THE 
 
 CATALOGUE 
 
 OF 
 
 A SMALL BUT SUPERB SELECTION 
 
 OF 
 
 important iJamtmgs, 
 
 OF THE VtRY FIRST DISTINCTION AND QUALITY, 
 The Renowned Works of 
 L ETO NARDO DA VINCI, 
 
 MICHAEL ANGELO BUONAROTI, 
 
 DOM ENICHINO, 
 
 HANS HOLBEIN, 
 
 PARMEGIANO, 
 
 Sir PETER PAUL RUBENS, 
 
 &c. See. See. 
 
 ANDREA SACCHI, 
 
 VENUSTI, 
 
 MURILLO, 
 
 WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, 
 
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 Mr. Squibb’s Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, 
 On SATURDAY, JUNE the 11 th, 1808, 
 
 AT TWO O CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 May be Viewed Two Days preceding the Sale, and Catalogues had at the Room, and of 
 
 Mr. Coxe, N°. 33, Throgmorton Street. 
 
 
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Contritions of §?alr. 
 
 I. ' JL HAT the higheft Bidder be the Purchafer; but thould any Difpute arife 
 between two or more Bidders, the Lot or x Lots to be put up again and refold. 
 
 II. That no Perfon advance lefs than one Shilling under one Pou 
 Pound and under five, two Shillings; above five Pounds, thre 
 fo on in Proportion. 
 
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 hillings ; and 
 
 III That the Purchafers give in their Names and Places of Abode, if required, 
 and pay down immediately a proportionate Part of the Purchafe Money, after 
 the rate of Twenty Pounds per Cent, and the Remainder on or before the 
 Delivery of the Lots Purchafed. 
 
 IV. That the Lots (hall be abfolutely taken away within Two Days after the 
 Sale, with all Faults, by whomfoever they were painted, and under any 
 and every Defcription, at the Expence of the Purchafers. 
 
 And Laftly. That upon Failure of complying with thefe Conditions, the Money 
 depofited in Part of Payment {hall be forfeited: the Lot or Lots uncleared 
 after the Time limited Ihall be re-fold by Public or Private Sale; and the 
 Deficiency, if any, attending fuch Re-fale, together with all Charges, be 
 made good by the Defaulter at the prefect Sale. 
 
abtetoement. 
 
 It is to be hoped, that it may be said without presumption, that 
 on the slightest examination, the Pictures enumerated in this Cata¬ 
 logue, will discover themselves to be of that Description and Quality, 
 to entitle them to be ranked in the first Order of Art, and to be 
 admitted in the first and most distinguished Collections in the King¬ 
 dom, claiming the Palm of Pre-eminence for Perfection and Value, 
 
 In presenting them before the Public under this appropriate 
 description, it surely can not be deemed improper to impress upon 
 the minds of those Noblemen and Gentlemen who are acquainted 
 with and admire the Art of Painting, in its most elevated Forms, 
 that Pictures of this high Class are every day becoming more difficult 
 to obtain, and that once placed on the Walls of the Opulent and 
 
 Intelligent 
 
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 Intelligent Cognoscenti, no price it is to be presumed will be able 
 hereafter to withdraw them out of their possession, as it is naturally 
 to be expected that they will be transmitted by Will to their descen¬ 
 dants, as Heir-Looms to their Families, and an honorable and convin¬ 
 cing proof of the Taste and Judgement of the Selector. 
 
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 C A T A L O G U E 9 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 SATURDAY, JUNE the 11th, 1808, 
 
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 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 Rubens — 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Drawings . 
 
 A Drawing, framed, and with plate glass, a single figure 
 of a Female, being the design for Helena Forman’s 
 portrait, with her hand and arm evidently extended 
 as if upholding her Child by leading strings 
 Ditto, his own Portrait, when a very young man 
 Ditto, the Original design for the Doctor’s of the Church 
 Ditto, the Emperor Constantine praying to the great 
 Creator and God of Battles to crown his arms with 
 victory 
 
 Ditto, a spirited sketch of two Horses and Figures 
 —accomplished with all his usual energy 
 
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 PAINTINGS. 
 
 6 Rubens — 
 
 7 Ditto —• 
 
 8 Ditto — 
 
 9 Ditto — 
 
 10 Ditto 
 
 11 Venusti 
 
 12 Murillo 
 
 13 Leonardo 
 da Vinci 
 
 A spirited Sketch of Constantine kneeling before the 
 Cross 
 
 Constantine receiving the sacred Banner. 
 
 Constantine crowned by Fame, with Armorial Trophies 
 in the Back Ground. 
 
 An Allegorical representation of Constantine receiving 
 under the influence of the cross, authority over the 
 Earth and Ocean. 
 
 The Battle of Licinnius. A picture of uncommon energy 
 and vivacity of composition—a most animated 
 description of one of the famous battles fought 
 under the auspices of the Emperor Constantine, 
 exemplifying throughout the whole performance all 
 the powers and spirit of this great Master’s Pencil. 
 
 Michael Angelo's Buonaroti's Dream, describing the 
 Vices to which frail Man is subject, the design 
 by Michael Angelo though painted by Venusti 
 
 The Assumption of the Virgin, a pure Cabinet Picture 
 of this great Master, admirably accomplished 
 throughout, and the tone of Coloring delightfully 
 transparent and delicate—the Angels perfectly 
 buoyant in the Clouds. 
 
 Portrait of Francis I. of France, a capital representation 
 of that gallant and honorable Monarch, the Rival 
 of Charles the Fifth, contemporary of Henry VIII. 
 and Pride of the Kingdom he governed—it is no 
 wonder that Leonardo da Vinci should have dis¬ 
 played all his Art in delineating the Portrait of his 
 Royal Friend and Patron. 
 
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 14 
 
 15 
 
 lb 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 Andrea 
 
 Sacchi 
 
 Rubens — 
 Holbein — 
 
 Domenichino 
 
 Parmegiano 
 
 M ICHAEL 
 Angelo 
 Buonaroti 
 
 St. Bruno holding a Crucifix, great expression of Piety 
 and Concern pervades this interesting Performance, 
 the hands are beautifully managed and the whole 
 Character is singularly impressive —capital 
 
 The Doctors of the Church, a sketch, equal to a finished 
 Picture for Effect, Expression, and Color. 
 
 The Portrait of Mary, Queen of England, and Wife of 
 Philip II. on pannel, in the best manner of the 
 Master. 
 
 St. Cecilia, an admirable Performance, painted for the 
 
 Cardinal Sausi, recently brought into this Country 
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 and is in most perfect preservation, equal to ‘any 
 of the Works of this esteemed Painter—the atten¬ 
 tion and admiration of the Angel contemplating the 
 countenance of the Saint as she is singing, is in 
 perfect Character and adds interest to the Subject. 
 
 The Marriage of St. Catharine from the Orleans Col¬ 
 lection, a beautiful Specimen of the Master: 
 Enchantment is in every part 
 The Virgin supporting the Saviour with two attendant 
 Angels, from the private Chapel of the Pope: It 
 was painted by Michael Angelo , for Pope Clement 
 VII. There is a sublime expression throughout 
 mingled with feeling, which none but a great 
 Master could accomplish—Elegance of Drawing 
 and perfect Knowledge of Anatomy displays itself 
 in the Figure of our Saviour; and the marking of 
 the Muscles about the Arms and Shoulders of 
 the Angels, equally evince the great Science of 
 this unrivalled Painter—it is a Master Piece of 
 perfection and sweetly colored. 
 
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 The Divine Christ in the Personification of the Second 
 Person of the Trinity—The Son of God represented 
 (in an Allegorical allusion) as in the Act of creating 
 theUniverse—The Globe in the left hand describing 
 the Ptolemaic Hypothesis, which was the prevailing 
 System acknowledged in the Painters Time—This 
 extraordinarily excellent Picture was painted for 
 Francis I. in whose Arms Leonardo expired. 
 
 Publius Lentulus presiding in Judea, in the 
 Reign of the Emperor Tiberius, transmitted the 
 following Epistle to the Senate of Rome. 
 
 “ There appeared in thefe our days a man of great virtue called 
 Jesus Christ, who is yet living among!! us, and of the 
 people is accepted for a Prophet, bur his own Difciples call 
 him the Son of God; he raifeth the dead, and cureth all 
 manner of difeafes; a man of ftature fomewhat tall, and 
 comely, with a very reverend countenance, fuch as the be¬ 
 holders may both fear and love ; his hair is of the colour of 
 a chefnut full ripe, and plain almoft down to his ears, but 
 from the ears downward, fomewhat curled, and more orient 
 of colour, waving about his shoulders; in the midi! of his 
 head goeth a feam, or partition of his hair, after the manner 
 of the Nazarites : his forehead very plain and fmooth; his 
 face without fpot or wrinkle, beautified with a comely red; 
 his nofe and mouth fo formed, that nothing can be repre¬ 
 hended ; his beard fomewhat thick, agreeable in colour to 
 the hair of his head, not of any great length, but forked in 
 the midi!; of an innocent look, his eyes grey, clear, and 
 quick : in reproving, he is fevere ; in admonifhing, courteous 
 and fair fpoken ; pleafant in fpeech, mixt with gravity; it 
 cannot be remembered that any have feen him laugh, but 
 many have feen him weep; in proportion of body well fhaped 
 and ftraight; his hands and arms very delegable to behold ; 
 in fpeaking, very temperate, model! and wife; a man for his 
 fingwlar beauty, exceeding the children of men.” 
 
 20 Leonardo da 
 Vinci 
 
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 The wonderfully transcendant abilities of the 
 Painter has evidently been called into the fullness 
 of exertion, by the extraordinary and forcible des¬ 
 cription of the writer—Lentulus the Heathen seems 
 to have been inspired with the Subject; and if ever 
 the Art of Painting was more than congenial with 
 literary description, the pallette and pencil have in 
 this instance shewn powers that could only emanate 
 from a superior mind, brought into Action by it 
 for the most sublime of purposes, the representa¬ 
 tion of the Divine Saviour; not as the Man of Sorrow 
 and acquainted with Grief, but as the sublime Creator 
 of the World, decorated with all the Majesty of beauty 
 and animated by apparent solicitude for the we far 
 of Mankind before the fall. —Art stands challenged 
 in this sublime Performance; it cannot be surpassed. 
 
 FINIS; 
 
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