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WINCKELMAN. [PRUSSIA.
much candour towards his protector, that he felt an in-
terest in his welfare, and remained his friend.
Before his departure for Rome, Winckelman pub-
lished his 1{ flections on the Imitation of the Works of
.the Greeks, in Painting and Sculpture. This tract ex-
cited considerable sensation among the connoisseurs.
Having, during his journey, attentively studied the most
remarkable objects of the arts, Winckelman arrived at
Rome; but the prelate, who had flattered him with so
• j promises, could not realize his hopes. Winckel-
man could there only obtain a lodging; his pride not
permitting him to solicit more. He had then only his
pension to subsist on, granted to him by the court
of Dresden, and which amounted only to one hundred
crowns*. But this, on the breaking out of the war in
Saxony, and which terminated in its subjection, he un-
fortunately lost. His presentation to Pope Benedict
XIV. and his connexion with the famous Cardinal Pas-
noT'P, had procured him only a scanty and precarious
sistence. Thus circumstanced, he was compelled to
renounce a portion of his independance, and attached
himself to Cardinal Albani, in the quality of librarian.
A little time afterwards, he was elected president of ike.
antiquities, and found himself so comfortable in his situa-
tion, that although many of the German princes, de-
sirous of fixing him in their neighbourhood, would have
made him the most advantageous proposals, he could
not be prevailed on to abandon his favourite employ.
The Description des Pierres Gravees du Cabinet de Stosch,
extended the reputation of Winckelman, among the
body of antiquaries. DHistoire de I Art chez les Anciens,
was printed in 1764. This magnificent picture of the
much candour towards his protector, that he felt an in-
terest in his welfare, and remained his friend.
Before his departure for Rome, Winckelman pub-
lished his 1{ flections on the Imitation of the Works of
.the Greeks, in Painting and Sculpture. This tract ex-
cited considerable sensation among the connoisseurs.
Having, during his journey, attentively studied the most
remarkable objects of the arts, Winckelman arrived at
Rome; but the prelate, who had flattered him with so
• j promises, could not realize his hopes. Winckel-
man could there only obtain a lodging; his pride not
permitting him to solicit more. He had then only his
pension to subsist on, granted to him by the court
of Dresden, and which amounted only to one hundred
crowns*. But this, on the breaking out of the war in
Saxony, and which terminated in its subjection, he un-
fortunately lost. His presentation to Pope Benedict
XIV. and his connexion with the famous Cardinal Pas-
noT'P, had procured him only a scanty and precarious
sistence. Thus circumstanced, he was compelled to
renounce a portion of his independance, and attached
himself to Cardinal Albani, in the quality of librarian.
A little time afterwards, he was elected president of ike.
antiquities, and found himself so comfortable in his situa-
tion, that although many of the German princes, de-
sirous of fixing him in their neighbourhood, would have
made him the most advantageous proposals, he could
not be prevailed on to abandon his favourite employ.
The Description des Pierres Gravees du Cabinet de Stosch,
extended the reputation of Winckelman, among the
body of antiquaries. DHistoire de I Art chez les Anciens,
was printed in 1764. This magnificent picture of the