In taking leave of the gallery of statues, I ought, perhaps, in answer to several inquiries, which have been made me in letters from England, to mention, that the Hercules Farnese, and the Venus de Medici, are not in the collection. A british officer, lately returned from Egypt by way of Italy, tells me, that both these statues are at present in the island of Sicily. They are in the possession of the king of Naples, who keeps them locked up in cases, and refuses permission, even to his greatest favourites, to see them.

Adieu.

POSTSCRIPT.

I add, for the sake of gratifying the curiosity of such of your friends as are connoisseurs, and wish to know where their favourite pictures may be found, a list of those of the most celebrated masters, now in the Louvre.

FRENCH SCHOOL.
CHARLES LE BRUN.
No. 9. The Courage of Mutius Scævola.
10. The Death of Cato.
11. Portrait of Charles le Brun, taken in his youth, by himself.
12. St. Stephen stoned.
13. The Magdalen at the Pharisee’s.
14. Jesus asleep, or Silence.
15. The Benedicite.
16. The Cross surrounded with Angels.
17. The Defeat of Porus.
18. The Tent of Darius.
19. The Entry of Alexander into Babylon.
20. The Death of Meleager, king of Calydon.
21. The Conquest of Franche-Compté.—(The sketch from which le Brun drew the celebrated picture, in the great gallery at Versailles.)
22. The Nativity.
NICHOLAS POUSSIN.
No. 67. The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, the Bishop.
68. The Philistines attacked with the Plague.
69. The Rape of the Sabines.
70. The Fall of Manna in the Desert.
71. Time makes Truth triumph.
72. The Last Supper.
73. St. Francis Xavier in India.
74. St. John Baptising in the river Jordan.
75. Rebecca and Eliezer.
76. Diogenes throwing away his Cup.
77. The Judgment of Solomon.
78. The Blind Men of Jericho.
79. Portrait of Poussin, taken by himself.
80. The Adultress.
81. The Death of Sapphira.
82. Winter, or the Deluge.
83. The Death of Eurydice.
84. The Holy Family.
85. The Assumption of the Virgin.
RESTOUT.
No. 88. Alpheus and Arethusa.
LE SUEUR (EUSTACHE.)
No. 98. The Preaching of St. Paul at Ephesus.
99. The Descent from the Cross.
100. The Celebration of Mass by St. Martir.
101. St. Gervais and St. Protais.
102. Clio, the Muse of History.
Euterpe, the Muse of Music.
Thalia, the Muse of Comedy.
103. Calliope, the Muse of Epic Poetry.
104. Urania, the Muse of Astronomy.
105. Terpsichore, the Muse of Dancing.
106. Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy.
Erato, the Muse of Lyric Poetry.
Polyhymnia, the Muse of Eloquence.
VAN LOO (CARLO.)
No. 115. Æneas and Anchises.
116. The Marriage of the Virgin.
VAN LOO (JOHN BAPTISTE.)
No. 117. Diana and Endymion.
VAN LOO (LOUIS MICHAEL.)
No. 118. The Picture of Carlo van Loo, the historical painter.
DUTCH, FLEMISH, AND GERMAN SCHOOL.
CHAMPAGNE (PHILIP OF.)
No. 212. The Archbishop of Milan, St. Ambrose.
213. The carrying the Bodies of St. Gervais and St. Protais, from the spot where they were found, to the cathedral of Milan, by order of the Archbishop.
214. A dead Christ extended on the Bier.
215. The Supper.
216. The Nuns.
217. Philip of Champagne, painted by himself, in 1668, at the age of 66 years.
CLAISSENS (ANTONY.)
No. 218. The Judgment of Cambyses.
219. Cambyses orders an unjust Judge to be flayed alive, directing his skin to be turned into a cover for the bench of his successor.
DURER (ALBERT)
No. 249. The Portrait of a Geometrician.
250. The Portrait of a Musician.
251. A Crucifix.
DYCK (ANTONY VAN.)
No. 252. Christ lying dead in the Arms of the Virgin: near him are St. Magdalen and St. John.
253. St. Augustin in a Swoon.
254. Charles the First, king of England.—(A delightful picture.)
255. The Mother of Pity.
256. Francis of Moncade, Marquis d’Aylonne, governor of the Netherlands for Philip the Fourth.—This man was both a warrior and an historian.
257. St. Martin cutting his Cloak, in order to give half of it to a poor Man.—(This is one of the most interesting pictures in the whole collection.)
258. Antony van Dyck.
259. Comte de Luck, holding an orange in his hand.
260. Half-length Picture of a Man, with his hand on his breast.
261. The Picture of a Man in Black.
262. The Ex-voto and the Virgin.
263. Jesus carrying his Cross.
264. The Portraits of Charles the First, Elector Palatine, and Prince Robert his Brother, both in military dresses.
265. The Portrait of a Man on Foot, holding his daughter, who is on horseback, by the hand.
266. The Portrait of a Lady and her Son.
267. The half-length Portrait of a Man of 37, having a glove on his left hand.
268. Half-length Portrait of a young Woman, with a fan of feathers in her hand.
269. John Richardot (president of the privy council of the Netherlands), one of the negotiators sent by the king of Spain to Vervins—died in 1609.
270. Portrait, in the shape of a bust, of a Man in a black Cloak.
271. Venus soliciting from Vulcan Arms for Æneas.
272. The taking down from the Cross, a sketch.
DYCK (PHILIP VAN) CALLED THE LITTLE VAN DYCK, PUPIL OF ARNOLD BOONEN.
No. 270. B. Sarah presenting Agar to Abraham.
271. B. Agar repudiated by Abraham, at the instigation of Sarah.
272. B. Judith giving to her Maid the Head of Holophernes.
273. A Woman at her Toilet.
274. A young Woman playing on the Guitar.
GYZEN (PETER.)
No. 295. A Village Holiday.—(A very laughable picture.)
HOLBEIN (HANS OR JOHN) PUPIL OF JOHN HOLBEIN, HIS FATHER.
No. 313. The Portrait of a Man, with a black Cat.
314. Thomas Moore (lord chancellor of England) beheaded by order of Henry VIII.
315. The Portrait of a young Man carrying a Hawk.
316. The Sacrifice of Abraham.
317. A young Woman in a Necklace of Pearls, and a red Jacket.
318. Erasmus.
319. A young Woman with a yellow Veil.
320. Robert Cheeseman, at the age of 48, with a Hawk.
321. Master Nicholas Kratzer, astronomer of Henry VIII of England.
322. The Archbishop of Canterbury, painted in 1528, at the age of 70.
323. Ann of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII of England.—(Henry the eighth married her on seeing this picture, but repudiated her six months after, finding that her beauty by no means equalled that which had been given her by the painter.)
324. The Portrait, in miniature, of Erasmus.
PAUL POTTER.
No. 446. Landscape, with Cattle.—(This is the picture in which I particularly admired the exact and wonderful imitation of Nature.)
447. A Meadow.
448. A Meadow watered by a River, in which animals are drinking and men bathing.—(This is a charming picture.)
449. Oxen and Pigs in a Pasture, near a cottage.
450. Two Horses at a Trough, near the door of a public house. A man brings them water.
451. A Field.—In the front, three cows are standing under an oak; and, on the left, an ox with white and black spots.
REMBRANDT (VAN RYN PAUL.)
No. 455. The Head of a Man, with a hat ornamented with black feathers.
456. Portrait of Rembrandt in his youth, taken by himself.
457. The Head of a Woman, dressed in long ear-rings, and a fur cloak.
458. The good Samaritan.
459. The Head of an old Man with a long beard, who is also bald.
460. A Jewish Bride.
461. The Head of a young Man with a black cap, and a golden chain round his neck.
462. The meditating Philosopher.
463. The contemplating Philosopher.
464. Small Head of a Man, dressed in a straw bonnet.
465. The Family of a Joiner.
466. Tobias and Family prostrate before the angel Raphael, who disappears from their sight, after making himself known.
467. Susannah at the Bath.
468. The Pilgrims of Emans, and the breaking of Bread.
469. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple.
470. St. Matthew, the Evangelist.
471. The Portrait of Rembrandt, in a more advanced period of life than that of 456.
472. Venus and Cupid.
473. An old Man at his Meditations.
RUBENS (PETER PAUL.)
No. 479. The Education of Mary of Medici.
480. The Lying in of Mary of Medici.
His celebrated picture of the Assumption has lately been put up in the Musée.
481. The Happiness of Peace.
508. Adriana de Perès, wife of Nicholas Rockox, married in 1589, died in 1619.
509. The Crucifixion of St. Peter.
510. Christ on the Cross, between the two Thieves, at the moment when the centurion wounds him in the side.
511. The Last Supper.
512. The Adoration of the Kings, larger than life.
513. St. Roch interceding for the Persons afflicted with the Plague.
514. St. Roch fed by his Dog.
N. B. I particularly recommend these last six pictures to your attention. They are more than commonly beautiful.
515. St. Roch cured of the Plague by an Angel.
516. Christ dead in the Arms of his Father.
517. The Adoration of the Wise Men.—(An admirable picture.)
518. The Beheading of St. John the Baptist.
519. St. John the Evangelist thrown into a Copper of boiling Oil.
520. The Portrait of a Woman, dressed in a hat, and, holding a bunch of roses in her hand.
521. Another Portrait of a Woman in black, her head uncovered, and her hands crossed.
522. The Nativity of our Saviour, a sketch.
523. The Resurrection of Christ, a sketch.
524. Lot and his Family leaving Sodom, led by an Angel.
525. The Virgin and the Infant Jesus, surrounded with Innocents. This is called the Virgin and the Angels.
526. The Kernesse, or Village Holiday.—(A very curious picture.)
527. The Descent from the Cross.
528. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes.
529. The Apostles finding in the Mouth of a Fish, the Piece of Money necessary for the Payment of the Tribute.
530. The Angel, making the Young Tobias angle for the Fish, the gall of which was to restore his Father’s sight.
531. The Portrait of a Princess, who appears to be Elizabeth of Bourbon, Daughter of Henry the IVth, and Wife of Philip, King of Spain.
532. The Triumph of Pomona.
533. Venus and Adonis.
534. A View of Malines.
535. A View of Cadiz.
TENIERS (THE YOUNGER DAVID.)
No. 575. The Smoker.
576. The Grinder.
577. Country people dancing to the sound of the Bagpipe.
578. The Works of Charity.
579. The Village Wedding.
580. The Preparations for a Repast.
581. Peter’s Denial of our Saviour.
582. A Landscape.
583. The inside of an Ale-house, with Persons playing at Cards.
584. The Prodigal Son at Table, with his Mistresses.—(In this picture Teniers is supposed to have drawn himself and his Family.)
585. Hern shooting.
586. The Alchymist in his Laboratory.
587. An old Man’s Head in a Fur Dress and Bonnet.
588. The inside of an Ale-house.
TENIERS (THE ELDER DAVID.)
No. 589. A Man playing on a Bagpipe.
ITALIAN SCHOOL.
GIO BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (CALLED AT GENOA, IL GRECHETTO, AND IN FRANCE, THE BENDETTE.)
No. 689. The Nativity.
690. The Money-sellers driven from the Temple.
691. Melchisedec, King of Salem, offering Bread and Wine to Abraham.
692. A Woman carrying a Vase on her head, an old Man, and an African with a Turban on his head holding a copper plate.
693. In the middle of a Court a Woman carrying a Copper Vessel, and an Ass loaded with Kitchen Furniture.
694. Jacob leaves Mesopotamia, in order to see his Father in Canaan.
695. Bacchanalians and Satyrs resting, and playing on different Instruments.
ALBANI (FRANCESCO.)
No. 660. The Birth of the Virgin.
661. Mystic Vision of the Cross.
662. Diana and Acteon.
663. The Holy Family.
664. The Rest in Egypt.
665. The Rest in Egypt.
666. St. Francis praying before a Crucifix.
667. God the Father in his Glory.
668. Adam and Eve.
669. The Annunciation of the Virgin.
670. The Annunciation of the Virgin.
671. Our Saviour appearing to Mary Magdalen.
672. The Baptism of Jesus in the Waters of Jordan.
673. The preaching of St. John in the Desert.
674. Apollo at the House of Admetus, King of Thessaly.
675. The Triumph of Cybele.
676. Fire.
677. Air.
678. Water.
679. Earth.
680. } The Loves and Graces at the Toilet of Venus.
681.
682.
683.
684. Apollo and Daphne.
685. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus.
THE CARRACCI.
The four Elements by the three Carracci, that is to say,
No. 703. Earth, by Lodovico Carracci.
704. Water, by Lodovico Carracci.
705. Fire, by Agostino Carracci,
706. Air, by Annibale Carracci.
CARRACCI (AGOSTINO.)
No. 707. The Assumption of the Virgin.
708. St. Cæcilia and St. Marguerite.
709. The Communion of St. Jerom.
710. Hercules in his Cradle, strangling the Serpents.
CARRACCI (LODOVICO.)
No. 711. The Virgin, St. Francis, and St. Joseph.
712. St. Hyacinth, to whom the Virgin appears.
713. The vocation of St. Matthew.
714. St. John baptizing Christ.
715. The Annunciation of the Virgin.
716. The Nativity of Jesus Christ.
717. The Virgin and the Infant Jesus.
CARRACCI (ANTONIO, NATURAL SON OF AGOSTINO CARRACCI.)
No. 718. The Deluge.
CARRACCI (ANNIBALE.)
No. 719. The Mother of Pity.
720. St. Luke, St. Catherine, and the Virgin.
721. Christ lying dead on the Knees of the Virgin.
722. The Birth of the Virgin.
723. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
724. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ,
725. Jesus asleep. This picture is commonly called, the Silence of Carracci.
726. Fishing.
727. Hunting.
728. The Nativity of Jesus Christ.
729. The Nativity of Jesus Christ.
730. Christ laid in his Tomb.
731. The Portrait of a learned Man.
732. The Annunciation of the Virgin.
733. Diana and Calisto.
734. The Martyrdom of St. Stephen.
735. The Martyrdom of St. Stephen.
736. A Concert on the Water.
737. The Preaching of St. John in the Desert.
738. The Annunciation of the Virgin.
739. The Assumption of the Virgin.
740. A Hermit meditating.
741. The Sacrifice of Abraham. A Landscape.
742. The Death of Absalom. A Landscape.
CARAVAGGIO (MICHAEL ANGELO AMERIGI, CALLED THE CARAVAGGE.)
No. 743. The Death of the Virgin.
744. Christ carried to the Grave.
745. Adolphus and Vignacourt.
746. A young Gipsy telling a young Man’s Fortune.
747. St. John the Baptist.
748. Wandering Musicians singing at the close of Evening, and at the Corner of the Street, an Anthem to the Virgin.
N.B. It is doubtful whether this was the work of Caravaggio, or of one of his pupils.
CAVEDONE (JAMES.)
No. 749. St. Eloi and St. Petronius.
750. St. Cæcilia singing the praises of the Lord.
CORREGIO (ANTONY ALLEGRI, CALLED THE CORREGE.)
No. 753. The Virgin, the Infant Jesus, the Magdalen, and St. Jerom.
754. The Rest in Egypt.
755. Antiope asleep.
756. The Marriage of St. Catherine.
757. The taking down from the Cross.
758. The Martyrdom of St. Placidus and St. Flavia.
759. The Infant St. John.
760. A Head of Christ crowned with Thorns.
DOMENICHINO (DOMENICO ZAMPIEN, CALLED IN FRANCE THE DOMENIQUEZ.)
No. 763. The Communion of St. Jerom.—(N.B. This admirable picture appears to me the best in the collection.)
764. The Rosary protected by the Virgin.
765. The Martyrdom of St. Agnes.
766. David playing on the Harp.
767. Rinaldo and Armida.
768. Æneas saving his Father Anchises from the Ruins of Troy.
769. St. Cæcilia.
770. The Concert.
771. The Virgin and St. Antony of Padua.
772. The Virgin taking Water from a River with a Shell.
773. Timoclea before Alexander.
774. A Landscape.
775. A Landscape.
776. A Landscape.
777. God cursing Adam and Eve.
778. The Ecstacy of St. Paul.
779. The Triumph of Love.
FERRARI (GANDERTIO.)
No. 784. St. Paul the Apostle.
785. The Nativity of Jesus Christ.
GUIDO (RENI, CALLED IN FRANCE THE GUIDE.)
No. 797. The Crucifixion of St. Peter.
798. Christ giving the Keys to St. Peter.
799. St. Jerom, St. Thomas, and the Virgin.
800. Fortune.
801. David holding the Head of the Giant Goliah.
802. The Virgin, the Infant Jesus, and St. John kissing his Feet.
803. The Virgin holding the Infant Jesus asleep on her Knees.
804. The Union of Design and Colouring.
805. St. John the Baptist in the Desert.
806. The Magdalen.
807. The Magdalen.
808. St. Sebastian.
809. The Samaritan Woman.
810. Christ in the Garden of Olives.
811. Christ on the Cross, and the Magdalen.
812. A Head of Christ crowned with Thorns.
813. Hercules killing the Hydra.
814. The Battle of Hercules and Achelöus.
815. The taking away of Dejanira by Nessus.
816. Hercules on the Funeral Pile.
817. The Mother of Pity, with the Saints who protected the City of Bologna.
818. St. Roch in his Prison.
819. The Massacre of the Innocents.
820. The Angelic Salutation.
821. The Purification of the Virgin.
822. The Sleep of the Infant Jesus.
823. The eternal Father.
824. St. John in the Wilderness.
825. The Rest in Egypt.
826. St. John.
827. The carrying away of Helen.
GUERCINO (GIO FRANCESCO BARBIERI, CALLED THE GUERCHIN.)
No. 829. The Picture of Guerchini, painted by himself.
830. The Magician Circe.
831. Jesus Christ giving the Keys to St. Peter.
832. The Martyrdom of St. Peter the Apostle.
833. The Resurrection of Lazarus.
834. The Infant Jesus, holding the Hand of his Mother, gives his benediction.
835. The Incredulity of St. Thomas.
836. The Vision of St. Jerom.
837. Amnon and Thamar.
838. St. Theresa and Jesus Christ.
839. The Circumcision of Christ.
840. The beheading of St. John and St. Paul, under the Reign of the Emperor Julian, called the Apostate.
841. The Vision of St. Bruno.
842. The Saints Protectors of the Town of Modena.
843. The Virgin appearing to St. Jerom.
844. St. Peter at his Prayers.
845. St. Paul holding the Sword with which he is about to be put to Death.
846. St. Francis and St. Benoit.
847. St. William and St. Felix.
848. The Marriage of St. Catherine.
849. Herod’s Daughter receiving the Head of St. John the Baptist.
850. Christ appearing to the Virgin.
851. Conclusion of the Battle between the Romans and Sabines.
LANFRANCO (GIOVANNI LANFRANCO, CALLED THE LANFRANC.)
No. 854. Agar in the Desert.
855. The parting of St. Peter and St. Paul.
856. St. Bartholomew the Apostle.
857. St. Peter imploring the Pardon of his Master.
857. B. St. Peter deploring his Faults.
858. The crowning of the Virgin.
THE FOLLOWING ARE FROM THE ROMAN, FLORENTINE, AND VENETIAN SCHOOLS.
ALEXANDER VERONESE.
No. 910. The Adultress.
LEONARDO DA VINCI.
No. 921. The holy family accompanied by St. Michael, St. Elizabeth, and St. John holding a Sheep.
922. The Virgin holding the Infant Jesus.
923. The Picture of Madame Lise.
924. The Picture of a Woman in black.
PAUL VERONESE.
No. 927. The Marriage of St. Catherine.
RAPHAEL.
No. 931. The Infant Jesus caressing St. John.
932. St. Michael subduing the Devil.
933. St. Michael combating Monsters. An allegorical painting.
934. St. George.
935. The Virgin, St. John, and the Infant Jesus asleep. (Commonly called the Silence of the Virgin.)
936. The Vision of Ezekiel.
937. A young Man reflecting.
938. A young Man about fifteen or sixteen Years old.
To which pictures of Raphael has lately been added his celebrated one of the Holy Family.
TITIAN (TIZIANO VECELLI.)
No. 940. The crowning with Thorns.
941. Christ carried to the Tomb.
942. Portrait of a Man in black.
943. Portrait of a Man in black.

LETTER III.

The fête of the 18th of brumaire in honour of the preliminaries, and of the anniversary of the consular government.—Apathy of the people.—Fireworks.—Accident which happened to an english gentleman.—Postscript. The death of the gentleman last named.

Paris, november the 10th, 1801 (19 brumaire.)

MY DEAR SIR,