
 
 23 Rubens — 
 
 /ZZ Ditto _ 
 
 2Z/ s^^JTeniers — 
 
 ^ 2 /^ Ditto — — ■ 
 
 Ditto — — 
 
 Carl, du Jardin 
 
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 51 A High-finiped piSiure in the ftile of G. Douv^ 
 
 52 A landjcape 
 
 53 A village dance 
 
 54 Landfcape, one of his fine Italian pidlures 
 
 55 Dives and Lazarus, a fine pidture of the mailer 
 
 56 Dead game, a finely painted picture in his bell manner 
 
 57 The^ Virgin and child ; one of the favorite compofitions 
 
 , of this great mailer, and in fine prefervation ; from 
 the colleftions of the Duke de L’Affaie and of 
 M. Donjoux 
 
 58 The Burial of Chri/l, a fine clallical pidlure, in perfedi 
 
 prefervation •, from the colledlion of M. De La 
 Regniere 
 
 59 Head of a boy, Tmo beautiful Iketches, fize of life; 
 
 60 Ditto of a girl, /from the colledlion of M. Des Touches 
 
 61 Judith with the head of Holofernes, a very fine fpecimen 
 
 of this favorite mailer, in the moll perfedl prefer- 
 vation ; from the colledions of M. Collet and M. 
 Des Touches 
 
 62 An exquifite little landfcape with figures, in his fineft 
 
 manner ; from the colledlion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 63 A beautiful little landfcape, wcith gipfies telling the for- 
 
 tune of an old man, of the very firll clafs of merit; 
 companion to the foregoing 
 
 64 A peajant on horfeback driving cattle, an admirable pic- 
 
 ture of this mafler ; the landfcape in the manner of 
 Claude, and little inferior to him 
 
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 Chev. Van der WerfF 
 
 Gerard Douw - 
 
 Vanderhuyden 
 
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 Teniers 
 
 Wouvermans 
 
 Teniers > — — 
 
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 /3S Teniers 
 
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 Ditto — 
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 Teniers 
 
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 65 Children with a blreZ s nejl, a very exquifite little pic- 
 
 ture of this admired mafter ; from the colledion of 
 the Duke de Praflin 
 
 66 One of the fineft pictures of this great mafter, well 
 
 known under the name of The Onion Cutter \ from 
 the colledlions of the Countefs La Verrue and 
 Grandpre 
 
 67 A landjcapcy with water and boats by William Vander- 
 
 velde, and figures by Adrian; a curious and very 
 fine fpecimen of thofe three admired mafters, and in 
 perfeft prefervation ; well known in the cabinet of 
 the Duke D’Ozincourt and M. Gagny 
 
 68 AJiahle with cowi, a milkmaid^ boy, iAc. 2 l very capital 
 
 pidure of this admired mafter; from the collection 
 of M. Le Rouge 
 
 69 A return from the chace ; the animals and dead game in 
 
 this admirable piCture cannot be furpafled; and the 
 whole forms, perhaps, the fineft fpecimen of the 
 mafter in England ; formerly in the precious collec- 
 tion of the Countefs La Verrue 
 
 70 Gamblers at Trldirac, an exquifite picture in perfeCl 
 
 prefervation, and no way inferior to the bonnet 
 rouge of M. Calonne ; formerly in the collection 
 of M. Le Brun 
 
 1\ A landjcape with figures on horfiebach, a fcene in the 
 vicinity of Rome; clear, brilliant, in perfeCt pre- 
 fervation, and one of the fineft productions of this 
 very great mafter; from the collection of M. 
 Grandpre 
 
 72 A concert ivith portraits of hlmfief and family^ exquifitely 
 
 painted in his fineft manner, and in perfeCt pre- 
 fervation 
 
 73 A dance of peafiants, companion to the above, and of the 
 
 fame clafs of merit 
 
 74 A landjcape^ fcarcely inferior to Claude Lorrain, and 
 
 in the higheft prefervation; from the collection of 
 M. Donjoux 
 
 75 A chymiji In his Elaboratory \ this piCture may juftly be 
 
 called the fineft known fpecimen of the wonderful 
 union of freedom and finifhing fo juftly admired 
 in Teniers; from the collection of M. Le Brun 
 
2^0 bassan 
 
 /l^O Vernet 
 
 Ditto — 
 
 Salvator Rofa 
 Bronfmo 
 
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 Nicholo Pouffin 
 
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 270 
 
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 Guido 
 
 Nicholo Pouflin 
 
 Guido 
 
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 76 THE MAGDALEN AT THE FEAST OF THE 
 
 PHARISEE, wiping the feet of the Saviour with 
 her hair; in perfedl prefervation, and one of the 
 fined; works exifting of. the mafter ; from the col- 
 leflion of the Duke de Tallard 
 
 77 A Jiorm and Jhipwreck, the mod capital and perfect pic- 
 
 ture of the mafter in England 
 
 78 A view of the cajile and bridge of St. Angelo in Rome, with 
 
 a fete on the Tiber; among the great number of 
 fpedators are Vernet himfelf, his Wife and her 
 Father, M. Parker; this pidufe is almoft equally 
 capital as the former, its companion 
 
 79 A fublime landfcape, in perfedl prefervation ; from the 
 
 colledlion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 80 The Madona, Child and St. Catharine, a very capital 
 
 picture of this great mafter, in high prefervation ; 
 from the colledtion of the Baron D’Efpagnac, where 
 it was always efteemed to be from the hand of A. 
 Carrache 
 
 81 yf Holy Family, a capital and claftic compofition of this 
 
 great mafter, in the higheft prefervation, well 
 known by the print engraved by Poilly ; from the 
 choice colleftion of M. De La Regniere 
 
 82 Lucretia, one of the fineft fpecimens of this great 
 
 mafter, in his greateft ftile, and in perfeft pre- 
 fervation ; from the colleftion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 83 Chrif in the Mount of Olives, the vifionary part of this 
 
 exquifite little pidlure is equal to any of the fineft 
 works of this great mafter ; and the three Difciples 
 fleeping on the foreground are very grand — it was 
 brought from Italy by M. Joubert, and is now from 
 the colle£lion of M. Le Rouge 
 
 84 The patron faints of Bologna ; in this ftile there is but 
 
 one pitfture of this great mafter known in Europe, 
 which can vie in excellence with this precious 
 fpecimen, that of the Affumption of the Virgin at 
 Bologna ; this pi£lure was long in the famous col- 
 ledlion of M. Bramkamp in Holland— is now from 
 that of M. Donjoux 
 
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 PORDENONE — 
 
 4^0 GUERCINO 
 
 BERGHEM — — 
 
 750 RAPHAEL ~ — 
 
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 85 St. John with the Lamb; the fentiment of this admirable 
 
 little picture is equal to the magic of its colouring 
 and execution, and without prejudice to any other, it 
 may fairly be pronounced the mojt lovely fpecimen 
 of this admired mailer in England; it was one of 
 the choicell ornaments of the very fine colledlion of 
 the Duke de Prajlin 
 
 86 DEJANIRA AND THE CENTAUR purfued by 
 
 Hercules, a moll capital pi6lure, equal in colour 
 to Titian, and in compofition worthy of Annibal 
 Carrache ; in the bell prefervation, and from the 
 colleSion of a late noble Duke, whofe tafle and 
 judgment were well known 
 
 87 ANGELICA AND MEDORA; figures the fize of 
 
 life; one of the moll capital pidlures known of this 
 great mafter, and in the bell prefervation ; formerly 
 in the fame colledlion as the above 
 
 88 A LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND CAT- 
 
 TLE, one of the fineft works extant of this great 
 mailer, in which freedom and elegance of execution, 
 and brilliancy of colouring are united, with won- 
 derful grandeur of compofition. The admirable 
 pi£lure, formerly in the Royal Colledlion, and now 
 in the National Mufeum of France, is the only one 
 known in Europe of this mafter, which can be held 
 to be fuperior in any point to this ; in dignity of 
 compofition it is however indifputably inferior; 
 from the coIle£lion of M. Grandpre 
 
 89 THE VIRGIN, CHRIST, AND ST JOHN, 
 
 known by the name of the Madona du Corfet Rouge; 
 , an admirable pi£lure of the middle period of this 
 Greateft of Painters; the drawing and compofition 
 are worthy of him; the expreflions of all the heads 
 fine, but that of the Madona fuperlatively fo, and 
 the colouring is fuperior to almoft any of his works. 
 
 This pi£ture was brought from Rome by 
 Cardinal Mazarin, and (notwithftanding very high 
 prices were offered for it, particularly by the Prince 
 of Conde], was religioully preferved in the family, 
 until the diftrelfes of the Revolution, in which 
 
Le Brun 
 
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 M. Primodan, the late pofTeiTor, had his full 
 fhare, determined him to part with it for a very ex- 
 travagant fum. 
 
 It was originally painted on wood, which 
 beginning to decay, the painting was transferred 
 upon cloth in 1767, by Hacquin, (as was alfo the 
 Holy Family by the fame mailer, well known ia 
 the Royal Colle£lion). It is in perfe£l prefervation.. 
 
 90 The battle of Confiantine and Maxentius 
 
 91 The triumph of Confiantine. Thefe admirable drawings 
 
 are the originals from which the fine prints of 
 Audran were engraved ; no pi£lures of thefe fub- 
 jedls were ever painted by Le Brun ; and the im- 
 portance of thefe drawings is very much enhanced* 
 by the circumftance of their being all that exifts of 
 thefe fubjedls by the hand of the Great Compofer;. 
 they are from the cabinet of M. Le Brun, and until 
 now have never been out of the family.. 
 
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