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THE QUEEN’S GALLERY.
67
1830, is not a pleasing picture, nor a good specimen of the
powers of Wilkie, who appears to have been trammelled
by his subject.
C. 6 ft. 4 in. by 4 ft.
182 Blind-man’s Buff.—Composition of 28 figures, ex- 2
cellently painted in Wilkie’s earlier and better style. Signed
and dated 1812. The finished sketch for this picture is
now in the possession of Charles Bredel, Esq.
ZOFFANY (John),* b. 1732.
[A native of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, who came over to England
about 1766, and was patronised by George III.]
183 The Interior of the Florentine Gallery—with 1
portraits of some of the most distinguished connoisseurs
and amateurs of that time, and miniature reminiscences of
the most celebrated works of art in the Florence Gal-
lery. Conspicuous are the Venus of Titian, Raphael’s
St. John, Madonna della Seggiola,f and Madonna del Car-
dellino; Guido’s Mater Dolorosa, and Cleopatra ;f Correggio’s
Virgin and Child, the Wrestlers, the Venus de Medicis,
&c. Among the personages introduced are Zoffany himself
exhibiting to Lord Cowper Raphael’s Virgin and Child :t
behind Lord Cowper is Sir John Dick, and on the right
the Earl of Plymouth, and the late Earl of Dartmouth; in
front is Mr. Lorain Smith, making a sketch of one of the
statues; in the centre, the keeper, Mr. Bianchi, is shewing
the celebrated Titian Venus to the following persons—Sir
Horace Mann, the Earl of Winchelsea, Mr. Watts, Mr.
Doughty, Mr. Patch, Bruce the traveller; and sitting in
front, dressed in black, the Hon. Felton Hervey.
Purchased from the artist by George III. C. 3 ft. 11 in. by 5 ft.
* As he practised his art chiefly in England, and was a member of the Royal
Academy, I have classed him with the English painters.
t Now in the Palazzo Pitti.
t This is the celebrated Raphael which Lord Cowper purchased from the
painter, by an annuity of 2001. a-year. It is now in the collection at Pan-
shanger.
67
1830, is not a pleasing picture, nor a good specimen of the
powers of Wilkie, who appears to have been trammelled
by his subject.
C. 6 ft. 4 in. by 4 ft.
182 Blind-man’s Buff.—Composition of 28 figures, ex- 2
cellently painted in Wilkie’s earlier and better style. Signed
and dated 1812. The finished sketch for this picture is
now in the possession of Charles Bredel, Esq.
ZOFFANY (John),* b. 1732.
[A native of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, who came over to England
about 1766, and was patronised by George III.]
183 The Interior of the Florentine Gallery—with 1
portraits of some of the most distinguished connoisseurs
and amateurs of that time, and miniature reminiscences of
the most celebrated works of art in the Florence Gal-
lery. Conspicuous are the Venus of Titian, Raphael’s
St. John, Madonna della Seggiola,f and Madonna del Car-
dellino; Guido’s Mater Dolorosa, and Cleopatra ;f Correggio’s
Virgin and Child, the Wrestlers, the Venus de Medicis,
&c. Among the personages introduced are Zoffany himself
exhibiting to Lord Cowper Raphael’s Virgin and Child :t
behind Lord Cowper is Sir John Dick, and on the right
the Earl of Plymouth, and the late Earl of Dartmouth; in
front is Mr. Lorain Smith, making a sketch of one of the
statues; in the centre, the keeper, Mr. Bianchi, is shewing
the celebrated Titian Venus to the following persons—Sir
Horace Mann, the Earl of Winchelsea, Mr. Watts, Mr.
Doughty, Mr. Patch, Bruce the traveller; and sitting in
front, dressed in black, the Hon. Felton Hervey.
Purchased from the artist by George III. C. 3 ft. 11 in. by 5 ft.
* As he practised his art chiefly in England, and was a member of the Royal
Academy, I have classed him with the English painters.
t Now in the Palazzo Pitti.
t This is the celebrated Raphael which Lord Cowper purchased from the
painter, by an annuity of 2001. a-year. It is now in the collection at Pan-
shanger.