Ottley, William Young [Editor]; Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower of [Editor]; Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower of [Oth.]: Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's collection of pictures in London (2): Engravings of the most noble the Marquis of Stafford's collection of pictures in London: arranged according to schools, and in chronological order, with remarks on each picture (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818)

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state of preservation, and, in the opinion of the writer of these remarks,
a genuine production of Domenichino.
It is painted on board, measures 1 foot 11 inches in height, by 2
feet 3 I inches in width, and was purchased from the Orleans collection.
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No. 53. DOMENICHINO.
A LANDSCAPE AND FIGURES.
Th is, though a pleasing landscape, possesses not that very decided
merit which is generally to be found in the undoubted landscapes of
Domenichino. It is, however, certainly of the Bolognese school of the
period.
It is painted on canvas, and measures 1 foot Ilf inches in height,
by 2 feet 8 inches in width.
No. 54. DOMENICHINO.
A LANDSCAPE AND FIGURES.
The ground upon which this picture is painted was probably one of
those, so frequently used by the Bolognese and Roman schools of the
seventeenth century, which time has shewn to have possessed qualities
highly detrimental to the colours laid upon them : the consequence is,
that in many places they are grown much darker, and less transparent
than originally intended by the painter, especially in the shadows.
This is the more to be regretted in the present instance, since, perhaps,
neither Domenichino, nor the Caracci his masters, ever composed a finer
landscape. So happy a combination of grand and picturesque scenery,
with figures admirable in themselves, and introduced with consummate
judgment, so as to enliven and give interest to every part, is alone to be
effected by a great historical painter.
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