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COLLECTION OF MR. ROGERS.
Also a colossal head of Nepthys, in red granite, inscribed
with hieroglyphics, which formed part of the lid of a sar-
cophagus; also from the Thebaide.
In the cell below, a small idol, in black basalt, inscribed
with hieroglyphics. All these were brought to Rome by
31. Basseggio, and purchased by Mr. Rogers.
Miss Rogers, the sister of the poet, possesses a small,
but very elegant collection of pictures, including examples
of most of the old masters, and some charming modern
pictures by Reynolds, Stothard, Wilson, Gainsborough,
Leslie, Bonnington, Turner, and Wilkie.
Though none of these pictures are large or very im-
portant, some among them are exceedingly curious and
valuable, and by painters whose works are rarely found in
English collections.
Among the Italian pictures:—
A little Madonna and Child, throned, with angels hold-
ing a canopy over them, attributed to Benozzo Gozzoli,
who painted the great frescoes in the Campo Santo, at Pisa.
By Domenichino, a caricature of a Lawyer mounted on
a mule, and holding an owl perched on his hand.
By Andrea Verocchio, who taught design to Lionardo
da Vinci and Michael Angelo, there is a portrait of a
noble lady of Florence, one of the Soderini family, in a
very rich and graceful costume, the head in profile: some-
what hard and dry in execution, but with a peculiar look
of nature and truth, and an air of high-bred elegance,
which is very striking. Andrea Verocchio was a sculptor
and goldsmith by profession, and the first who invented
and practised the art of taking off the cast of a face in
plaster. I am not aware that any other painting by Ve-
rocchio exists in England, and even at Florence his works
in this department are exceedingly rare.
By Andrea Mantegna, St. Michael subduing the Dragon,
and St Apollonia, in two small niches, brought from a
shrine in Padua.
By Giorgione, a rich landscape, with a Cavalier and a
Lady performing music, the sea in the distance.
COLLECTION OF MR. ROGERS.
Also a colossal head of Nepthys, in red granite, inscribed
with hieroglyphics, which formed part of the lid of a sar-
cophagus; also from the Thebaide.
In the cell below, a small idol, in black basalt, inscribed
with hieroglyphics. All these were brought to Rome by
31. Basseggio, and purchased by Mr. Rogers.
Miss Rogers, the sister of the poet, possesses a small,
but very elegant collection of pictures, including examples
of most of the old masters, and some charming modern
pictures by Reynolds, Stothard, Wilson, Gainsborough,
Leslie, Bonnington, Turner, and Wilkie.
Though none of these pictures are large or very im-
portant, some among them are exceedingly curious and
valuable, and by painters whose works are rarely found in
English collections.
Among the Italian pictures:—
A little Madonna and Child, throned, with angels hold-
ing a canopy over them, attributed to Benozzo Gozzoli,
who painted the great frescoes in the Campo Santo, at Pisa.
By Domenichino, a caricature of a Lawyer mounted on
a mule, and holding an owl perched on his hand.
By Andrea Verocchio, who taught design to Lionardo
da Vinci and Michael Angelo, there is a portrait of a
noble lady of Florence, one of the Soderini family, in a
very rich and graceful costume, the head in profile: some-
what hard and dry in execution, but with a peculiar look
of nature and truth, and an air of high-bred elegance,
which is very striking. Andrea Verocchio was a sculptor
and goldsmith by profession, and the first who invented
and practised the art of taking off the cast of a face in
plaster. I am not aware that any other painting by Ve-
rocchio exists in England, and even at Florence his works
in this department are exceedingly rare.
By Andrea Mantegna, St. Michael subduing the Dragon,
and St Apollonia, in two small niches, brought from a
shrine in Padua.
By Giorgione, a rich landscape, with a Cavalier and a
Lady performing music, the sea in the distance.