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Portrait of Queen Anne, Consort to William the Third.
—highly valuable.
A Hermit—«. highly finished admirable Performance.
A Reposo, with the attendant Angels beautifully grouped
in various positions, and happily introduced
in an elegant and interesting Landscape.
Tivoli—a grand Scene magnificently framed. The view
highly interesting, and embracing great variety
of Subject, judiciously treated.
A View in Wales, with Cattle and Figures, by Gilpin,
Cipriani, and himself—delightfully dispersed
in different parts of the Picture, part in th e
Foreground, part crossing in a Ferry-Boat—
the time morning, and the whole performance
most interesting.
A most beautiful Performance—exquisitely painted—the
figures animated, the distance tender and de¬
lightful, the tout ensemble admirable, in his best
Italian Manner.
Figures on Horseback, in a Landscape, with Cows in
the Foreground, and Village Church in the
Distance; true to Nature, and British Scenery
—a capital Performance. ^
An Artist, with his Easel and other accompanyments, a
very high finished Performance, painted with
all the neatness and Effect of Gerard Douw.«.
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CATALOGUE
OF
ALL THAT WELL-KNOWN VALUABLE COLLECTION
OF
Capital Jiaiutuiss,
THE PROPERTY OF
THE LATE
Most Noble the Marquis ofLansdowne,
Which have long been considered as one of the great Ornaments
OF
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LUDOVICO CAIUCCI,
CORREGGIO,
SALVATOR ROSA,
GUIDO,
GUERCINO,
VELASQUEZ,
PROCACCINI,
&C.
CANALETTI,
PAOLO PAN INI,
REMBRANDT,
ALBERT DURER,
JORDAENS,
GONSALVEZ,
MURILLO,
VANDERVELDT,
&c.
COMPRISING
THE BEST EFFORTS OF THOSE ADMIRED MASTERS,
RUBENS, CLAUDE,
LEONARDO DA VINCI, NICOLO POUSSIN,
GASPAR POUSSIN,
PAOLO VERONESE,
TITIAN,
TENIERS,
BERGHEM,
VERNET,
BASSAN,
&c.
tottt be $>old bp Auction,
BY
Peter Coxe, Burrell and Foster,
By Order of the Executors, without the least Reserve,
ON THE PREMISES,
JLnAJVSJBQWJVE MOUSE , MERKEEY SfWdLRE,
ON
Wednesday 19 th , and Thursday 20 th of March, 1806,
AT TWELVE O’CLOCK.
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May be Viewed Two Days preceding the Sale, when Catalogues, at 2s. Gd. each, (without
which no Person can possibly be admitted) may he had at the Lodge at Lansdowne House,
and of Messrs, Peter Coxe, Burrell and Foster, 88, Pall Mall,
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Conbtttons of
I. Th*t 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.
II. 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 r«jviivj , ».iO [/uj dunu i*..—— |/w^ui»aojij 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 ftiall be abfolutely taken away within Three Days after
the Sale, with all Faults, by whorafoever 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.
A HE Pictures in this Collection, of which this Catalogue gives
the Description, were the Property of the late Marquis of
Lansdowne ; chosen with great Care and Judgment, and have
long Ornamented the Walls of Lansdowne House , where they
have attracted the Attention of the judicious Connoisseur, by
their Excellence and Beauty : „ They are brought unsophisticated
before the Public in their pure State, without even a Varnish
to call forth those Beauties. They doubtless will be prized in
proportion to their great Merit: Many of them are Matchless,
deserving to be placed in the first Collections or Galleries in
the Kingdom; and will be submitted without the least
RESERVE WHATEVER, TO THE CHOICE AND PURCHASE OF A
DISCERNING PUBLIC.
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WO Pictures, St. Francis, and the Portrait of
Clovis.
Female Figures with Cupids—a pair, uprights; painted
from the Antique
Historical, and
A Female Figure reclining.
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Rembrandt
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S. Bourdon .
Stella . . .
Guardet . .
Moucheron .
Mazzuolo . .
Cornelius Jansen
Berkheyd .
Ditto ...
A. Durer . . .
Rubens . . .
Zuccarelli . . .
View in Florence.
A small Female Figure j an Oval^ —
Portrait of St. Lawrence. o2 2
Virgin and Child—a curious early specimen of the art.
An Interior—a Merry Making.
Lot and his Daughters. /cr-222n- ^
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A Landscape, with an antique Building, Cattle and
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Gonsalvez ....
Canaletti ....
Ditto.
Paolo Caliari V eronese
A Child Sleeping—small. c -<4^^
An upright View in Venice, representing the Carnival, i
A Ditto View in Venice, companion to the preceding Lot. —?
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Velasquez
Our Saviour entering the Temple—a beautiful cabinet
picture, of extraordinary perfection. w .
Dead Game with large Dog in a Landscape—excellent.
Portrait of a Knight of Malta—a picture of exquisite
management and noble effect of execution, ^
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Representation of David with the Sling, going out to
Battle.
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Z/i - - 40 Francis Pourbus
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41 Guercino . . ,
/A * /A v 42 Lagrenee « . .
//i , JZj .v.43 John Van Eyck .
♦^5 / Albert Durer . .
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Death of St. Francis—painted with his usual Judgment
and thorough knowledge of his art A3 'A'tn-
The Portrait of the celebrated English Navigator, Sir
Francis Drake—an interesting and noble per¬
formance of this extraordinary character,
Female with a Lute—an animated performance of the
master, gracefully interesting. %^A T ' Arz.
Maternal Affection—a beautiful group. —»
The Wise Men’s Offering—a curious specimen of this
early time. ^iAAc-i/A \
A high finished Picture of the Offering of the Wise Men,
with a procession in the distance : accompanied
by two compartments representing the Nativity
and the Flight into Egypt. 0 ^ 0 —'
A Rocky Scene w** 1 * Fi s»™ -offootod with gueat spirit. oA+uA,Sf?
A Landscape with Mountainous Scenery, and Goats and
Figures. u-'
The Portrait of Sir Theodore Mayne, Physician to Charles
the First—in the usual rich tone of coloring of
this master—capital, /A*^
A Child in a Cradle ; evidently an Infant of distinction,
and sweetly painted. <.
A First Rate Cabinet Picture of this favorite and justly
admired French Artist.—The tremendous acts
of nature producing affecting scenes of extreme
distress, are scientifically and forcibly described
in this wonderful performance, with peculiar
feeling and energy, and stamp it as an extra¬
ordinary production of the pencil, executed
with the happiest facility—it was painted in 1755,
when he was in full possession of all his great
powers. &AA '/?■' /fy
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5 1 Paul Potter .
52 Old Palma
53 Hans Holbein
54 Isaac Ostade .
55 Paolo Panini .
36 Luca Giordano
Tlie Destruction of Troy, with the introduction of the
Wooden Horse, and Meeting of iEneas with
Anchises.
Pigs—painted with his usual truth and neatness, where
high finishing does not destroy effect, but con¬
stitutes additional merit^^iv rfC
Mary’s Lamentations over the Body of the Saviour, a Story
told with great expression and feeling—a valued
and important work of this respected master *df*v***n^y
A Portrait.
View of Scheveling, enlivened by a great variety of Figures
judiciously introduced—an harmonious effect
throughout,
Interior of the Pantheon at Rome, enriched with Figures
and painted in his best manner,
A mucti adm^J Pai-fnfmunre of this Master’s Pencil—
painted by him with unusual vigor of colour and
transparency of carnations; might vie even
with Rubens for management; and is a proof
of his great abilities and facility of execution.
57 David Teniers, Junh A Landscape and Figures, the Door of a Cabaret with
the View of a Village and distant Country,
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painted in his forcible manner and rich effective
stile of colouring—a celebrated picture from the
collection of Monsieur Horion—the figures most
capital.
58 Nicolo Poussin . . A Repose of River Gods—a grand classical performance
—finely drawn, and judiciously executed; pre¬
senting one of those favorite subjects, in the
management of which this Artist stands un¬
rivalled for taste and fancy.
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the preceding Lot, evidently painted at a
time when he was contemplating and felt the
colouring of the Venetian School. Acy
60 David Teniers
Figures in a Landscape.—The Entrance of a Village with
a harvest scene occupying the middle ground,
the labourers reaping and binding up the
sheaves; giving an animated representation
of that time of the year, when abundance
gladdens the heart of man, and enlivens the
appearance of Nature by the bounty of her own
produce—the figures exquisitely beautiful—the
deserved companion of Lot 57 Ay
6l Jordaens .... The Fable of the Satyr Blowing Hot and Cold.-The
surprise of the Rustics expressed with great
spirit—a perfect Comedy on canvas, where
the whole Dramatis Personae fill their parts with
propriety; and a rich glow of colouring is thrown
over the whole, in the happiest stile of ju¬
dicious art, to give the tale full effect, and
heighten the powers of graphic eloquence—a
first rate performance.
Rubens ..... A grand Landscape; scene, the Sun setting in fervid Heat,
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darting its fierce Rays from behind a Wood, in
that richness of vivid splendor that art can
seldom describe, and none but the daring hand
of a great Painter would attempt to accomplish—
it almost dazzles the eye to look at it. To ap¬
preciate Art properly, Nature must be under-
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stood in all her forms; and those who have thus
read nature, must admire Rubens, and pronounce
liis eulogium in the gratifying, contemplation
of this wonderful performance, and covet the
possession of this most extraordinary production.
63 Apollodoro Caravaggio The Adoration of the Shepherds—a noble gallery picture.
64 Raphael .... St. Michael and the Dragon—an admirable Copy of
that renowned performance.
65 Rubens.Venus and Adonis—a grand and noble composition, full
of all the glow of the great Master’s mind,
66 Ludovico Caracci . Lot and his Daughters—a combination of the graceful and
/ p /o.-c'-O S rand —* n highest principle of the art, the
delightful figure on the left hand of the Picture,
equal in design to Raphael; the character of
the father, the attitude of the female on the
right hand, are all judiciously correct in the
detail, and th© whole admirably composed,
while a sweet chasteness of color without mono¬
tony, force and variety without gaudiness, stamp
it as a performance of the first importance of the
famed Caracci, and deserving a distinguished
situation in the first gallery in the kingdom.
67 Lucas Cortonensis
The Circumcision—a noble gallery picture, treated with
great propriety—the perspective admirable.
IN THE HALL.
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Beautiful Copies from Murillo, being Correct Representations of celebrated
Pictures by that great Master, at Seville in Spain.
y*,, ^ 68. The Vision of a Male and Female Saint, zvith the Vir¬
gin and Infant Saviour in the Clouds, a legendary
Subject.
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his Cabin.
/i..3 .VlO . . . . . The Return of the Prodigal Son. cbuJ
%/ 71 .- The Saviour healing the lame Man at the Pool of
Bethesda.
End of the First Day's Sale.
§5>econto Sap’s g>ale,
THU RS DAY, MARCH the 20th, 1806.
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Vernet.
Small upright View of Tivoli.
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Raphael ....
A Copy of the celebrated Picture of the Holy Family, in
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the possession of the Marquis of Stafford.
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P. Breughel . . . J
j- Drolls, Exterior and Interior.
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The Virgin and Child with St. John—in a center, sur*
rounded with beautiful flowers, on copper.
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without a frame.
Schidone ....
Charity—after.
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19 Procaccini . . .
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/S.. Py . -Az Zuccarelli ....
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Autumn—an allegorical.
Our Saviour calling to St. Peter.
Historical Subject—with figures, buildings, and sepul¬
chral monument.
Head of an Old Man.
Moonlight.
A Group of Figures—a small upright.
Landscapes and Figures—a pair.
The Sacrifice of Isaac—a sacred historical subject,- ad¬
mirably painted.
Sleeping Child—a study, deliciously coloured, X.
The Death of St. Cecilia.
An upright Landscape with Figures Dancing—a spirited
performance.
Ditto, the Companion, with Figures, Sheep and Waterfall.
Venus and Cupid, whole-length Figures, a copy from
the celebrated picture of Venus and Cupid,
one of the most admired productions of this
great master.
Landscape and Figures—there are very few performances
of this English Artist in this stile of compo¬
sition, and is the more valuable from being
the more singular and rare. //P2 pp^. /P^ ^
Christ driving out the Money Changers—told with his
usual effect of color, and propriety of manage¬
ment throughout.
Copy of the celebrated Picture by Corregio, of the
Marriage of St. Catharine. ^ pP^ ^ PCc.
2/ - 28 Paolo Panini ... A Pair Ruins and Figures, clear and brilliant.
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A Banditti in the midst of rude solemn Scenery—a small
picture, painted with great spirit
A Conversation.
Portrait of his Wife—brilliant.
Ruins and Figures. ^2/ oJ^2-c
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Ditto, the companion to the preceding Lot, of equal
merit in every respect.
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Uriah conveying the Letter that led to his Destruction.
An Outside View of the Pantheon at Rome, with other
Antient Buildings—in his best manner.
Pandora—painted with all the delicacy so much admired
in the works of this extraordinary master, a
performance of great consequence and value.
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Vernet.A grand View of the Sea Shore in the Mediteranean,
enriched with Buildings, Shipping and Figures
—painted purposely by this esteemed master
for the late Marquis of Lansdowne, and was
ever regarded by him as one of the great
ornaments of his Collection—the price paid to
the Artist was 500 Guineas.
223 . /T- 41 Berghem
An upright Landscape. The View of Tivoli,, with Cattle
and Figures, an admirable work of this admired
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of the impetuous Waters; happily executed.
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0,^0 - jT- 42 Vernct ..... A Land Storm—a grand mountainous scene, enriched
with Figures and rushing Waters, painted as a
companion to Lot 40, held in equal estimation
by the late Marquis of Lansdovvnc, and for
which the Artist had the same price as for the
former picture—a noble performance.
43 Salvator Rosa . 'X An Incantation—treated with that singular boldness of
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, works of this extraordinary master—it is full
of energy and terrific excellence.
44 Gaspar Poussin . . A Land Storm—That well known picture, formerly in the
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Possession of Mr. Deline, painted with infinite
boldness and effect, harmonious in color, and
rich in execution and management. The marks
of the passing storm is finely expressed by the
tree broke asunder in the foreground, while the
awfulness of the dreadful gloom is admirably
contrasted by the clearing of the horizon in the
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distance. The Figure by Nicolo Poussin.
A Brisk Gale, with a rolling Sea, painted with great
vigor and thorough knowledge of that Element,
in which he took so much delight—a capital
performance. The Boats and Figures admirable,
A beautiful Landscape of this favorite and extraordinary
Master, which w r as also a principal ornament
in M. Delme’s collection. Nothing can exceed
the beautiful tranquillity of this scene, in the
happy effect of light and shadow in the re¬
ceding distances, or the delightful tenderness
of the remote mountains—it is the perfection
of his Art. The Figures by Nicolo Poussin.
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An upright Picture, representing the Virgin, the Infant
Saviour, St. John and Elizabeth—-judiciously
grouped and chastely coloured—capital.
David Teniers Jun. . A Landscape with Building and Figures, in which he
has introduced the Portraits of himself and his
r-r Wife, in conversation with a Gardener; and has
given the representation of his own Castle in
the back ground, across the water.—It is not
the first impression only, but the contemplation
of a fine picture that discovers its great merit,
and every moment’s contemplation of this extra¬
ordinary performance will point out new merits,
and bring forth fresh beauties.—The principal
figure is a master piece of perfection, in
management, colour and execution, happily
uniting with the other Figures, while the sweet
stillness of rural scenery, is inimitably beautiful—
most capital.
The Holy Family—rich in color, and excellent in com¬
position.
Murillo .... A Laughing Boy—deliciously treated in every part—one
of those performances so rare to be met with,
and in his best stile of perfection.
Portrait of a Girl—treated with the same tone of harmo¬
nious coloring as the preceding Lot, to which it is
a companion, in the same happy effect of ma¬
nagement.
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52 Stewart
A whole-length Portrait of that celebrated character.
General Washington, late President of the
United States of America.
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A Morning Scene in an interesting Paysage—a most
beautiful performance of this iuestimable Painter,
in which he may be said to have vied with the
great Claude for air, vapor and clearness of
atmosphere, animated by his own superior
talent in the display of groups of Cattle and rustic
Figures, introduced with all the charm of his
incomparable pencil, in his first stile of perfection
and beauty.
Sf~ 54 Ludovico Carracci . The Sybilla Libica—a noble composition of this renowned
painter, grandly composed with all the mind of
Michael Angelo Buonaroti, and chastely colored.
/d -55 Claude Loraine . . Evening. One of those enchanting scenes that Claude
/ ~ ,, ? alone could paint, and which no artist could equal.
&^' true and beautiful representation of Nature
in a sea prospect, with a delightful middle dis¬
tance, breaking the horizon, by the rich foliage
of intervening trees on a small island, enliven¬
ed with ships in various positions; nothing can
exceed the charm of the whole scene ; the rays of
the setting sun play delightfully on the surface of
the ocean; the waves appear in motion impelling
each other forward in endless succession, no less
actuated inappearance by the influence of
the tide, than by the effect of a steady refresh¬
ing breeze, tempering the atmosphere; while the
judjcious introduction of figures in the foreground
penciled with singular effect, (conveying in forcible
language, the simply affecting story of St. Paul
canied into bondage,) produces an additional
charm, and arrests the mind at one and the same
time, w r ith sympathy, and general admiration of
this great painter’s abilities in this incomparable
display of his extraordinary powers.
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•5G Nicolo Poussin
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A Reposo. The Virgin, infant Savior and Joseph—Word8
cannot do justice to this extraordinaryperformance.
The group of interesting angels, who “joyful about
them and around them play the graceful sim¬
plicity of the Virgin; her expressive counte¬
nance ; the animation of the Saviour, gratified
with the respect and attention paid him; the
venerable appearance of Joseph; the delicate
tone of coloring and sweet sobriety that pervades
the whole, stamp it as a work of the very first
perfection.
57 Ruben9.The Adoration of the Magi—a most magnificent work
of this renowned master. In originality as un¬
questionable as it is great in design, and splendid
in execution. This picture was painted for the
Altar Piece of the chapel of the White Nuns,
at Lovain, and was ever esteemed on the Con¬
tinent as of the highest excellence of his great-
art, universally admitted to be every touch from
his own pencil, and now displays itself as a
•commanding effott of his art, in the same pure
and brilliant state in which it originally came from
the palette of this wonderful painter: It presents
itself, a composition of thirteen figures as large
as life, judiciously grouped, where each figure is
almost of equal consequence, without subtracting
fromthegrand principal design,the representation
in sweeuSimplicity of the Divine Infant Saviour
in the care of the Virgin. Art cannot go higher.
FINIS.
AT is again repeated that this Valuable Collection of Pictures is
brought before the Public, speaking a plain unvarnished Tale, in the
same unsophisticated state, in which they came into the hands of
the EXECUTORS, in whom the Property is vested; and that
BY THEIR STRICT INJUNCTION, EACH PICTURE, WHATEVER
STAY BE ITS IMPORTANCE, WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CHOICE
AND PURCHASE OF A DISCERNING PUBLIC, WITHOUT THE LEAST
RESERVE WHATEVER.
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