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APPENDIX.
7. the nativity of the virgin—formerly in the Ca-
thedral of Seville.
This picture has always possessed a very high reputa-
tion.—It is composed of many figures, and is painted on
the principles and in the manner of Correggio’s works.
A broad mass of light is thrown across the picture, and
produces a rich and brilliant effect ; the shadows are
very transparent, and are principally in demi-tint.
The figures in this picture are of the size of small life.
—Its dimensions are 11 feet in length, by 6^ high, the
top being of an oblong form.
8. st. Isidore—a character represented in adoration.
This picture has a powerful effect, and is painted in his
best manner. It is said to be the portrait of an arch-
bishop of Toledo.
The size is 6feet high, by 4'- wide.
A spirited offer of 20,000 louis-d’or of the present
currency of France (400,000 francs) was made for the
four first of these pictures, by an English gentleman, and
communicated to the marechai by the author of this
work.—If, therefore, a private individual, knowing the
high value and consequence of these pictures, could make
an offer of such importance as however has still been
deemed inadequate to the value of these objects, of how
much more importance must it be to the British public
to secure these treasures while they are still attainable.
APPENDIX.
7. the nativity of the virgin—formerly in the Ca-
thedral of Seville.
This picture has always possessed a very high reputa-
tion.—It is composed of many figures, and is painted on
the principles and in the manner of Correggio’s works.
A broad mass of light is thrown across the picture, and
produces a rich and brilliant effect ; the shadows are
very transparent, and are principally in demi-tint.
The figures in this picture are of the size of small life.
—Its dimensions are 11 feet in length, by 6^ high, the
top being of an oblong form.
8. st. Isidore—a character represented in adoration.
This picture has a powerful effect, and is painted in his
best manner. It is said to be the portrait of an arch-
bishop of Toledo.
The size is 6feet high, by 4'- wide.
A spirited offer of 20,000 louis-d’or of the present
currency of France (400,000 francs) was made for the
four first of these pictures, by an English gentleman, and
communicated to the marechai by the author of this
work.—If, therefore, a private individual, knowing the
high value and consequence of these pictures, could make
an offer of such importance as however has still been
deemed inadequate to the value of these objects, of how
much more importance must it be to the British public
to secure these treasures while they are still attainable.