Tiziano, is attributed to Tiziano, but is by no means wor thy of him. A Madona fuckling the Infant Jesus, larger than life: the Madona cannot be too much admired; the demi-tints are executed with the greatest juftnefs, and there is a ftriking propriety Guido. in the whole of this picture; it is by Guido. A Guercino, Saint Agostino, by Guercino; too red, otherwise a good picture. The famous picture of Solomon, where one of his concubines takes the crown from his head in play, has been fold out of this collection to the King of Poland for fifteen hundred fequins. Guido. A fine copy of the Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew; the original is at Rome. A Madona of the most regular beauty; by Guido. A fine drawing in chalks, of St. Roch; Ludovico by Ludovico Carracci. A St. Antonio, though become very black, yet ftill of ftill of great merit; by the Carracci. chini. Annibal fame. Francef- A Saint Cecilia; the face handsome; by Francefchini. A pretty picture of the Bath of Diana; the painter unknown. A Sybil; the character Ludovico grand and noble; by Ludovico Carracci. A SleepCarracci ing Venus; by Annibal Carracci; it is now too Carracci. black. A good portrait of a woman, by the same. A beautiful miniature in water-colours, by Albani; representing a Madona and the Infant Jefus. A Boy finging, and accompanying his chaunt with a lute; it is very natural, but not beautiful; being the fort of vagabond one fees every day playing about the ftreets; by Annibal Carracci. Albani. Annibal A por Dolci. Guido. Carracci. A portrait of St. Charles Baromeo; by Carlo Carlo Dolci. In the gallery of drawings, all well done, Gallery of and with great fpirit: A Cleopatra; by Guido. Drawings. An Old Man by the fame. Two Children rolling a Barrel; by Guercino. An Ecce Homo; by Lu- Guercino. dovico Carracci. A Marriage of Cana in Galilee, Ludovico in which are introduced forty-two figures, with a beautiful view in perspective: the drawing is only fifteen inches wide, and five and a half high; the author unknown, but worthy of the greatest mafter in its stile. There are feveral other very good drawings in this little gallery, but thofe I have mentioned are the most striking. di Buono Carracci. Pallazzo di Buono Figliuoli. A fingular picture Palazzo of a Holy Family failing in a bark to Egypt, Figliuoli. piloted by an angel; of Ludovico Carracci. A Ludovico Sufannah and Elders; her averfion to the old men pointed and natural; the old men equally well characterised; by Cavadone. Sampfon fleeping Cavadone. on the lap of Dalilah, two Philistines behind her; fhe is delicate and beautiful; the Philistines fhew great apprehenfion left Sampfon fhould awake; it is well done, and as interefting as the fubject admits of; by Lionello Spada. Mary Magdalen Lionella, purchafing the precious ointment from a merSpada. chant; the former expreffes great generofity and ardour to conclude the bargain, the latter has the air and manner of an old covetous fmoufe; by Guercino: I think I never met with this fubject Guercino before. A capital picture of the Refurrection of Lazarus; by Chiarini, a fcholar of the Carraccis. Chiarini. M. Ange- A fine Crucifixion (fmall) by Michael Angelo lo Buona- Buonarotti. A beautiful picture by Raffaello; Raffaello, the fubject is the Marriage of Saint Catherine; the rotti. force of the glowing colours, and beautiful chiara ofcuro, dulls all the pictures in its vicinity. The great powers of this Prince of Painters can never be fufficiently admired by the virtuofi, nor studied and copied by all artifts who wish to excel. A Battle of Pilgrims, Beggars, and Market-women, in the most rifible attitudes; amongst many odd groups is an old woman in a violent paffion, who having thrown down a sturdy beggar, is beating him unmercifully with his own crutch. This strange scene of madnefs and confufion is by Brughel. Brughel. A picture of the murder of the Innocents, though by no means a capital one, gives one female figure expreffive of extreme distress, both her arms being held from faving her child, the in an agony of rage bites the arm of one of the fol diers, who is about to murder her infant; it is by Maffani. Maffani. A Noli me tangere, finely done, author unGuercini, known. A Philofopher; by Guercini. The Incredulity of St. Thomas, a moft interesting picture, the keeping admirable; by Guer cini. A Cleopatra; by the fame. A St. GieroAnnibal limo; by Annibal Carracci. A dreadful picture Carracci. of the putting out Sampfon's eyes; too fhocking for contemplation; the cruel pleasure of Dalilah is quite infernal; we should hope that so barbarous a woman has never exifted; by Piarini. Another Piarini, horrible subject, of Jael driving a nail into the head of Sifera: the circumftances in this picture are too affecting for description; I fhall only fay, that it is perfectly well executed; by a painter unknown. A Sybil, by Guido, and a Cupid of equal Guido. merit, by the fame. A Marriage of St. Catherine Dionifio (small), the heads remarkably fine; by Dionifio Fiamingo. Fiamingo. The fame large; by Ludovico Car- Ludovico racci. A Notto di Natale; by Geffi. Carracci. Geffi. Sirani. Carracci. Two Children, by Elizabeth Sirani, in the man- Eliz. ner of Guido. Another Natale, by Caravagio, in a Caravabeautiful fimple ftile of painting. A frize in gio. fresco, by the Carracci, represents the hiftory of Brutus and Cæfar, the confpiration, &c. A ceiling divided into fmall compartments, painted in the old manner, with feveral devices; amongst many others are two, which I particularly remarked: a thunderbolt falling into the ground, produces a Laurel-tree; its motto de fulmine Laurus: the other, a fire blown by the wind; motto, Crefcit in Adverfis. I should not mention these trifles, but from my partiality to the quaint conceits of former times: by the way, I have increased my collection of mottos for fun-dials. 1 In this palace is a small cabinet, furnished with Guercino. fome good drawings, by Guercino and the Car- Carraccis. raccis; one particularly of a proceffion, confifting of a multiplicity of figures. The Pallazzo di Catuti. The Pallazzo Pepoli is richly furnished: there Pepoli. are fome good fresco paintings on the cielings and Columna cornices, &c. by Columna di Catuti, Donato Donato Creti, and Graziani; alfo fome aërian perspective, Creti. by Spaniroli. The most remarkable object here Spaniroli. is a clock of perpetual motion; the ball runs over Albani. a picture of Cupids, by Albani. This picture Graziani. Palazzo is placed horizontally upon the top of the infide of the clock, a looking-glass in a floping inclination reflects it, and the Cupids appear in the glass playing at ball. Palazzo Ranuzzi; containing the largest collection we have yet seen of bad pictures; the most tolerable amongst them are a Jofeph and Poti phar's Wife; it is a copy from Guido, by Se Sementi. menti. A Rape of Helen, and a Rape of Proferpine, by Lucca Giordano. Lucca no. Giorda- St. Francis, and an angel playing on the fiddle; Guerci- by Guercino. St. Gieralimo listening to the Annibal trumpet of the laft judgment; by Annibal Car no. Carracci, racci. A piece of perspective, well enough; by Agostino Agostino Mitelli. With regard to the merits of Mirelli. this collection, we are fo unfortunate as to differ widely from Cochin, who I fhrewdly fufpect never saw them, as he mentions feveral pieces unknown here. The front of this palace is in a good ftile Palladio. of architecture, the defign Palladio's; and the staircase, which is afcended by two flights, ingeniously contrived and well-proportioned; but upon |