Waagen, Gustav Friedrich: Treasures of art in Great Britain: being an account of the chief collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, illuminated mss., etc. (Band 3) (London, 1854)

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STOUEHEAD HOUSE.

Letter XXV.

STOUEHEAD HOUSE, SEAT OF THE COLT HOAEE FAMILY.

Leonardo da Vinci. — A Holy Family, painted on parchment.
Fra Bartolommeo.—A Holy Family.

Andrea del Sarto.—An altar picture, the Virgin and Child,
St. John the Baptist, and St. Ambrose.

Titian.—-John the Baptist in the Wilderness. Sketch for the
picture in S. Maria Maggiore in Venice.

Paul Veronese.—The Magdalen washing the feet of the
Saviour. A sketch for the large picture formerly in the Durazzo
Palace at Genoa, now in the Royal Gallery at Turin.

Baroccio.—The Marriage of St. Catherine.

Annibale Carracci.—A Holy Family.

Domenichino.—Portrait of a prelate.

Guido Reni.—St. Francis. A sketch.

Guercino.—1. The Virgin and Child. 2. The Good Shep-
herd. A sketch.

Schidone.—1. The Virgin and Child. 2. St. John with the
Lamb. 3. An old man. A sketch.

Michael Angelo da Caravaggio.—-Card-players and sooth-
sayers.

Pietro Francesco Mola.—David and Goliah.

Cigoli.—The Adoration of the Kings. A very important
work, executed for the Albrizzi family.

Carlo Dolce.-—-The Daughter of Herodias with the head of
St, John.

Claude Lorraine.—The Lake Nemi. Engraved by Vivares.
Caspar Poussin.-—A landscape.

Carlo Maratti.—1. The Flight into Egypt. 2. The painter
himself, with the three Graces, a picture mentioned by Bellori.
Canaletto.—Three pictures.
Murillo.—An old woman.

Nicolas Poussin.—-1. The Rape of the Sabines. 2. The
Choice of Hercules. Engraved by Strange.

Sebastian Bourdon.—The Sentence of Midas.
Le Bourguignon.—-A battle-piece.

Rembrandt.—1. Elijah restoring the widow's son to life.
Engraved by Earlom. 2. Two gipsies by moonlight. Engraved
by Canot.

Raphael Mengs.—Antony and Cleopatra.