A CATALOGUE OF A GENUINE, CAPITAL AND HIGHLY VALUABLE Collection of pictures, BEING The greater Part of the well-known Collection of the Novellara, A DUCAL VILLA IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MODENA ; AND PURCHASED FROM THE FRENCH, DURING THE LATE TROUBLES IN ITALY. Among the rare and precious Objects in this small but valuable Collection, are — A». -t A FLIGHT into EGYPT, in a beautiful Landfcape, by Corregio, a Divine Picture, Inestimable. — The Paffion of our Saviour, Ditto. — A fmall Holy Family, a Cabinet Jewel, byScHlDONE. — A fmall Holy Family, with a Cradle, Parmegiano. — A Sleeping Cupid, Ditto, a beautiful Gem. — Chrift wafhing the Apoftle’s Feet, Leo. da Vinci, capital. — A Repofo, Raphael. — A fpirited Sketch by T itian ; and others by J. Romano, Guido, Domenichino, Albano, S. Rofa, &c c. & c. in the higheft Prefervation. WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. CHRISTIE, At the Great Boom, Pall Mall, Oil SATURDAY, MARCH the 3 d, 1804, AT TWELVE O’CLOCK. • — — - To be Viewed Two Days preceding the Sale, when Catalogues may be had in Pall Mall, D55 1 CONDITIONS of SALE I. 'HpHE higheft Bidder to be the Buyer ; and if any Difpute arife between Two or more A Bidders, the Lot fo difputed lhall be put up again and re-fold. II. No Perfon to advance lefs than is. Above Five Pounds 2s. 6 d. And fo on in pro- portion. III. The Purchafers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, if required, and to pay down 20I. per Cent, in Part of Payment of tne Purchafe Money; in Default of which, the Lot or Lots fo purchafed, to be immediately put up again, and re-fold. IV. The Lots to be taken away at the Expence of the Purchafers, within One Day after the Sale. V, To prevent Inconveniences that frequently attend long and open Accounts, the Remain- der of the Purchafe Money to be abfolutely paid on or before the Delivery. VI. Upon Failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money depofited in Part of Payment lhall be forfeited ; all Lots uncleared within the Time aforefaid, lhall be re-fold by Public or Private Sale; and the Deficiency (if any) attending fuch Rc-fale, lhall be made good by the Defaulters at this Sale. CATALOGUE OF THE SATURDAY, MARCH the 3d, iso*. • aidti' Luca d’Olanda Corregio, when young Nicolo Abate Titian Tempesta Borgognone Goltzius P. Brill Carpioni 1 The Melancholy. Mentioned in the life of this early Painter, as the last of his Works 2 A Madona sitting, with the Child and St. John 3 A subject from the Gerusalemme Liberata, a singular picture of this scarce master 4 The Passage of the Red Sea 5 A Bacchanalian Subject, after 6 A Battle Piece 7 A Ditto 8 PlerCbles. A high finished Picture 13 A Pair of small Landscapes 14 Silenus with Bacchanalians [ 4 ] Tempesta - 15 A Land Storm Franceschini 16 A Nativity S. Rosa 17 A Landscape Poussin 18 Orpheus attacked by Baccanti G. Mazzola 19 Virgin, Child and St. Joseph Solimeni 20 Rinaldo and Armida Poussin 21 Death of Darius S. Rosa 22 A grand Landscape with a halt of Soldiers, and Peasants Titian - 23 Venus in the Bath Porbus 24 Portrait of a Young Prince in Armour Bernardino Gatti 25 Flight into Egypt, with Angels Dom. Feti 26 Mary Magdalen anointing the Feet of our Saviour Albano 27 Fortune borne by a Dolphin, allegorical Sophonisba Anguiscola - 28 Her own Portrait Guercino 29 A Landscape with Figures passing the Po, and a distant View of St. Peter’s. A singular • Picture Schidone 30 Adoration of the Magi Geronimo Mutiano 31 . A Hero kneeling at the Feet of Religion, an allegory Velasquez 32 The Deluge. A spirited Picture Guercino «• 33 Portrait of the Principe Gonzaga : in zv/iosc House this Artist long resided Domenichino 34 The Plague of Marseilles Albano 35 The Bath ot Diana Ditto - 36 Andromeda^with Nymphs Titian - 37 The Virgin and Child, wiih St. Joseph Guido 58 / . Infant Christ sleeping V Titian Raffaelle ✓ S. Rosa Taddeo Zucchero Ciprregio P. Veronese Raffaelle Parmegiano [ s ] 39 A Reposo 40 A Reposo, with Angels beneath a Palm Tree in his early Style 41 The Finding of Moses CARVINGS IN IVORY, &c. 42 A Possata in Ivory, 3 exquisite small Carvings by the celebrated Algardi of Bologna 43 A Bas Relief, the subject, the Fall of the Giants, a capital ditto in Wood, by M. Angelo Buonarotti PICTURES. - 44 The Martyrdom of St. Stephen, fine 45 Love pleading before the Assembly of the Gods, an early sketch 46 The City of Venice seizing the Cornucopia from the Hand of Commerce. A spirited ditto a Study for the Dome of the Sala • di Comunita in Venice 47 The Element Fire, a beautiful cabinet Picture, in his second Manner - 48 An Amoretto or Cupid reposing ; an elegant and beautiful Gem , 49 Jupiter and Semele. A capital and highly finished cabinet Picture of the Master J. Romano t 6 ] Cor reg 10 - - 50 The Passion of our Saviour. An exquisite Pic- ture of this great Master; the rarity of whose works render them enviable Objects, even for Princely Cabinets, in any the most distinguished of which, this beautiful Jewel might be deservedly placed. On the back of this Picture are , a Letter explaining the manner in which it was purchased from the Duke of Salviati, and the Seal of the Academy of Parma. Titian - - - 51 A grand and spirited Sketch, representing the Holy Family, St. Christopher, Sebastian, and other Saints, the original Study for the large Picture of the same Subject, which was sold by Francesco Duke of Modena, to the Gallery of Dresden Parmegiano 52 The Madona with the Bambino in a Cradle, St. Joseph in the back ground, a beauti- ful cabinet jewel Leo da Vinci - 53 Christ washing the Apostles Feet. For Subli- mity of Characters, Composition and De- sign, equal to the celebrated Last Supper, or to the finest Works of this Master Schidone - - 51- The Virgin, Infant Christ, St. John, and St. Joseph. A beautiful Composition, with all the sweet Expression of Corregio. This Picture, ever considered as a rare Treasure in the Cabinet at Novellara, has been generally ascribed to Corregio, by the • Connoisseurs in Italy ( 7 ) _ Corregio j 4 ?- / . - . St // /Vy p 55 The Flightinto Egypt in a beautiful Landscape. St. Joseph in the Front Ground drawing Water from a Pool, and the Virgin and Child accompanied by Angels, moving i through the woody Scene behind. This brilliant Landscape is a wonderful Display of the Powers of the Master in Chiaro- scuro. The Holy Family divinely beauti- ful ! It was conveyed to the Cabinet at Novellara, by the Prince Ercole a short time previous to the Treaty being conclud- ed for the removal of the Modena Gallerv to Dresden ' •' • ■ iixiiTjt. . - ytt- FINIS. • ■* — — — • ) J. SmeetOH, Printer, 148 , St. Martin's Lane. | - ' • •• ■ ' . . ;■:!) I • " | ,,?%,] (f 'I r $ _ * • •? ■ ■ : S': !/! • .fi , * « f *. V V -'| . ' •