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MR. BUCHANAN’S IMPORTATIONS.—italy. 131
Guido. Before leaving Rome I purchased and
sent off immediately, on board the same ship as
the others, a head of Christ by him, of great
beauty, and much like one, if I remember right,
that West has, which I thought, on seeing it many
years ago, one of the finest things I had ever seen.
It was purchased for him in Flanders. I cannot
at this distance of time specify their different de-
grees of merit. It is likely I shall go to see the
Domenichino which is two or three days journey
off, as nothing decisive can be done till then. The
Capuchins still fight shy about their six fine pictures
by Murillo, but as they have sent one of their order
to copy the principal picture, it seems a sign they
may be brought to dispose of one or two, though
not of the whole. I have been to see several
collections which before were either shut up or
overlooked. Few of them contain first-rate things,
though several pictures of considerable merit. In
the upper apartments of the Brignole, which could
not be seen then, I have found a capital Lud.
Caracci, and what is singular, is, that it is the
same composition as Mr. Gordon’s little Annibal,
except that it is at least three times the size and
the reverse of the other, with several angels above.
It seems in the most perfect preservation, and has
a glass over it. That it was highly esteemed by
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Guido. Before leaving Rome I purchased and
sent off immediately, on board the same ship as
the others, a head of Christ by him, of great
beauty, and much like one, if I remember right,
that West has, which I thought, on seeing it many
years ago, one of the finest things I had ever seen.
It was purchased for him in Flanders. I cannot
at this distance of time specify their different de-
grees of merit. It is likely I shall go to see the
Domenichino which is two or three days journey
off, as nothing decisive can be done till then. The
Capuchins still fight shy about their six fine pictures
by Murillo, but as they have sent one of their order
to copy the principal picture, it seems a sign they
may be brought to dispose of one or two, though
not of the whole. I have been to see several
collections which before were either shut up or
overlooked. Few of them contain first-rate things,
though several pictures of considerable merit. In
the upper apartments of the Brignole, which could
not be seen then, I have found a capital Lud.
Caracci, and what is singular, is, that it is the
same composition as Mr. Gordon’s little Annibal,
except that it is at least three times the size and
the reverse of the other, with several angels above.
It seems in the most perfect preservation, and has
a glass over it. That it was highly esteemed by
K 2