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CATALOGUE 
 
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 A VERY CHOICE AND VALUABLE ASSEMBLAGE OF CAPITAL 
 
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 PICTURES, 
 
 Very recently brought from the Continent, 
 
 The Italian part Purchased from the Private Collection of the Duca 
 
 di San Pietro , in the Province of Bari in the Kingdom of Naples ; 
 
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 AMONG THESE ARE 
 
 A Female Portrait by L. da Vinci, a truly Enchanting Performance for Sentiment 
 and Sweetness of Execution ; a Grand Subject by Ribera lo Spagnoletto, a chef 
 d’ceuvre; the Murder of the Innocents by Alessandro Veronese, a capital and 
 finely coloured Specimen ; a Whole Length Gallery Portrait of a Neapolitan Princess of 
 the House of Spain by Rubens ; the Calling of St. Matthew, a most rich and brilliant¬ 
 ly Colored Easel Picture by Rubens ; and various others in fine Preservation, by 
 
 PERUGINO, 
 
 TITIAN, 
 
 SCHIDONE, 
 
 DOMEN1CHINO 
 
 C. CIGNANI, 
 MURILLO, 
 CLAUDE, 
 REMBRANDT 
 
 ALSO 
 
 VICTOR, 
 
 BACKHUYSEN, 
 
 BREKELENKAMP 
 
 A Noble Bust of Conde, and Five Magnificent Groups, 
 
 ITALIAN BRONZES. 
 
 Four Magnificent Views of Leghorn and Florence , 
 
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 in Water Colours, by MARI of ROME, Glazed with Plate Glass. 
 
 WHICH 
 
 tBSJtll be ia’olti tip Auction 
 
 By Mr. CHRISTIE, 
 
 At his Great Room , Pall Mall , 
 
 On SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1811, 
 
 at one o’clock. 
 
 May be Viewed Three Days preceding, when Catalogues may be had. 
 
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Conditions of Sale* 
 
 L 1 HE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any Dispute arise between two or 
 more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
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 II. No Person to advance less than Is—Above Five Pounds, 2s. 6d. and so on "in 
 Proportion. 
 
 III. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s 
 in the Pound, in part of payment of the Purchase Money: in default of which, the 
 Lot or Lots so purchased, to be immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 V. The Lots to be taken away with all Faults at the Buyer’s Expence, within One 
 Day after the Sale. 
 
 IV\ To prevent Inconveniences that frequently attend long and open Accounts, the 
 Remainder of the Purchase Money to be absolutely paid on or before delivery. 
 
 VI. Upon Failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in 
 part of payment, shall be forfeited, all Lots uncleared within the Time aforesaid 
 shall be re-sold by public or private Sale; and the Deficiency (if any) attending 
 such re-sale, shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. 
 
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 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 SATURDAY, JUNE the 22d, 1811. 
 
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 M* AngelloCerquozzi 1 A Landscape and Figures, a Neapolitan scene; a pleasing 
 
 cabinet picture 
 
 Ditto. 2 Ditto; the companion 
 
 Van Pol. 3 A Vase with Flowers, Fruits, and Birds Nests; in the elegant 
 
 taste of his master V- Huy sum 
 
 2 Ribera lo Spagnoletto 4 Head of St* Peter sleeping—an earJy picture of the master, but 
 
 possessing much of the grandeur and truth which dis¬ 
 tinguished his latter performancest 
 
 Ditto. 5 St. And rew, half length; equally spirited 
 
 Schidone. 6 Death of St. Joseph—scenery torch-light, giving a beautiful 
 
 effect of chiaro scuro—very elegant 
 
 S. Rosa . 7 St. Jerome, size of life—the management of light is scientific, 
 
 and produces an admirable effect 
 
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 Passerotti 8 Portrait of Gregory XlII.*=*a spirited and well coloured 
 
 picture by the founder of the great school of Bologna 
 
 Guereino 9 Jael and Sisera— figures larger than life, and finely colored 
 
 L= Giordano ........ 10 Martyrdom of St. Peter-spirited and fine 
 
 Ditto..... •........ • 11 Martyrdom of St. Andrew. It was Spain and Naples that 
 
 L. Giordano enriched with his fihe°t works: these have 
 been greatly esteemed for the spirit of the execution 
 
 Brekelenkamp ....... 12 An Interior with Lacemakers—a pleasing picture and painted 
 
 - with great truth 
 
 Claude ............. 13 Italian small Landscape, evening, twilight 
 
 Philip de Champagne 14 A Crucifixion—the expression very good 
 
 Backhuysen......... 15 A sea View with Vessels in a strong Breeze—painted with his 
 
 usual science and free penciling 
 
 Rembrandt-......... 16 Portrait of a Spanish General, with a hat and feather, and 
 
 a gold chain 
 
 P. di Cortona*....... 1? St. Paul and Ananias—a well composed and elegant cabinet 
 
 specimen; a finished study for the large picture in the 
 Church of the Capuchins at Rome 
 
 P. Perugino.. 18 The Crucifixion—a very curious and early specimen: from 
 
 the delicacy of expression and finishing in the heads, m 
 this picture has been considered an early performance ot 
 Raphael. The Picture appears to have been painted for 
 the family of Villa Marina, Counts of Salerno—[see the 
 inscription with the date 1503 ] 
 
 Titian ...■...••••••*• 19 Portrait of Machiavelli—finely painted 
 
 Swaneveldt.......... 26 A Landscape and Figures, neatly and spiritedly pencilled 
 
 Claude........ 21 A Landscape, Sun-set—the subjects etched in the Liber 
 
 Veritatis, No. 18 
 
 Domenichino* 22 A very spirited and curious small Portrait of this great Pain¬ 
 
 ter, by himself—the Inscription, 11 A 1 altum ftndere 
 is expressive of the modest and unambitious character 
 of the Painier 
 
V. Dyck. 
 
 23 Portrait of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand, governor of the 
 Low Countries for Philip IV. on horseback as in the 
 great picture by Rubens, at Dusseldorff—with a fine 
 Landscape 
 
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 24 The Departure of Rebecca—a well composed and interesting 
 picture by one of the best followers of Rembrandt j 
 and finely colored 
 
 C» Cignani.. 
 
 25 Rinaldoand Armida—a fine specimen of this elegant Painter, 
 displaying the elegance of Albano, but corrected by that 
 bolder taste which lie acquired by his subsequent studies 
 of the greater masters 
 
 Rembrandt. 
 
 26 Semiramis at her toilette hearing of the revolt of Babylon— 
 expressing by an oath her determination to reduce them 
 to obedience :—in his first and more finished manner :— 
 the colouring is harmonious and rich, and the draperies 
 painted to illusion 
 
 Rubens . 
 
 27 Portrait of a beautiful Female seated in a Chair;—the character 
 evidently Spanish,—whence it is presumed, this picture 
 having been purchased from the collection of the Duke 
 of S. Pietro in the Province of Bari, that it is the portrait 
 of some Spanish Princess who intermarried with the then 
 reigning Family at Naples, in the time of the Paintei— 
 the countenance is beautiful and sweetly painted 
 
 Murillo. 
 
 28 A Shepherd Youth asleep—finely painted from Nature, with 
 a very free and bold pencil 
 
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 29 "A^Man’s Portrait— very fine 
 
 Ribera lo Spagnoletto 
 
 SO St. Jerome—a very fine specimen of the vigorous pencil of 
 this great Valentian Painter 
 
 RUBENS.......... 
 
 31 THE CALLING OF ST. MATTHEW—a very capital 
 and beautiful easel picture—painted with great spirit of 
 outline, and a most brilliant and harmonious display of 
 colour 
 
 ALESSANDRO 
 
 VERONESE 
 
 32 THE MURDER OF THE INNOCENTS—a most noble 
 picture of the Master; a mingled group, in which the 
 passions of the several figures are admirably expressed, and 
 
. DA VINCI.. 
 
 RIBERA LO 
 SPAGNOLETTO 
 
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 the whole is recommended by a rich and beautiful tone of 
 colour ; a group of children above is designed .n correct 
 and elegant-taste.—This picture was very highly esteemed 
 tn the col ect on of the Italian Nobleman'from which it 
 was purchased—it is a beautiful union of the fine expres¬ 
 sion of the Roman, and the colouring of the Venetian 
 Schools 
 
 ‘ ” :j3 P0RTRAIT OF A FEMALE in A WHITE BODDICE 
 and a low embroicered Turban Cap— a charming Bit o^ 
 Nature. The simplicity of composition and colour in this 
 picture attract the eye of the spectator whom a thousand 
 graces will further detain. The female whom Leonardo has 
 celebrated, ,s a Brunette with the most pleasing regularity 
 of feature, and shape of countenance, the scanty head 
 dress merely serves to heighten the oval contour- His 
 superior knowledge of cbiaro-scuro is finely employe J 
 while the means of producing it are almost imperceptible! 
 
 he figure is simply relieved by a curtain of Emerald 
 green —very capital 
 
 31 ST. SEBASTIAN EXPIRING, a female is drawing an arrow- 
 from a wound, and another bears the ointment to be ap¬ 
 plied to it: a capital picture of the master, and one of the 
 very best of his works. The merits of Ribera are very 
 -perfectly estimated by the many inferior productions 
 of ms pencil usually exposed in this country— VERY 
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 The Laoocon, a capital group of fine Italian workmanship 
 
 Hercules carrying off the Erimanthian boar 
 
 Atlas bearing the Celestial Sphere, the companion 
 
 Hercules slaying the Centaur Nessus 
 
 Hercules tearing off the Horn of Achelous-the companion 
 
 Bust o r the celebrated Conde, size of life, very spirited and 
 fine 
 
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 ADDENDA. 
 
 1 A capital large View of Leghorn, in Water Colours, by the 
 
 celebrated Mari of Rome, glazed with plate glass, and in 
 , mahogany and gilt frame 
 
 2 A ditto, the companion 
 
 3 A ditto, with a warm Evening Sun, very fine 
 ^ A View of Florence by Ditto, ditto 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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