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FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN. 397
by Vandyke. Some birds extremely well executed, by Vanacht, 1664. An old woman,
by Rembrandt. Mercury and Argus, by Simon de Pefaro. Mutius Sczvola, by Pouf-
‘fin; itis a pity this little picture fhould have fuffered fo much injury. Sufannah, by
Rubens, on wood. The birth of Ericthonius, a fketch of Rubens. The Virgin, by
Vouet; 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 Cafar, &c.,a fine painting by Lanfranc ; the colour in fome places is faded ;
the heads in it are beautiful. Befides thefe, this gallery contains thirteen antique
marble ftatues; but that incomparably the moft valuable is Endymion, in the middle of
the room. ‘This is a piece of exquilite beauty, and woythy of being matched with the
moft celebrated pieces of antiquity. « He is in a lying pofture; one leg and one arm
have undergone repair, which might indeed have been better done. The King bought
this fuperb jewel at Rome in 1784, for the trifling fum of 2000 ducats. Undoubtedly
the Pope would never have confented to its removal from Rome, had it not been for
this Prince. The nine Mufes, iboughe likewife at Rome with three other pieces for
3000 ducats, on account of flies} 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 the
art, each poflefiing fome fine touches, particularly for the inftruCtion of the natives of
the country, who are dellitute of.a fingle Greek or even Roman antique without the
palace of His Majelty. The drapery is the Belt executed part of thefe ftatues. Poly-
hymnia and Terpfichore are fuperb.. Euterpe, Erato, Clio, and Urania, handfome
pieces. Melpomene and Thalia, but ordinary. Calliope is the worft of the whole.
‘There are other paintings, which certain journalifts have highly extolled, particularly
the three Graces, and the nuptials of Amphitrite, attributed to Rubens: thele we have
not noticed, from our conceiving them to be only of the fchool of that mafter, forming
our opinion upon that of certain connoiffeurs as much attached to their country as men
can be, and as well inclined to publifh whatever might juftly tend to itsglory. There is.
an Apollo playing on the lute, which for a length of time was taken fora woman, the
head being loft ; this ftatue has been engraven as fuch by Cavacippi. ‘The Pope finding
a flatue in an ie ftate with fimilar attributes, the error occafioned by his difguife in
woman’s apparel was made evident. . An ancient Prieftefs. A Fawn couchant, a fmall
flatue by Sergell ; the body is extremely beautiful; itis perhaps the mafter-piece of that
famous feulptor.—Leaving the gallery you enter a clofet, which ferves as a paflage:
here are two Fawns carrying wine budgets, with a woman ‘holding a goblet.—Succeeds
a parlour,. containing anumber of paintings. The gratitude of Achilles to the daugh-
_ter of Nicomedes, a pretty piece, attributed to W Tanderwerf. ‘The prefentation at the
Temple, by 7iepolo the younger. ‘The birth of Chrift, as a companion, by the fame
hand. The triumph of Amphitrite, faid to be by Rubens, but more truly by Diepenbeck,
his pupil (this is the painting we have previouily noticed). A Madona, attributed to
Corregio. ‘The con{piracy of Zilka, after the manner and certainly from the fchool of
Rembrandt. A portrait of Cromwell, very handfome, axd in good prefervations A
head, the wife of the Parmefan. A head of Chrift, by Albert Durer 3 ; in which the red:
predominates too much. Silenus, by Rubens, with an env eee of rather a loofe defcrip-.
tion, has greatly fuffered; it is engraved, and is to be found in many collections., Be-
fides thefe, ther¢ are a number of other paintings. Some itatues and fome bults are
be feen. Silenus drunk, a fmall {tatue. Achilles when a child, which has ee
repair. Two fmall antique Mufes. Columns of marble in fhape of the trunks of trees,
two dog’s tongues in marble, a Muted pillar,- with a baiket fora capital. “Pwo Byppe-
grifins. A fimall antique goat, well executed. A large cornucopia {culptured, endings
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