. Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions. effion *. After the death of Mr. Cipriani, the original drawing ofthe diploma was prefented, by his eldeft fon, to the late Marquisof Lanfdown. At the fale of the Marquiss collection ofpictures, drawings, &c. this excellent fpecimen of art wasfold, in the fpring of 1806, and bought by Mr. G. Baker forthirty-one guineas. Among other avocations, he was employed to clean and re-pair the pictures of Rubens, in the ceiling of Whitehall chapel,which work he completed with great fuccefs, in
. Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions. effion *. After the death of Mr. Cipriani, the original drawing ofthe diploma was prefented, by his eldeft fon, to the late Marquisof Lanfdown. At the fale of the Marquiss collection ofpictures, drawings, &c. this excellent fpecimen of art wasfold, in the fpring of 1806, and bought by Mr. G. Baker forthirty-one guineas. Among other avocations, he was employed to clean and re-pair the pictures of Rubens, in the ceiling of Whitehall chapel,which work he completed with great fuccefs, in 1778. He hadbefore repaired the paintings of Vario at Windfor, in which hewas affilted by Mr. Richards. About the year 1761, he married a young lady, with whomhe afterwards received a genteel fortune, and by her he hadtwo ions and a daughter: The latter died young. The eldeftfon poileffes an appointment in the treafury. The youngeftbegan the ftudy of painting, and executed the drawing from * This elegant memorial was ftolen from the houfe of Mr. Ciprianis fon, onthe nisht of the 2sUi of Feb. 1705. T ChamSartr _ S^Peter Paul Ri^be^s Anecdotes of Tainting. \ \ 3 Mr. Copleys pi&ure of the Death of Lord Chatham, fromwhich Mr. Bartolozzi engraved the print: This drawing, madein water-colours, was a moft excellent though a laboriousproduction * Mr. Cipriani, in the latter part of his life, refided In theneighbourhood of Hammerfmuh, where he died Dec. 14, 17 85,and was interred in the burying-ground of Chelfea, in theKings Road; Over the grave is the following infcription. Eximio Viro, Artinci. et Amico, Johakni : Cipriant, Florentine*. Hie humi defoffo, honoris, luctus, et benevolentiae, Uno delcriplo lapide, triplex edidit monumer: FRAKCiscrs Bartolozzi, fapeifles. Obiit die decima quarta Decembris, Anno Domini 1785, £ta&2 5S. Mr. Ciprianis abilities, as an artift, were very high, parti-cularly as a defigner. In the knowledge of the human figurehe was pre-eminent, and
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