Ottley, William Young [Hrsg.]; Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower of [Hrsg.]; Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower of [Bearb.]: 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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This picture is on canvas, and measures 3 feet 8 i inches in height,
by 6 feet 4 i inches in width, and was purchased from the Orleans
collection.
No. 55. DOMENICHINO.
A VISION OF ST FRANCIS.
There is a simplicity, a purity of style, in many of the works of
Domenichino, which, though not exclusively his own, since Raffaello
and some other of his predecessors possessed it in a very high degree,
forms a distinction between him and most of his contemporaries. The
figure of St. Francis is an unaffected and feeling representation of a
pious man, who, having bid adieu to the frivolities and cares of the
world, is wholly wrapped in devotion; at once his sole occupation, and
the source of a tranquil enjoyment.
This picture is painted on copper, measures 1 foot 7 inches in height,
1 foot 2 i inches in width, and was formerly in the Orleans collection.
No. 56. FRANCESCO ALBANO. Nat. 1578, ob. 1660.
SALMACIS AND HERMAPHRODITUS.
This is by no means an agreeable picture of Albano; it is inelegantly
conceived, is grown dark, and wants those little playful cupids and all
those beauties of landscape, with which that graceful artist was generally
accustomed to enrich his representations of ancient fable.
It is painted on canvas, measures 1 foot 6 I inches in height, by 2
feet 4 inches in width, and was formerly in the Orleans collection.