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 TALLEYRAND COLLECTION. 323
View of the mountains of Tivoli on the side of
Cascatelli.
12. Dietrich—companion to the preceding.
These pictures were of but little consequence.
13. Domenichino—on copper—height 10
inches by 14 breadth.
St. John baptizing in the river Jordan. This
subject, composed of eight small figures, is repre-
sented in a landscape, where a mass of large trees
is seen on the left; and on the right, in the distance,
an elevated ground covered with manufactories.
It is well known how rare pictures of this
great master are; this comes from the cabinet of
the late Monsieur Le Brun, who, during his life,
would never part with it, and who always valued
it as one of the cabinet gems of this master.
Purchased by Edward Gray, Esq. of Harringay
House, Hornsey, for 250 guineas.
14. Gerard Dow—on wood—height 12
inches by 10 in breadth.
A hermit is seen, half-length, the face turned
to the left, clothed in the order of St. Francis ;
his hands joined, are holding a crucifix, which he
contemplates with the most profound devotion.
His head is partly bald, his hair and beard are
quite white. On the right of this hermit is a little
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