Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . finely adornd : thetwelve apoftles, twice as large as the life, in white marble,have a in oft magnificent appearance: they are modern per-formances, i. e. of the prefent age, but by the befl mafters init, asMonf. le Grot, Camillo Rofconi, &c. and fome of themmay juftly be called very fine. They ftand in fpacious niches,adornd on each fide with pillars of verd antique % which weredefignd by the cavalier Boromini, who in fome of his workswas a little particular in his fancy, but in the main
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . finely adornd : thetwelve apoftles, twice as large as the life, in white marble,have a in oft magnificent appearance: they are modern per-formances, i. e. of the prefent age, but by the befl mafters init, asMonf. le Grot, Camillo Rofconi, &c. and fome of themmay juftly be called very fine. They ftand in fpacious niches,adornd on each fide with pillars of verd antique % which weredefignd by the cavalier Boromini, who in fome of his workswas a little particular in his fancy, but in the main a greatmafter. Above thefe ftatues are baffo relievos, fix out of theOld Teftament, and as many on the oppofite fide out of theNew, by way of type and antitype. Adam chasd out of ParadifiThe Deluge. Ifaac going to be fold. The pafTage of the Red coming out of the i ] chrift,s reWaion>V/hale s belly. J Chrift crucifydi Chrift baptifed. Chrift carrying the crofs. Chrift betrayd. Chrift in the LimbusTatrmH. One of theferods, it notboth, is curioufly inlaid?with Above thefe, are as many prophets, painted by the mo fteminent mafters of thefe times, Sebaftian Concha and great brazen gates at the principal entrance, they faywere taken from the temple of Saturn in the Campo VaccineThe Tribuna at the upper end is wrought in Mofaic, betweenfour and five hundred years old. In this church they fhew Aarons rod which budded, andthat of Mofes wherewith he divided the Red Sea : and otherrelicks, equally authentick, relating to perfons or ftories inthe New Teftament. There are many large, and fome good paintings in thechurch; and in the facrifty is a fine Annunciation in oil, byMich. Angelo; and a Crucifixion by the fame mafter, faid tobe that of which they tell the famous ftory ; but there are fe-veral others of which they fay the fame, which I have beforetaken notice of. In ROME. L A T E R A N. In a room within the facrifly is a cartone
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