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one hundred and ninety-six Doric and Corinthian pillars and the lower floors have each an open portico adorned with several statues. The apartments are large, and rich in valuable pictures; a list of the most remarkable, which I took on the spot, I shall now add.—

In the first room,-Noah preparing the Ark, by Bassano; Infant Christ, by Benvenuto Garofalo; the Virgin, St. Anne, and St. John, by Andrea del Sarto; a Madonna, by Giulio Romano; the same subject, by Andrea del Sarto ; the Adoration of the Magi, in small, by Bassano; St. Catherine, by Benvenuto Garofalo; Roman Charity, by Paul Veronese; St. Peter in Prison, by Francesco Mola; Preparation for the Ark, by Bassano (a very large picture); the Holy Family, by Pietro Perugino; the Madonna and Child, by Carlo Dolci; two Heads, and a Dog, said to be by Titian; the Holy Family, by Dossi di Ferrare; the same, in small, by Benvenuto Garofalo; a Madonna, by Andrea del Sarto; Resuscitation of Lazarus, by Benvenuto Garofalo; Christ carrying his Cross, by Maziani; the Holy Family, by Benvenuto Garofalo; the Samaritan, by the same; a portrait, by Titian,

In the second room,-The Story of Iphigenia, painted on the ceiling by Domenico Corvi; the Chase of Diana, by 'Domenichino

(a celebrated and admirable picture; David, by M. A. Caravaggio; two Apostles, by Michael Angelo; Joseph, the Virgin, and Child, by Pomerancio; Head of our Saviour, by Palma; Conversion of St. Paul, by Ben. Garofalo; a Madonna, by Andrea del Sarto; Cattle, by Bassano; figures of Women and Children, by Parmaganeno; two Martyrdoms of Saints, by Zuccheri; Resuscitation of Lazarus, by Benvenuto Garofalo; our Saviour crowned with Thorns, by Ludovico Caracci; St. Francis and an Angel, by Arpino; an Anatomical School, by Agostino Caracci; Orpheus, by Caravaggio; Return of the Prodigal Son, by Bassano; St. Francis, by Bronzino; the Holy Family, in small, by Leonardo da Vinci; Deposition from the Cross, by Benvenuto Garofalo; Christ and Angels, by Albani; a Young Woman, by Leonardo da Vinci; the Flagellation, by Benvenuto Garofalo; La Pieta (or a Dead Christ), by Zuccheri; St. Sebastian, by the same; Christ carrying his Cross, by the same; Christ dist puting with the Doctors, by Titian; St. Jerome in the Desert, by Barocci; our Saviour, by Leonardo da Vinei; the Madonna and Child, by Titian; the Crucifixion, by Giulio Romano St. Sebastian, in small, by Zuccheri; St. Jerome, by Palma.

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Fable of Lucina, by Lanfranco; Sampson bound, by Titian; Moses, by Guido, in the style of Guercino; Lucretia, by Titian; our Saviour tied to the Pillar, by Titian; Cattle, by Bassano; the Last Supper, by Titian; three portraits, by Titian; the Last Supper, by Paul Veronese; a Clown Laughing, by Caravaggio; Lot and his Daughters, by Gerardo della Notte; St. Jerome kneeling before a Crucifix, by Maziano; a Madonna, by Andrea del Sarto; two Country Scenes, by Bassano; the Adultress, by Titian; Adoration of the Magi, by Benvenuto Garofalo (a charming picture); the Holy Family, by Dossi di Ferrare; a Head, by Pordenone; St. Sebastian, in small, by Titian; Madonna and Child, by Leonardo da Vinci; Saints, by Paul Veronese; a Madonna, in small, by Barocci.

In the fourth room,-Deposition from the Cross, by Raphael (a very fine picture); our Saviour arrested, by Arpino; two Heads, by Ludovico Caracci; Madonna and Child, by Bronzino; a Family, by Titian; Christ disputing with the Doctors, by Arpino; St. Dominick, by Andrea Sacchi; Virgin and Child, by Giorgio Vasari; a Village Scene, by Bas- ! şano; St. John the Baptist, copied from Raphael by Giulio Romano; St. Catherine in a Swoon, by Agostino Caracci; a Saint reading, by Ca

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ravaggio; a Holy Family (Presepe), from the school of Raphael; small portrait of Himself, by the same; a Head, by Leonardo da Vinci; Christ crucified, by Vandyck; portrait of Cæsar Borgia, by Raphael; a Boy carrying Fruit, bý Caravaggio; a Holy Family, by Titian (one of the finest pictures in the collection); Head of St. John the Baptist, by Raphael; Personification of Music, commonly called the Sibyl, by Domenichino (a justly celebrated and muchesteemed picture); portrait of a Cardinal, by Titian (a fine picture); Madonna and Child, by Agostino Caracci; Virgin, with the infant Christ asleep, by Guido; Head of a Woman,' by Titian; Virgin and Christ, by Benvenuto Garofalo; Massacre of the Innocents, by Paul Veronese; St. Agatha, by Leonardo da Vinci ; Head of an Old Man, by Ludovico Caracci; the Supper in Cana of Galilee, by Benvenuto Garofalo; Christ at Calvary, by Arpino; a Woman carrying Fruit, by Caravaggio; a Madonna, by Scipio Gaetino; a Prophet, by Corregio.

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In the room called that of the Throne,-the Annunciation, by Paul Veronese; the Four Seasons, by Albani; Fire of Troy, by Barocci; Flight into Egypt, by Arpino; St. Jerome, by Spagnoletto; the Prodigal Son, by M.Valentin; the Holy Family, by Lavinia Fontana; por

trait of the Family of Pordenone, painted by himself; &c. &c.

In the room called that of Venus,-Venus sleeping, attended by a Cupid and a Satyr, by Titian; two pictures of Venus, by Giulio Romano; Venus floating on the Sea, attended by Cupid, by ; the Chaste Susannah, by Rubens; a Satyr, by Caravaggio; Cupid and Psyche, by- -; Venus crowned by Cupids, by Arpino; Fishing for Coral, by Lavinia Fontana; Calisto followed by Diana, by Benvenuto Garofalo; Cupid sleeping, by Dossi di Ferrare; portrait of an Old Man, by Andrea del Sarto; Leda and Jove, by Leonardo da Vinci; Venus, by Andrea Sacchi; Portrait, by Pordenone; Portrait, by Titian.

In this part of the room is a representation of an Hermaphrodite in basso-relievo,

A Holy Family, by Andrea del Sarto; Divine and Profane Love, by Titian; Virgin, Christ, and St. Catherine, by Titian; our Saviour, by Paul Veronese; Madonna and Child, by Andrea Sacchi; a Marine Landscape, by Paul Brill; a Madonna, by Giulio Romano; a Madonna, by Parmaganeno; a Portrait, by the same; Calvary, by Dossi di Ferrare; a Marine Landscape, by Claude Lorraine; Virgin, Child, and Animals, by Bassano; Christ in the Ship with Simon Peter, by Benvenuto Ga

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