[ [i163] Lett. Pitt. vol. ii. 184. The real fact is known to be, that it was engraven from a drawing made by Rubens himself, who, as I am informed, had in it altered the back-ground.

[ [i164] Lett. Pitt. vol. ii. 195.

[ [i165] Vasari, 30.

[ [i166] Vasari, 33.

[ [i167] Venturi, 4.

[ [i168] Venturi, 37.

[ [i169] Suppl. in Vasari, 68.

[ [i170] Vasari, 39.

[ [i171] Ibid.

[ [i172] Suppl. in Vasari, 60.