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by Vandyke. Some birds extremely well executed, by Vanacht, 1664. An old woman,by Rembrandt. Mercury and Argus, by Simon de Pefaro. Mutius Scasvola, by Pouf-fin ; it is a pity this little pifture fhould have fuffered fo much injury. Sufannah, byRubens , on wood. The birth of Ericthonius , a Iketch of Rubens. The Virgin, byVouet ; an engraving has been made from this. Two beautiful landfcapes, by Berghen,A Virgin, attributed to Holbein. A child, faid to be by Titian , fomewhat damaged.Give unto Ceefar, &c., a fine painting by Lanfranc ; the colour in fome places is fadedthe heads in it are beautiful. Befides thefe, this gallery contains thirteen antiquemarble ftatues; but that incomparably the moft valuable is Endymion, in the middle ofthe room. This is a piece of exquifite beauty, and worthy of being nratched with themoft celebrated pieces of antiquity. He is in a lying pofture ; one leg and one armhave undergone repair, which might indeed have been better done. The King boughtthis fuperb jewel at Rome in 1784, for the trifling fum of 2000 ducats. Undoubtedlythe Pope would never have confented to its removal from Rome , had it not been forthis Prince. The nine Mufes, bought likewife at Rome with three other pieces for3000 ducats, on account of the King ; although the whole nine be not of equal merit,or in the moft beautiful antique ftyle, they are not the lefs valuable for the ftudy of theart, each poffeffing fome fine touches, particularly for the inftru&ion of the natives of ‘the country, who are deftitute of a Angle Greek or even Roman antique without thepalace of HisMajefty. The drapery is the beft executed part of thefe ftatues. Poly-hymnia and Terpfichore are fuperb. Euterpe, Erato, Clio, and Urania , handfomepieces. Melpomene and Thalia, but ordinary. Calliope is the worft of the whole..There are other paintings, which certain journalifts have highly extolled, particularlythe three Graces, and the nuptials of Amphitrite , attributed to Rubens : thefe we haveDot noticed, from our conceiving them to be only of the fchool of that mafter, formingour opinion upon that of certain connoifleurs as much attached to their country as mencan be, and as well inclined to publilh whatever might juftly tend to its glory. There isan Apollo playing on the lute, which for a length of time was taken for a woman, thehead being loft ; this ftatue has been engraven as fuch by Cavacippi. The Pope findinga ftatue in an entire ftate with fimilar attributes, the error occafioned by his difguife in■Woman’s apparel was made evident. An ancient Prieftefs. A Fawn couchant, a final!ftatue by Sergell; the body is extremely beautiful;. it is perhaps the mafter-pifece of thatfamous fculptor.—Leaving the gallery you enter a clofet, which ferves as a paflfage *here are two Fawns carrying wine budgets, with a woman holding a goblet.—Succeedsa parlour, containing a number of paintings. The gratitude of Achilles to the daugh-ter of Nicomedes, a pretty piece, attributed to Wanderwerff. The prefentation at the■Temple, by Tiepolo the younger. The birth of Chrift, as a companion, by the famehand. The triumph of Amphitrite , faid to be by Rubens, but more truly by Diepenbeck,his pupil (this is the painting we have previoufly noticed). A Madona, attributed toeCorregio . The confpiracy of Zifka, after the manner and certainly from the fchool of■K-embrandt. A portrait of Cromwell, very handfome, and in good prefervation. A.head, the wife of the Parmefan. A head of Chrift, by Albert Durer in which the redPredominates too much. Silenus, by Rubens, with an epifode of rather a loofe deferip-tlo n, has greatly fuffered ; it is engraved, and is to be found in many collections. Be-fides thefe, there are a number of other paintings. Some ftatues and fome buffs-are tohe feen. Silenus drunk, a final! ftatue. Achilles when a child, which has undergonerepair. Two finall antique Mufes. Columns of marble in fhape of the trunks of trees,two dog’s tongues in marble, a fluted pillar, with a bafket for a capital. Two hyppo-griffins. A finall antique goat, well executed. A large cornucopia- fculptured, ending.

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