Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . a civica ; and a Pertinax, much ef-teemd. There is an Apollo and a Pallas, larger than the life,whole figures ; and another fine one of Pallas, a buft ; a Ledaftanding; a dead gladiator; a Bacchus and Faunus; an an-tique mafque ; Cupid ftringing a bow; Jupiter Amnion veryancient; feveral fine baffo-relievos, efpecially one that repre-fents a facrifice; there is another good one of a vintage. Someold Etrufcan vafes; altars and infcriptions, fome of which areancient Greek ones, which I thin
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . a civica ; and a Pertinax, much ef-teemd. There is an Apollo and a Pallas, larger than the life,whole figures ; and another fine one of Pallas, a buft ; a Ledaftanding; a dead gladiator; a Bacchus and Faunus; an an-tique mafque ; Cupid ftringing a bow; Jupiter Amnion veryancient; feveral fine baffo-relievos, efpecially one that repre-fents a facrifice; there is another good one of a vintage. Someold Etrufcan vafes; altars and infcriptions, fome of which areancient Greek ones, which I think are publifhd by is a pretty Ganymede and eagle, hanging from the del-ing, the Ganymede has a Phrygian bonnet, as above menti-oned. There is likewife among other paintings on the cielinga fine piece of Titian, a woman fitting, with a fcroll in herhand, and a boy by her. At the bottom of the flairs are twolarge figures, in white marble, by Sanfovino. He and Sca-mozzi are in great efteem at Venice ; and fo is Palladio, whohas built feveral churches and palaces there. 5 What-. 2ii<7. VENICE. Whatever outfide beauty there is either in their palaces orchurches, is feldom carried beyond the Facade; though thereare fome few inftances to the contrary. The churches of the Redentore and Salute were both builtex voto, for deliverance from plagues: the firft ftone of eachbeing laid by the Doge and Patriarch, one in the year 1577,the other in 1631 ; there is fomewhat grand in the look of eachof them, efpecially that of the Salute; but it feems overchargdwith ornaments on the outfide: there are fome very fine paint-ings within, both in the church and the facrifty; particularlyfome of Titian, which were removd hither from the churchof S. Spirito. That of the Redentore belongs to the Capucins. The front of the church of S. Mofes [for he is fainted there]is much admired by the generality of the Venetians; but isencumberd with extravagant ornaments, the moft of any thingI.
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