Buchanan, William: Memoirs of painting: with a chronological history of the importation of pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution (Band 2) (London: Ackermann, 1824)

THE OTTLEY COLLECTION.

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Guineas
celebrated collection of the King of Naples, at Capo di
Monte—2 feet by 1 foot 11|. Purchased by the
Earl Fitzwilliam • . • 1100
45. Parmigiano.—The Marriage of St. Catharine. This
picture undoubtedly ranks the highest of the few
cabinet pictures of this celebrated painter, and as
such was selected by the late learned and much
esteemed connoisseur and artist Mr. Gavin Hamilton,
for his celebrated work of the Scuola Italica. The
lovers of art must lament that so few pictures of this
rare master exist, he having dedicated the greater
portion of his short life to drawing and alchemy.
From the Borghese palace—board, 1 foot 10| by
2 feet 5~. Purchased by W. Morland, Esq. 1550
46. Salvator Rosa.—Landscape, representing a solemn
woody scene, with water beneath, in which are in-
troduced the figures of Mercury and the Woodman.
A chef-d’oeuvre from the Colonna palace—6 feet 7
by 4 feet 1 inch. Purchased by Sir Mark Sykes,
Bart. .... 1550
47. Benvenuto Garofalo—The Vision of St. Au-
gustin, with the Madonna and Choir of Angels in the
Clouds. The majesty and sweetness of the Virgin,
the variety and exquisite beauty of the celestial
group, contrasted with the dignified severity of the
St. Augustin, to which may be added the richness
of colouring, and delicacy of its finishing, render this
justly-esteemed picture the very finest production
of Garofalo. From the Corsini palace—2 feet 8|
by 2 feet 1|. This picture was purchased by Lord
Radstock. It was afterwards in the possession of
Lord Kinnaird, and it is now in the collection of the
Rev. Mr. Holwell Carr . . . 1000