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Title: Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &c. in the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII
Year: 1764 (1760s)
Authors: Wright, Edward, Esq Millar, Andrew, 1707-1768 Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776
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Publisher: London : Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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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 Gruter.There 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. 6o.
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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. ever faw that aims at regular architecture. Befides the faints of the New Teftament, and the numerousones o

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