From the Library of Frank Simpson A DESCRIPTION O F T H E Pictures, Statues, Bustq's Basso-Relievo's, and other CURIOSITIES A T T H E Earl of Pembroke's House. A T WILTON. By Richard Cow dry. m # *«9?* LONDON: Piinted tor the Author, and fold by J. Robinson at the Golden Lion, in Ludgate- Street j at Mr. Leake's tt Bath, and at Mr. Gibbs's Glover, at. Salijkcry, M DCC LI. T O SirANDREWF0UNTAIN,B^t ■ • SIR, H E little Share of Knowledge that I pretend to in the Antiquities and Pi- ctures here described, is prin- cipally owing to your Kind- nefs, DEDICATION. nefs, and the Information with which you were pleafed to honour me, when at Wilton. On my communi- cating to you the Defire exprefsM by rnany Perfons of Rank, that there might be a printed Account of the Curioiities there preferved* you were pleafed not only to obtain Leave from my late honoured Lord for me to at- tempt fpmething of, this Kind, but alfo to aflift me in doing it, by pointing out the pro- per Method. As therefore the Merit of this fmall Work, (fuch as it is) is wholly due to yourfelf, you will pardon, Sir. DEDICATION. Sir, my Prefumption, in thus publickly addrefling you, and permit me to affure you, that I am, with the greateft Duty and Gratitude, Sir, Tour moft Obedient > Obliged ^ Humble Servant, R. CoWDRY, Explanation of the Figures. THE Figures i, 2, 3$ 4,. 5, prefix'd to the Painters Names, denote the different Sizes of the Pictures. The Fi- gure 1, fignifies the largeft Size, the Fi- gure 2, the next, and fo on to the Figure 5, which exprefles the fmalleft Pictures. [ I ] > jMHHi o F"*| O FX O fX O F"X Admiral Coiigny, (who was afterwards mur- dered in the MafTacre at Paris) and his Brother, not to mention John de Bourbon^ Duke of Anguien, who was found dead among the Slain. Here are alfo fome of the Weapons which were taken at the fame Time. A Picture of the above mentioned Earl of Pembroke. By Ham Holbein. A Picture of the laft Supper, I. By Giorgione, At the Bottom of the Brown Stair-Cafe. A Colofs Statue of Hercules. His Ac- tion is to {hew one of his Labours j he looks with an Air of Satisfaction that he has com- paifed the taking of the Golden Apples, three of which he fhews in one Hand. This in Wil ton -House. 23 This is not in a retting Pofture as that of Farnefe; it was judged to be very curious, by one of the befr. Sculptors of the oldefl Time. TheTombofAuRELiusEpAPHRoDiTus. I mail here tranfcribe the Account given .of it by Father Montfaucon^ when it was in the Poffemon of M. Foucault. The Monument that follows, is one of the rmefl and moft inftructive that hath been ever feen. The Excellence of the Work, and Correctnefs of the Delign would eamy inform us it mufl be a Piece of fome Greek Artift, even tho' the Place where it was hrit difcover'd did not. It is a Tomb near Athens^ which was difcovered by fome Travellers, who brought it over into France to prefent it to Cardinal Richlieu -, but the Cardinal dying in the mean Time, it came into the Hands of one of the Family oiRofiaing ; and from that into M. Foucault' s. The Tomb is of white Marble, fix Foot four Inches long, and two Foot broad, and about the fame Heighth, taking in the Co- ver which is about two Inches and a half thick ; the Cover is rais'd aboiit one Foot higher before, and is adorned with fome Fi- gures in Bafs-Relief, which relate to the Hiftory reprefented below, as we mall take Notice 24 A Defcription of the Curio/it ies Notice hereafter. The inner Superficies of the Tomb is plain, with a Rifing of about one Inch in the Place where the Head of the Deceafed fhould reft. This is the Epitaph, 0. K- ATPHAIQ EnA«f>POAEITQ 2TMBIQ ANTQNIA BAAEPIA E0HKE. That is, To the Gods the Manes. Anto- nia Valeria hath made this Tomb for Au- relius Epaphroditus her Hufiand. M. de Boze, Secretary of the Academy of Belles Lettres, a fkilful Antiquary, hath given a very ingenious and learned Explica- tion of this Monument, which we mall give an Abftract of here. Ceres, angry for the Rape of her Daugh- ter, efpecially becaufe the Gods had con- fented to it, refolved to lead a wandering Life among Men, and for this Purpofe af- fumed a human Shape. She came to the Haven EleuJtSy and fate herfelf down on a Stone. Celeus, King of the Eleufinians, per- fwades her to come and lodge in his Houfe. His Son Triptolemus, then an Infant, was iick, and for want of Sleep, was reduced to the laft Extremity. Ceres at her Arrival kifled him, and by the Virtue of that Kifs only, in Wilton-House. 25- Only, reftored him to his Health ; and not content with doing this, me takes care of his Education, and deligns to make him im- mortal \ to this end Ihe nourifhes him by Day with her own divine Milk, and by Night puts him under hot Embers, in Order to burn away all that was terreftrial in his Body. The Infant grew fo fail, that his Father and Mother Metanira were' curious to fee what was done to the Child. Metanira feeing Ceres juft going to put the Child into the Fire> cried out, and interrupted the God- defs in her Defigns , then Hie declared who me was, gave Triptolemus a. Chariot drawn by two Dragons, and fent him thro' the World to teach Mankind Agriculture, and gave him fome Corn for that Purpofe. The Eleujinians, who were the firft that applied themfelves to Agriculture, inftituted a Feaft in Memory of it, and the Goddefs herfelf regulated the Ceremonies, and appointed the four principal Men of the Town, Trip- tolemus > Diodes, Eumolpus and Celeus to pre- side Over them ; and this Inftitution of the Rites called Ekufinia, is the Thing repre- fented on the Tomb of Epaphfoditus. Ceres is reprefented here fitting, and like an old Woman ; but her Age takes nothing from her of the Majefly proper for a Goddefs. Her Head-drefs ends in a Peek, fomething raifed before ; and half her Head is covered with a Veil, the ufual Drefs of the God- E deiTes 26 A Defcription of tie Curio fities defies and EmpreiTes. The Stone, on which ihe fits, reprefents that on which Celeus found her fitting, and oppreffed with Grief. The Serpent is frequently pictured with Ceres ; the Goddcfs holds a crooked Staff in her Hand, that is a Sceptre, and which we find represented longer and more ftrait in other ancient Monuments. The four Perfons about Ceres are Celeus and his Family. He appears at a Diftance from the Goddefs, but his Daughter nearer j Meianira is there too ; they both have Ears of Corn in their Hands, becaufe they were the firft acquainted fhe was a Goddefs. tfriptolemUs is mounted in his Chariot, with a Cloak or Pallium over his Shoulder, rather to hold the Corn he is going to low than to cover himfelf. The Chariot is drawn by two Dragons a-breaft. Beyond T^riptolemus s Chariot, two Women are pictured with Torches in their Hands, as was ufual for Women to bear at the Cere- monies of this Goddefs. The Man between thefe two Women is Eumolpu^ one of the Perfons appointed by Ceres to prefide at her Myfleries, and in whofe Family the Prieft- hood continued for twelve hundred Years. The Hierophantce of this Family of the Eu- Tuolpidcr^ were obliged to Celibacy. Eimiol- pus leans one Hand on one of the Women's Shoulders, and the other Hand on the other Woman's Shoulder. The Child holding Ears of Corn in his Hand, denotes, that Ce- res'* in W i l t o n-H ouse, 27 rwV Gifts are for every Age, and that even Children were initiated into her Myfteries, The Woman laft in this Piece, holds a Sickle in her Hand, an Inftrument the Pagans be- lieved they owed to Ceres, as alio all others ufeful in Agriculture . This is all the Goddefs's Company on one Side, but behind her there are other Figures. Bacchus, the nrftof them, leans negligently on Ceres' s Shoulder, and touches a Vine full of Grapes with his other Hand ; the Crown of Vine-leaves which he wears, leaves us no room to doubt that it is Bacchus. Ceres and Bacchus are fo frequently joined together in the Myiteries, as well among the Romans as the Greeks and Sicilians, that it is not at all ftrange to meet them together in this* Mo^ nument. On the Side of Bacchus a Man flands, with his Hair in a Knot upon his Forehead, and his Habit ty'd up twice with his Girdle, and holding a Whip in one Hand, and with his other feizing the Reins of Horfes in a Chariot, in order to flop them. It is probable this is Diodes^ one of the four that Ceres had appointed to preiide at her Feafis ; and what further fupports this Conjecture is, Homer , when lie names thefe four Perfons in a Hymn, calls Diodes the Guider of the Horfes. Beiides, iince we have feen Celeus, Eumolpus and 'Triptolemus three of thefe four Perfons in the Comoanv. i. 3 * E 2 can g8 A Defcription of the Curiofities can we think Diodes alone would be omit- ted ? The Figure that drives the Chariot is Proferpine, or Diana, the Moon, according to Mythologies, and who is called fre- quently by the Poets Triple Hecate, with Reference to the different Offices fhe per- forms under different Names in Heaven, in Hell, and on the Earth. It may be proved by fufhcient Authorities, that Proferpine partook of the Myfteries of her Mother Ce- res. The Bacchanalian under the Chariot of Proferpine, hath laid herfelf there, tired with long Dancing, as was ufual in thefe Sort of Myfteries. This is the Explanation of the principal Face of the Tomb j we come now to that pf the Cover or Lid, which exhibits the four Seafons of the Year, reprefented by a like Number of Women ; the Diverfity of their Crowns and Habits, and the different Fruits they hold, together with the Children or Geniufes with them, do accurately exprefs the Variety of the Seafons. The Artifts hath not placed the Figures in the ordinary Situation, but in an Order that makes a fine Contrail in the whole, and gives more Force and Spirit to the Compofition. Summer and Winter Seafons oppofite to each other, are reprefented by two Figures, one at each Extremity ; the one lying down leaning from the Right towards the left, the other from in Wilton-House. 29 from the left towards the right ; and be- tween both of thefe, the Spring and the Autumn are placed, as partaking equally of both thofe Seafons. The four Genii are placed in the fame order. The Summer is pictured at one Extremity lying down, lean- ing from the right towards the left, is half naked, and is crowned with Ears of Corn, and touches others which are ty'd up toge- ther in the Cornucopia. The Genius by her touches the fame, and hold befides a Reap- ing Hook in his Hand, denoting the Seafon of Harveft. The Winter, at the other Extremity, lies down leaning from the left towards the right, in the Figure of a Woman cloathed well, and with her Head covered with part of her Robe, me ftretches out her Hand over fome Winter Fruits ; the Genius before her hath no Wings, feems to be cloathed warm, and holds a Hare, becaufe hunting is the only Exercife of the Field in this Seafon. Autumn turns toward the Summer, is crowned with Vine-twifts, and Bunches of Grapes, me touches the Vine-leaves with one Hand, and \ her little Genius places Grapes in her Cornucopia. Laftly, That part of her Body whichUs next to the Sum- mer 30 A Defer ipt ion of the Curiofities mer is naked, and that next the Winter cloathed. The Spring, with her Back joined to Autumn, is reprefented in the Figure of a Woman crowned with Flowers, and with her Cornucopia, which a Genius holds, fil- led with the fame. Her Foot, which me extends towards Winter, hath a Covering on, and that part of her Breaft only is naked which is turned toward the Summer. The Torch which is pictured on both the fmall Sides of the Tomb, is fo frequently reprefented in Funeral Monuments, that it is enough to fay here, they were as much in Ufe at the Funerals of thofe Times, as they are in thofe of the prefent Age. The two Griffins and the Tripos are the Symbols of Apollo^ whofe Head is pic~hired at each end of the Tomb, denoting he was the tutelar God of Epaphroditus. There ftands upon this Tomb a Colofs Bufl of Alexander the Great, of the beft Greek Sculpture, Medufas Head is on the Breaft-plate, a Lion's Face appears on the Helmet, which has a particular Creft on it. Under in Wilton-House* 31 Under the Tomb lajl mention* d t A little Statue of a crouch'd Bacchus. A fmall Tomb fuppos'd for Children, there are two Gupids on the Front, fup- porting a Circle which projects ; under the Circle are two Bafkets lying lidewife with Fruit in them ; a Lion at each Bafket as go- ing to devour the Fruit ; at the Ends of the Front are two more Cupids ; they look very forrowful with one Hand upon their Breaft, the other Hand holding a Torch with the lighted End downward, there is a Griffin at each End of the Tomb. A Statue of Cupid lying afleep upon the aforefaid Tomb. In the two Windows of the Stair-Cafe, and in four Niches (one on each Side of the Windows) are Six Statues. In the firft Window is the Statue of Li- vi a, Wife of Auguflus, bigger than the Life, fitting in a Chair, one Hand fupported by a Patera, to mew that fhe was honour'd as Pietas, in which Character fhe is alfo feen on a Medal, the Drapery very natural. In 3 a A Defer iption of 'the Curiojiim In the Niche on your left Hand. Saturn with a Child fmiling on hi§ Hands as it looks up at him, not as fomcj efpecially of the Moderns, who have made a cruel Spectacle by reprefenting him as ac- tually eating the Child* In the Niche on your right Hand. Bacchus clad with an intire Skin, the Head of which appears on his Breaft, his Sandal is fixed in a Manner differing from others. In the other Window. The Statue of Didia Clara, Daughter to fulian, bigger than the Life, fitting in a Chair ; fhe holds a fenatorial Roll in a gen- teel Poflure -j the Drapery of her Cloathing very fine. In the Niche on your left Hand. A Shepherd playing on the Flute, admi- red for the Action of his Fingers, a Goat Handing by him. In the other Niche * The fofter Father of Paris, with the Phry- gian Bonnet and Shepherd's Coat of Skins. In in Wilton-House. 33 In the PaiTage leading into the Billiard Room, begin on your left Hand, The Bufto of Cleopatra, Alexander the Great's Sifter. The Statue of Adonis ; he was an Idol pf Syria, and the fame as c Thammuz ; the Lamentation of whom is condemn'd by the Prophet. He is reprefented as a beautiful Youth, and is faid to have made Gardens pleafant by pruning. Here he has a prun- ing Knife, hence the Proverb, Adonidis Horti. The Statue of Diana, me has a Cref- cent on her Head, holds part of a Bow in her left Hand, and takes an Arrow with her right out of her Quiver. A Statue of Ceres, a Cornucopia in her right Hand, in her left fhe holds Ears of Corn and a Poppy, a very genteel Figure and fine Sculpture. The Bulla of Mutidia, Daughter of Marciana* On the oppo/ite Side. The Bufto of Possidonius, Preceptor to Cicero. F The 34 -^ Defer iption of the Curiofities The Statue of Andromeda chain'd td the Rock. The Statue of Mercury with all his three Symbols, Wings, Caduceus, and a Purfe in his Hand held up j he has Wings alfo at his Heels as well as at his Head. A Statue of a Boy ; he is dancing and playing on Mufick. The Buflo of Heraclitus. In the Window. A fquare Urn of the Emperor Brobus and his Sifter Claudia j their Names are in a Square in the Centre of the Front ; there are Feftoons at the Sides of the Infcription j over it is an Eagle ftanding upon a Feftoon of Fruits, from out of whofe Wings come two Serpents ; they are folded up in Ring- lets, with their Heads directed towards the Head of the Eagle ; at the bottom is a Tri- pod with a Griffin on each Side of it ; at each Angle of the Front is a wreathed Co- lumn ; the Angles next to the back Part are fluted Pilafters, between which and the Co- lumns is a Laurel Tree j in the Pediment of the Cover are two Birds, that hold in their Bills the Ends of a String which tyes a Wreath in Wilton-House. - 35- Wreath of Laurel ; on the Top of the Cover are in Alto Relievo, the Emperor and his Sifter. On the right Hand of the Window are the Bujio's of ISOCRATES, SlJEPITIA PoETA in Por^ phyry, Persius the Poet, Seneca, and Pythagoras. On the other Side y Collatinus, fellow Conful with Brutus, "tew** 1 Fa T H E 36 A Defcription of the Curio fates THE BILLIARD ROOM. TH E left Hand, on a white Marble Table, three Statues, Pomona fitting in a Chair on a Cufhion, fo natural as to appear foft. A Figure recumbent, leaning on a Sea Dog, and reprefenting the River Meander, Hercules killing the Serpents. In the jirft Window. The Statue of Mark Anthony, the Orator, very much admired. Bujios between the Jirfi Window and the fecond. Tullia, Daughter of Cicero. Julia Domina, Wife of Septimus Se- verus. Alexander in Wilton-House. 37 Alexander Severus. In the middle Window, The Statue of Bacchus, very fine anci- ent Sculpture, adorn'd in a particular Man- ner with Poppies, the Poppies hang as a Belt from both Shoulders as low as the Knees. Busto's between this Window and the next, Galba, Geta, Lucius Vitellius Pater. In the third Window, The Statue of Venus, {landing in a very genteel eafy Poflure, holding a Vafe, which fhe has emptied, refting her Elbow of that Arm on a Pillar. On the other Side of the third Window, The Bufto's of Nerva, Arsinoe the Mother, and C^lius Caldus* On 3$ A Defer iption of the Cur i of ties On a white Marble Table of the fame Length (f that on the other Side of the Room, are three Statues . Hercules wreftling with Ant^us, he only gripes him high from the Ground, agreeable to the Story, that if he touch'd his Mother Earth he regain'd Strength. A very fine Greek Statue of a River, re- prefented by a beautiful Naiad (or River Nymph) Sleeping on the Bank, with a gen- teel turn of her Body, the Linen covering her very decently ; 'tis a River in Egypt running into the Nile, becaufe in the Front an Ibis appears about the running Water t which has feized a young Crocodile. A young Bacchus fmiling, Grapes grow-, ing up a Tree. On the Chimney Side, feven Busto's^ they are, Horace the Confular, Drusilla, Pto- lomy Brother of Cleopatra, Pallas, JEno- barbus, a Prieft of Cybele, Lysias the Orator. Over in WiLTON-HouSEi 39 Over the Doors two Buffo's, A Greek Cup ib with Agate Eyes^ Gryphina, Daughter of Ptolomy Ever- gefe's. PICTURES, Susanna and the two Elders s i . By Gnercinc* Fowls, 2. By Hundecouter* The Vijrgin, bur Saviour, St. John 5 a Lamb and a Dove, 3. By GennarL Country People, and feveral Sorts of Birds, 3. By Griejief* i A W» $o A Defer iption of the Curiqfities P I CTU RES IN THE White Marble Table Rooni. Begirt on your Left Hand. n ERE are four Pictures in Crayons*. (by Mi.Hoare of Bath.) Thefirft is of the Reverend Mr. Woodroffe of Win- chefier ; the next is of Mrs. Wrettle, Go- vernante to the Couritefs of Pembroke -, the third is of Philip, Earl of Pembroke, from Vandike ; the fourth J\% Sir Andrew FOUNTAINE, Over Mr. Woodroffe, a Nativity. 3. By Carlo Cignoni. Over the laft a half Length of St. John. 3. By Giacinto Br audi. St. John, preaching in the Wildernefs, containing twenty Figures as big as the Life. in Wilton-House. 41 Life. In it are the Faces of Tint or et and Titian ; it coil Earl Philip fix hundred Piftoles. 1. By P alma. Over Mrs. Wrettle, the Virgin, our Saviour, St. John and St. Catherine. 3. By Procacinu . Over the lafr, the Virgin and our Sa- viour. 3. By II Frate, In the Window is the Statue of Is is. She has the Flower of the Lotus on her Head. She is in a Pofi- tion bending, and her whole Legs and' Arms appear round, not as commonly in Egyptian Statues, which were ftrait and formal, fhewing only the Feet. This was reckoned the oldeft, and (by the Mazarine Catalogue) the only one known with that Improvement. • It is a Group, for me holds, betwixt her Knees, Osiris, her Hufband, in a Coffin open, in one of ~ whofe Hands is a Paftoral -Staffs crooked at the End, as a Shepherd's, to draw his , Sheep out of Danger. This was the an- tient fatherly Sceptre, (tho* fince Sceptres are very much other ways adorned) and G anfwers •£2 A DefcHptlon of the Curiqjfitles anfwers to the Crofier of the Clergy. In the other Hand he has an Inftrument of Difcipline like a Whip, the Symbols of Power to protect and punim* On his Head is the antienteft Diadem or Mitre, being triple, yet not as the Pope's Grown, but rather like the Mitre of Bifhops, only with three Points inftead of two at the Top 5 Ortjs, her Son, is about her Neck. Thefe were of their antienteft Divinities. There are a great Multitude of Hieroglyphicks quite round the Bottom, and behind the Statue. Over Philips Earl of Pembroke, the Mo* ney Changers and People with the Doves in the Temple. 3. By Fetti* Over the laft, the Roman Charity. 3 1 By Petro Dandenh Views of Covent^Garden and Lin- coln's-Inn-Fields, as they were origi- nally deligned by Inigo Jones* Over Sir Andrew Fountain, a Landfcape with the Angel, Hagar and Ishmael. 3. By Poujfuu Over in Wilton-House. 43 Over the laft, the Virgin, St. Ann, old Joseph and our Saviour, who is putting a Ring on St. Catherine's Fin- ger. 3. By yidio Romano. A Friar and a Nun. 2. By Aldegraej The Salutation of the Angel to the Virgin. 5. By Fran. DarJ. A Piece of Still Life, of Fowls, and a young Boar. 3. By Gabriek Said, St. JeroMe. 5. By Borgianc, Over the Doors, The Bufto's of Hesiod and Phjedra. On an Engliih Alabajler Table. The Statue of Cupid afleep. A white Marble Table, ten Foot and eight Inches long, four Foot and fix Inches wide, four Inches thick. G 2 THl 44 -A Defer iption of the Cur i of ties rjr t£^_t jr. Jam. jkii. sask. A£lu T HE CHAPEL-ROOM. Begin the Buffo's on the Right Hand. 'Omer, Plato, Anacharsis (over a Marble Chimney-piece of Inigo Jones) Mary Fitz-William, Countefs of Pembroke, Socrates, Aristotle. On the Window-Side, begin with the far the fl an the Right Hand, the others will be on the Left Hand. Dido, Terence, Vibius, Volusianus, a Bifrons of Secrops and his Wife, in Me- mory of inftituting Marriage; Leaves of Sea- weed on his Beard, in Memory of his coming by Sea from Egypt. M. Junius Brutus, Tiberius, Titus Livy. A Bifrons, two young Women, their Countenance different, and fo are their curled Locks ; one has a Diadem, the other a in Wilton-House, 45 a triple Contexture of her Hair elegantly- tied. Plautilla, Sextus Pompey, The- mistocles, Lucius Antonius, Annius Verus. Over the firjl Door, Curius Dentatus. * •Over the Door leading into Afo. Chapel. GORDIANUS. On the Window in the Chapel is painted, William, Earl of Pembroke, and bis two Sons"; Henry, the eldeft, who fuc- ceeded his Father, (married Mary, Sifter to Sir Philip Sidney, by whom he had two Sons, William and Philip ; William, in the Reign of King Charles I. was Lord Steward, Philip fucceeded him in the Earldom, was Lord Chamberlain to King Charles I.) and Edward. This Edward was Anceftor of the Powis Family. In another -Pannel is the Countefs* of Pembroke, who was Ann Parr, Sifter to Queen Catherine, the laft Wife to King Henry VIII. There is with her their Daughter, whofe Name was Ann, married to Francis, Earl of Shrewjbury. Over 46 A Deftription of the Curiqfities Over the Door leading into the Cube-Room. The Bufto of Domitia, Begin the PiBures with thofe over the Buflo o/*Homer. A Nativity. 3. By Giaco Triga, Thirty of the chief Reformers. 3. By a Difciple of Carlo Maratti^ The Flight into Egypt. 4. By Ventura Salembeni* The Virgin* our Saviour, St. John; and an Angel. 3. By Benardino Gatti n The Head of an old Man. 4. By Augujiino Carrach. The Devil tempting our Saviour. 5. By Paris Aljano Perugia. Christ in the Manger. 3. By Calandrucci. Lot and his two Daughters. 2. By Francefco Chini. Two in WIlto'n -House. 47 Two Cupids holding a third upon their Hands as carrying him, another Boy lying down by them. 5. By Sir aniL The Virgin, old Joseph, our Savi- our and Elizabeth. 3. By Girohmo di Sermoneta* On the Window-Jide begin on the heft Hand. Five Soldiers, two exprefling great Fury to tear Christ's Coat, another is gravely interpofing as if he were perfwading them to call: Lots for it* 2. By Annibal Carracci. Noah with his Family and Animals go- ing into the Ark. 2. By Baffano* The Virgins with our Saviour in her Arms, old Joseph is looking on them. 2. By Guercino* When 48 A Defcription of the Curiofities When you enter the South Front towards the Garden {which whole Front is a beautiful Building of Inigo Jones) pafs thro* the Cube Room into the Hunting Room, the lajl Room at the Weft em End of that Front \ and then begin Jrom the Bufto's on your left Hand. . Julia, incomparably fine Greek Sculp- ture, and (as feveral others in this Collec- tion) of Parian Marble. She was Wife to Agripfa, Daughter of Scribonia, third Wife to Augujlus. Antonia, Wife of Drufus the elder. The Linen of this Burl: is very natural. Berenice the Mother; her Hair in a particular Manner. Balbinus. The next are two Statues, then proceed on with the Butts. Faunus, finely twifting his Body by looking down over his Shoulder at his Leopard. By Cleomenes. Cupid, when a Man, breaking his Bow after he had married PJyche. By Cleomenes. Plotina, in Wilton-House. 49 Plotina, Wife of Trajan* Berenice the Daughter. Annia Faustina third Wife of Hdio- gabalos, very fine like that of Antoni'a. Ma go, the famous Carthaginian -, Scipio wou'd not burn Carthage till he had fecur'd the Book which he had writ of Agriculture, the which, tho' loft, we have the Subftance of it in Cato, Varro, Pliny, Columella, &c. Titus, Faunus, Jupiter, Julia Daughter of Titus. On a Telkw Antique Marble Table. A Group, Cupid and Ganymede ; Ga- nymede is fitting and refting againft the Stump of a Laurel, the Leaves mow that it is an Alexandrian Laurel, the fame as we fee on antient Medals, not the ftiff large leav'd Laurel, which adorns modern Kings in their Coin, from a Miftake of what the An- tients ufed. It is rare to fee the diftinct. Form of the feven Pipes, as here expreft. Cupid is very attentively looking on and reaching his Hand out toward the Pipes, as if to inftruct Ganymede how to play. On the Pannels of the Wainfcot are painted eighteen different Sorts of Hunt- ing, By Tempefta, Jun r . H B U S T Q\ 50 A Defcription of the Curiofities BUST OS I N T H E CUBE ROOM. BEGIN on the left Hand coming out of the Hunting Room, (as here are but three Statues, I fhall mention the Word Statue as I come to them.) Massinissa King of Numidia, with the African Bonnet on his Head, the upper Parts of two Dragons and the Head of Me- dufa on his Breaft-plate. Aventinus Son of Hercules, the Head of a Lion's Skin, making the covering for his Head, and the two fore Paws tyed in a Knot upon his right Shoulder ; an elegant Performance. Jot ape, Wife to Antiochus Comagena, On in Wilton-House. 51 On a Porphyry Table. Apollonius Tyan^us, the Head and Buft of one Piece of Marble, not as often tho' of the fame Marble, yet the Head a different piece. It is fo very lively in the Attitude, with his Arm tucking his Gar- ment about him, that when it was firft fold at Valletta's Sale, a Gentleman gave more than 270 /. for it : There were then feveral Antiques fold for above 200 /. each, as the Homer , which the Emperor Conflantine got from Smyrna ; Horace the Poet of Porphyry; Cicero of Touehftone ; and Julius Ccefar in oriental Alabailer. This Sale was in the South-Sea Time, when many gave very great Prices for what they liked ; but my Lord then bought none, tho' he afterwards pur- chafed thofe abovemention'd, and others of lefs Price. On a Porphyry Table. Poppea, Nero's fecond Wife, her right Hand is holding up part of her Garment. Semiramis, at the Bottom of the Buffr are two little Cupids. Luc anus, the Head and Burt of Mar- ble, fine Sculpture. H a C^sonia, 52 A Defer iption of the Curiojities C^sonia, the Bufto all of tranfparent AJabafter, fourth Wife of Caligula. Augustus, of the Parian Marble. On a Jafper 'Marble Table are the following three Things. A Nuptial Vase, reprefenting the whole Ceremony of a Greek Wedding, from the beginning of the Sacrifice to the warning of the Bride's Feet ; it is very fine Work. The Statue of Diana of Ephefus ; the Head, Hands, and Feet black, the reft white Marble, as defcribed by Pliny, and likely to be in the fame Form as that in St* Paul's Time, which they quarrel'd about, becaufe St. Paul and Pliny were within an Age of one another. You find her grav'd in Montfaucons firft Volume. A Roman Urn, variety of very fine Work all round it, of Figures, Foliages, Birds, &c. Prusias King of Bythinia, excellent Sculpture, pairs with that of Augufius. Me TEL- /# Wilton-House. 53 Metelljjs no Beard, by a very fine Greek Sculptor, all of a Piece down to the Navel j the only One which ihows the Or- nament of a Chain, which is of very rich Work j on his Breaft-plate is an Elephant, a Laurel quite round the Outfide of it, the Confular Medal with an Elephant on the re- verfe, the Head of that is bearded, fuppos'd to be a Divinity, with the Name only of Metellus; the Elephant is in Memory of the Vidtory he gain d over Jugurtha, King of Numidia, upon which he oblig'd him to deliver up all his Elephants to the 'Romans. Messalina, fifth Wife of Claudius, of hard faline Marble ; fhe has a confident Air agreeable to her Character ; the Marble of her Cloathing very naturally reprefents a fine ftriped Silk. Octavia, the firft Wife of Nero, of fine coloured Marble, her Head Drefs alfo very fine with Leaves and Ears of Corn bound round upon her Hair. This Buft, and that of Poppea, are both very curious. On a Marble Table (the Produce of Mount Edgcomb) are the Jive following Things, An ancient Greek triangular Altar to Bac- chus ; on one Side Silenus holds a Torch in- verted in his right Hand, in his left a Canif- ter 54 d Defer iption of the Curiofties ter full of Fruit; on another Side is an At- tendant of Bacchus dancing with one Foot up and a Thryfus in his right Hand ; in his left Hand a Bowl and the Skin of a Beaft on his Arm , on the other Side is a Bacchus dancing in a long thin Garment. Upon this Altar ftands a little Statue of Bacchus, with Grapes and with the Snake, the peculiar Symbol of the Egyptian Bac- chus, who invented Medicine, and was faicl to be the Sun and Apollo^ An Alto Relievo of Pyrrhus, the Son of Achilles , it is an Oval, and has a fplendid Afpect as of a very large Gem, the Face is Porphyry, which the Cardinal Mazarine fo much valued as to finifh his Drefs with a Helmet of different colour'd Marble. A fourrfquare Altar, each of the four Sides has a Divinity, Jupiter y Mars, Diana, and Juno ; this was one of thofe Altars for a private Room, which Altars they us'd to have in their Houfes, to worfhip fuch Dei- ties as they made their Lares and Penates. Upon this Altar ftands a little Statue of an antient Prieft with a Phrygian Cap, fa- crificing a Hog to I/is. Vespa- in Wilton-House. 5^ Vespasian, Trajan, Tmolus an an- tient Lawgiver and Founder of a Colony in the Time of Apollo, fine Sculpture and much adorn'd; this ftands upon a grey Granite Table which belong'd to a Temple, and was for the facrificing of leffer Animals, as Birds, &c. that the Blood might not run over the Edges ; it has a remarkable Chan- nel as big as to lay one's Finger in, round the utmoft Edge of the four Sides of the fiat next the Moulding, and in the Middle of one of the Channels is a Hole for the Blood to run through. Claudius, Pyrrhus King of Epirus, with a noble Air ; it has a Dragon on the Helmet, and on his Breaft-plate there is a Head with Wings 3 it is like the Head of a Bat. Begin the Piclures with the two double half -Lengths, which are between the two lafl Bujlos, then the two double half Lengths en ■the other Side of the Door, Mrs. Killegrew and Mrs. Morton, they were celebrated Beauties. By Vandyke. Mr. James Herbert and his Wife, By Sir Peter Le/y. The 5 6 A Defcription of the Curiofeties The Earl and Countefs of Bedford. By Vandyke, The Countefs of Pembroke (Mother of Earl Thomas) and her Sifter. Henry Earl of Pembroke (Father of the prefent Earl) when about feventeen Years old. William Earl of Pembroke y elder Brother to Earl Thomas. Lady Catherine, eldeft Daughter to Earl Thomas, (was married to Sir Nicholas Morice) and her Brother Mr. Robert Herbert. Thomas Earl of Pembroke, when Lord high Admiral. Our Saviour, and the Woman of Sa- maria. i . By Giofeppe Chiari. The Countefs of Pembroke, firft Wife of Earl Thomas. The Virgin, our Saviour, and Jo- seph reading ; there are alfo feveral Boys in different Anions. I. By GennarL In //2 Wilton-House, $j In the Cieling. Dedalus and Icartts; i. By Jofeph Arpino. On the bottom Pannels of this Room is paint- ed the Hijiory of the Count efs ^Pembroke'* Arcadia^ Written by Sir Philip Sidneys By the Brother of Signior Tommafo* ■ p i c- • V«> WIU * I 58 A Defer ipf ion of the Curiofiiies PICTURES, BUSTO's, and TABLES, I N T H E GREAT t ROOM. Begin the Pictures with the celebrated Family Piece* THIS confifts of ten whole Lengths, the two principal Figures (and thefe are Sitting) are Philip Earl of Pembroke and his Lady j on the right Hand ftand their five Sons, Charles Lord Herbert, Philip (afterwards Lord Herbert) Willi- am, James and John -, on the left, their Daughter Ann Sophia, and her Hufband Robert Earl of Carnarvon ; before 'em Lady Mary, Daughter of George duke of Buckingham, and Wife to Charles Lord Her- bert -, and above in the Clouds are two Sons and in Wilton-House, _ 5^ and a Daughter who died young : This, and all the other Pictures in this Room are By Vandyke, On the right Hand of the great Hctute* over a Door, is an half Length of King' Charles the firft ; and on the left Hand, over a Door, an half Length of his Queen. On the Chimney Side, A whole Length of William Earl of "Pembroke, Lord Steward, A whole Length of the firfl Lady of the fecond Earl Philip. Three Children of King Charles the firft Whole Lengths of the Dutchefs of Rich-* mond, (firft. married to Charles Lord Her- bert) and Mrs. Gibson the Dwarf. A whole Length of Earl Philip, who is in the great Picture. Over a Door. A half Length of the Countefs of Cas- TLEHAVEN. I 2 Over 6p A Description of the Curio fkies Over a Door. . A half Length of the fecond Earl Ph I? tip. On the. Garden. Side. A whole Length of a Daughter of the Earl of Holland. A whole Length of the Duke of Rich? MOND. The Paintings in the Cieling reprefent fc- veral Stories of Perseus. By Signior Tommafo. Begin the Bifid' s on the left Hand the Chim- ney Side. Marcellus, the famous Conful. Drusus the Elder, Brother of Tiberius. Lusius Verus Caesar. Marcus Brutus, of the belt Greek Sculpture* Caius in Wiltq N-tJo-ps & 6 1 Caius C^sar> upon a green antique- Marble Table. .-.';'...'.■ Hadrian. £^ on this Burt, as alfo on feveral others in this Room, may be feen the true Habit that the Emperors wore when they appear'd in vari- ous 62 A Defcription of the Curiofities ous Colours, different colour'd Marbles,, feeing chofen for that Purpofe. Cicero, of Touchftone, with the Cicer. The following Bufto's on the Garden Side are all of white Marble, and the Terms upon which they Jiand are of colour'd Marbles. Artemis or Diana ; her Hair tied be- hind her, not to hinder her mooting -, the Air of the whole Buft is like the upper Part of the celebrated Statue of this Goddefs, and thought to be by the fame Sculptor. This (as feveral others) has in Greek Letters, the Greek Name on it. Marcelujs the younger ; Cassandra, Daughter of Priamus, fhe was a Propheteis and had a Temple, and therefore wears a peculiar Head-drefs with feveral Ban- dages. Buftof Martin Folkes, Efq; upon a Red Egyptian Granite Table. Ammonius, with zGreek Infcription up- on it. Arsinoe the Daughter, Germanicus, Coriolanus. Bufto In Wilton-House. 63 Bufto of Sir Andrew Fountain, upon a Lapis Lazuli Table - } this and that of Mr. Folkes intended for (he Library when finifli'd. Scipio Asiaticus, Caraccaia, Vn tellius, and Alcibiades. M V ' P I c- (54 A D^brif'iknifftJjeiCurwfities •w \*/ *w si "W >&? *w sz. *ve/" "&/ *&* si "W ~^u? "W **& , w PICTURES AND B U S T O S I N T H E Lobby between the Great Room and the King's ried-Chamber. Begin the Pictures nkith that over the Door, next the Bed-Chamber. AN old Man with fome Sort of Sweet- meat in a Pot, which he fells to the Children ; there are fix about him ; an ex- traordinary Pleafure appears in all their Countenances^ 3. By Fran. Hales* There in WiiTON-Houst 65 There are four more Pictures on the fame Side y begin at the lowejl; Some Dutch People playing at Draughts, a Woman by them cutting Bread and But- ter for a Boy who is faying Grace. 4. By Egbert Hemfkirk. A young Woman with a Shock Dog; 3. By Correggio. A Piper. 3. By Georgione, A Madona. 3. By Carlo DulcL The Side over againji the Window, Neptune and Amphitrite, with fe- veral other Figures. I. By Luca Giordano. Under the laft are four Pictures, begin on the Right Hand. Bacchus with a Bowl in his Left Hand, his Right Arm retting on a Veffel, an old Man emptying a Bafket of Grapes into a Fat, a Woman and Boys with two Bafkets of Fruit. 5. By a Scholar of Raphael. K Two C 6 A Defcription of the Curiofities Two Figures, compofed of different Sorts of Marble, out of the Duke of Flo- rence* % Collection, Christ in the Virgin's Arms, St. John is kiffing him-, Joseph is looking on them. c. By Scidone. Over the Door* next to the Great Room. Christ railing Lazarus from the Dead, 3. By Sab. Ricci* On the fame Side are jour Pictures, begin with the Io-we/i. King Richard II. &c. I here tranferibe Hollar's Account of it. An elegant Repre- fentation of King Richard the lid. (in his Youth) at his Devotion, painted on two Tables. In one he is reprefented kneeling by his three Patron Saints, St. jfohn Eap- tift, King Edmund, and King Edward the Confeffor, having a Crown on his IJead, clad in a Robe adorned with white Harts and Broom-Cods, in Allufion to his Mo- ther's Arms, and his own Name of Flan- tagenifla, Thus he is praying to the Virgin Mary with the Infant in her Arms (on the other Table) furrounded with Chriftian Vir- tues, in the Shape of Angels, with Collars of in Wilton-House. 67 of Broom-Cods about their Necks, and white Harts on their Bofoms ; one holding up a Banner of the Crofs before them, and on the Ground are Lillies and Rofes. St. John Baptift holds a Lamb in his Left Arm; K. Edward the ConfelTor holds a Ring between the Thumb and fore Finger of his Left Hand -, King Edmund holds an Arrow in his Left Hand ; all their Right Hands are directed to King Richard, as prefenting him -to our Saviour, who inclines himfelf in a very kind Manner towards them. There are eleven Angels reprefented, each of them hath a Wreath of white Rofes round their Heads. The Difpofition of their Counte- nances, and Action of their Hands is de- figned to mew that their Attention is em- ploy'd about King Richard. On the Glory round our Saviour's Head you may fee the Crofs reprefented in it, and round the Ex- tremity of the Orb. are fmall Branches of Thorns. On two Brafs Plates on the Bottom of the Picture is engraved as fol- lows, viz. Invention ofRalnting in Oil, 14 10. This was painted before, in the Begin- nings of Richard II. 1377. Hollar engraved and dedicated it to King Charles I. and calls it Tabula Antique, of King Richard II. with K 2 his 6$ A Defer iption of the Curiofities his three Saints and Patrons, St. John Bap- tift, and two Kings, St. Edmund and Ed- ward the Confejor. 4. A half Length of Titian, by himfelf. 3. A Pair, Ruins, Landscapes and Figures. 4. By Viviano. Qn the Garden-Side. Buildings Perfpective^ and Figures. 1 . By Sab. and Marco Riccl. "Under the. loft are three Pictures, begin on the Right Hand. St. Sebastian fhot with Arrows. 5. By Benedetto Luti. A Nativity. 4. By Jan Van Eyck, 14 10, jp.uins and Figures. 5. By Paolo Paninu BUST O'-S in Wilton-House, tq B U S T O ' S. Begin at the Door next the Great Room. Marcus Modius ; a very fine Buft with a Greek Infcription upon it. Afinius Pollio, On a black and yellow coloured Marble- Table, an Alto Relievo of the prefent Earl of Pembroke when ten Years old. By Scheemakers. Seneca, Sappho, with the Bandage as deified, of the fineft Marble like Ivory, the laft Perfection of Greek Sculpture; white as at firft making, becaufe (with fe- yeral here) found in a Vault. THE 70 ADefcription of f£e Curiofities THE King's Bed-Chamber. Over the Chimney, T HE half Length of a Gentleman, fuppofed to be Prince Rupert. - By Vandyke, On an antique Marble -Table. Marcus Aurelius on Horfeback, made at Athens^ and fo efteemed that the Sculp- tor was fent for to Rome to make that which is there in Copper as big as the Life. The Perfon is in the fame Poftare, but this a Macedonian Horfe, fmall, and of Marble, to prevent the breaking. Cardinal Maza- rine had one Side cemented to a Marble, which comes out at the Bottom, fquared as a Pavement, on which the Horfe is as walking. PICTURES tn Wilton-House. jt ««./• "Mlii" *W 01. *W *W* *W "JV 'A' "W "^V "Jy* j. 'A'* *JV* ?\a* «/B\i JvU «/u^ «/Cf\» t/vU •/STa «TfU i/TV. «/vu «^» i/vN* «*s\i t/vV* «^> PICTURES IN THE CORN ER-ROOM. Begin with' that ever the Door next to the King's Bed-Chamber. N^Arcissus feeing himfelf in the Wa* ter. There are feven Cupids in va* rious Actions. 3. By PouJJin* On the fame 'Bide are feven more Pictures^ begin with Andromache fainting on her hearing of the Death of her Hufband Hector. Here are twenty-five Figures. 1. By Primaticcio. *Ihree PiShires under the laft y and three at the End, begin with that next to the Door. A Man forcing a Boy to take Phyfick, 5. By Bamhocci. The Jr2 A Defcription of the Curiojities The Head of Mieris. 5. Byhimfelf; Midas's Judgment. 5. By Philippo Lauro; A young Woman* holding & Candle. 4. By Schalken, Mars and Venus. 4.- By VanderiMarfei St. Anthony. 4* By Correggio, On the Chimney-Side. An Herdfman with Cattle, as big as the Life. 2. By Rofa di Tivoli* A Carpet and a large Boar's Head. 2. By Maitefe. The Countefs of Pembroke and Lord Herbert, now Earl of Pembroke, when very young. 3. By Mr. Hoar e of Bath. The Virgin, old Joseph, Elizabeth and Christ, who is putting a Ring on St. Catherine's Finger. 5. By A?jguiJcioh. Pyrrhus in Wilton-House. 70 Pyrrhus brought dead out of the Temple. They are putting him into his Chariot. Several Figures appear in great Surprize. 3. By Pietro Tejia. The Side next to the outer Court. Begin with the upper one betwixt the Window and the Door. The Difcovery of Achilles. 2. By Sahiati. An ArTumption of the Virgin. In the Arundel Catalogue it is raid, that •his Lordfhip defired Reubens to paint for him a fine rimmed Clofet-Pidiure, v/hich is this Picture, being on an old Flemijh Board, moit beautifully coloured. There is a Group at Bottom of nine Angels, all in different Poilures, as railing the Cloud under the Virgin Mary. There are feveral pretty Cherubim s Heads at the Side and at the Top. It fo much pleafed Reubens that he faid he would make a great Picture after it, which he did at a Church in a Convent at .Antwerp y where he has added Apoftles, as big as the Life. 5. Reubens. L Belshazzar's 74 A -Description of the Curiofitits Belshazzar's Feaft. A Multitude of Figures. A great Aftonifhment appears in all the Company at the Table, &c> 4. By Old Frank. Judith putting Uolo f ernes* $ Head into a 1 Scrip, which is held open by her Maid.- 5* By Mantegna. On the other Side of the Window, begin at the loweji. Our Saviour about two Years old, fitting on a Stone, a Lamb is ftanding by him and licking his Hand, in which he holds a String which is tied to the Leg of a Dove, which fits in a little open-worked Bafket. There are two other Figures. The Rays from the Glory round our Saviour's Head flrikes a fine Light upon them. One of them has her Hand upon the Dove. 3* By Paola Mattheu Christ from the Crofs, two Boys hold- ing up the Arms, and the Virgin devoutly flretching out her Hands. At a Diftance appear the three Croffes, and a Group of little Figures with a Horfe. It was made for Henry II. King of France, which he gave to his Miftrefs, Diana Valentinois, and therefore two Vs. are on a Palat hung on one in W i l t o n-H ouse. 75. one of the Trees, and on the painted flat Frame, in one Corner are the Arms of France ', in another a Monogram of the firft Letters of their Names ; the other two Corners the Emblems of Diana, three half Moons in one, a Quiver and Bow in the other, 3 , By Michael Angelo, A Madonna, very fine, with feven Stars round her Head. 3. By Carlo Maratti, *The Gardens-Side , begin on the Left Hand of the Window. Bacchus on an Altar in the Wood, many Figures about it celebrating his Myfteries, and mewing a great Spirit, in different Po- ftures. The Light darts through the Wood in a moil agreeable Manner. I. By Sahator Rofa, On the other Side of the Window \ begin with the biggeft, Ceres ftanding with a moft genteel Air, holding up Wheat. Given by the Duke of Parma to the Earl of Peterborough, when he conducted James the Second's Queen to England, 2. By P armegiano . Christ j 6 A Defer iption of the Curiofities Christ taken from the Crofs, ten other- Figures with ftrong Expreflions of the So- lemnity. The Virgin has her Right Hand under our Saviour's Head, as lifting him up, while Jofeph of Aramathea (who is richly drefled). is wrapping the Linen- Cloth round him. Behind Jofeph are two Men, one of them has, the Superfcription in his Hands, and the Crown of Thorns upon his Arm,, the other is as talking to him, pointing with one Hand to the Virgin and the other towards Jofeph. On the other Side is St. John with his Hands folded to- gether, and mews great Concern. Mary Magdalene is wiping off the Blood, and wrapping the Linen round our Saviour's Feet. Mary, the Sifter of the Virgin is as fpeaking to Nicodemus, who is as giving Directions about the Spices. Behind them are two Men, one holds the Nails ta- ken from the Crofs, the other holds the Hammer and Pinchers. Here is alfo the Tomb mown, and the People rowling the Stone from the Entrance of it, and Mount Calvary, with Bones and Scull's fcattered about where the Crones ftand, with the View of the Multitude returning into Je- rufalem ; at a Diflance a Landfcape, with Rocks, &c. 3. By Albert Durer. Three. in Wilto n-H ou8E, 77 ' - i ''Three by the Door, begin at the loweft. Venus and the three Graces. 5. By Andrea Camajei. The Defcent of the Holy Ghost. 5. By Sakmbeni.- The Virgin with Christ in her Lap. 5. By Dojjo da Ferrara. Three by the Window, begin at the loweft. Day reprefented by Apollo riding upon a Cloud, drawn by four Horfes j Night reprefented by a Figure with dark Wings -and Poppies round her Head. By her are two Owls flying. 5. By Solimene. Christ taken from the Crofs. 5. By Figino. Christ in the Virgin's Lap, he holds St. John by the Hand. 5. By Lorenzo Garbieri* In the Cieling the Converfion of St. Paul. St. Paul is flruck from his Horfe, he and his Company appear in great Sur- prize. 1. By Luca Giordano. On 78 A Defer iption of the Curiofitws On a Table whereon Cards y &c. are repre- fented y is the Statue of Morpheus, the God of Sleep, in black Touchftone, his Head wreathed with Pop^ pies, and a Poppy in one Hand. 2n the Clofet) begin the Pictures with that over the Door-Cafe leading into the inner Part of the Room* The Virgin with Christ about four Years old, as big as the Life, ftanding by lier, a Figure as graceful as Raphael Urbin, The Virgin is as talking to St. John. More backward, at her Right Side is a Woman with a Child in her Arms, both with grace-; ful Countenances, A little Figure of a Saint is praying at a Diftance in a Corner of the Landscape, and an Angel in the Clouds, 2, By Andrea del Sarto, There are two Pictures on each Side of the lafl mentioned, begin with the two on your Right Hand % afterward on the Left, . The Virgin j our. Saviour is refting his Head and Right Hand on her Bofom. 4, By Bloemart, jun, A Landfcape, Cattle, and Travellers, Horfes with Packs. 4. By Berchem, A m Wilton-House, ffy- A Shepherdefs in a Straw-Hat, represent- ing the Princefs Sophia, 4» By Gerard Huntorft. A Landscape with Figures. 4. By Orizonfe, On the Comer Room Side, begin with the middle one, then with that over the middle of it> then that which is under it ; then there are Jour on the Right Hand and four m the- Left. A Flemi/h School . The Painter common- ly called the little Van Dyke, 2. By Gonfales* St. Sebastian fhot with Arrows. 4. By Paolo Veronefe* Christ lying on Straw in a Manger. 4, By Van Dyke, The Prodigal Son going abroad. 4. By Wovernwn, Christ aftride upon a Lamb, is held by the Virgin, old Jofeph is looking on and leaning on a Staff. 5. By Francifco Penni, The 8® A Defcription of the Curiofities , The Virgin with Christ in her Lap. 5. By Raphael, A Landfcape with Rocks, Water and three Travellers > 4. By Bartolomeo. The Prodigal Son returning home. 4. By Woverman, Magdalene, as a Penitent, overlook- ing the Vanities of the World. Below her are fix Boys as Cupids -, they are handling of Jewels, &c. 5. By a Scholar of Guido. The Virgin reading, with Chrifr. in her Lap. 5> By Albano* A Landfcape, with a Man carrying a Fifhing Net. 4. By Francefco Bokgnefe. Over the Door, Mary Magdalene. 2. By Titian. On the Bow-Window and Chimney Sides i as you go round, begin with the loweji BiBures, The Virgin holding Christ in her Lap, St. John has led a Lamb to him. Christ is looking at an Angel below on the in WitTON-Housfi. 81 the Ground gathering Flowers ; old Joseph is higher up, with an Afs by him. 4. By Cantarinu Our Saviour afcending, with the four Emblems of the Evangelifts at the Bottom of the Clouds, two Angels are fupporting his Arms. ■ 3. By Giulio Romano, Apollo fleaing of Marsyas. 4. By Piombo, Two whole Lengths of two Kings of France, Francis II. and Charles IX. 4. By Fred, Zucchero. King Edward VI. 4. By Hans Holberi, Christ killing St. John. ' 4-. By Andrea Saldino? Scholar of Leonardo da Vinci. The Women bringing the little Children to Christ. 4. By Sebafiian Bourdon. Three Children of King Henry VII. Arthur, Prince of Wales, Henry about three* Years old (was afterwards King M Henry 8z A Defer iptlon of the Curiojities Henry VIII. and Mary, who married the King of France* 4» By Hans Holben^ the Father. The Virgin and old Joseph teaching Christ to read. 4. By Benardino Gatti* The Virgin, with Christ in her Lap. St. John has hold of his Right Foot with his Right Hand. 5 . By Gio Bat. Vico. The Nativity. 4. By Fontormo, Isaac bleffing of Jacob. 4. By Lazarinu The Virgin with Christ leaning the back Part of his Head againft her BreafL He has a Bird in his Right Hand. 3. ByCrefpi. Christ in the Virgin's Arms, the Straw below, three Angels are looking on. 3. By Carlo Marattz. The Virgin, exceedingly fine, the Veil painted with Ultra Marine, Maria di Fiori painted the Flowers with which the Virgin is furrounded. 3. By Carlo Dulci. Oar ///Wilton-House, 83 Our Saviour taken from the Crofs, the Virgin fheweth great Concern ; there are three other Figures by them, and Angels in the Clouds. 4. By Vakrio Cafelli, Tha Marriage of Joseph with the Vir- gin. 3. By Augufl. Tajjo'. , The Holy Family, Saints reprefented praying at the Bottom of the Picture. 4. By Pietro Pietri. In the Cieling, Venus's Birth, Die is rifing out of the Sea, the three Graces are attending her ; there are alfo five Cupids in different Actions. 1. By horenzino da Bokgna. On a Table of black and yellow Marble, whereon Cards &c. are reprefented, lyes % A Statue of Cupid afleep. In the inner Part of the Clofet, begin on the left Hand. The Flight into Egypt. 5. By Gioyqmm. M 2 ' . The 84 A Defcription of the Curiofitks The Nativity, 4. By Tbeodoro* The Circumcifion of Christ. 5. By Paolo Florentine. Abraham's Steward putting the Brace-* lets on Rebecca's Hands at the Well. 5. By Pietro Bambini. A Landfcape. 4. By Claudio Lorrain^ The Virgin holding our Saviour by his Arms, St. John Embracing him, old Jo- seph is reading. 5. By Lodovico Carracci. The Judgment of Paris. 5. By Rotenhamer. Eight fmall Bufto's upon guilded mafk Trunes, begin with that on your right Hand of the lafi PiBure. Tithonus, Divinity of the Morning. Venus of Medici. Bacchus, very beautiful Work, Cris«i in Wilton-House* 83 Crispina Wife of Commodus. Fauna, (the female Divinity of F annus is very rare). A Pantheon of a peculiar Marble, and in the old Termini Way, it has the Symbols of Amnion, Mavors, and Thoth, three of their Dii Major es, from whom they after made jfuj?iter 7 Mars and Mercury, Epicurus, valued by Cardinal Mazarine, there being no other of him. Achilles, adorn'd at the Breaft, having Rams on his Helmet, a young Face, final! and very neat Work. This Room is the Eail End of Inigtt Jones's Building, the whole of which is efteem'd a very compleat Piece of Archi- tecture. From the Windows of thefe Apartments is the following View. The Garden, or rather a beautiful Lawn, planted with various Trees. The River which the late Earl Henry much enlarg'd. The Bridge which the faid Earl built from Palladio's De- fign. Between fome fine large Cedar Trees, a fall of Water by the Stable Bridge. A Piazza (the Front of the Stables) by Iniga Jones. A Wood in the Park upon a Hill, pn. 86" A Defcription of the Ciiriofit'm on which {lands in one Part, a thatch'd Houfe, in another, an equeflrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius upon an Arch ; the Prof- peel; on that Side being terminated with the Plain or Downs, on which are the Horfe- Races. The Engine Houfe, with two or- namented Fronts, one Front towards the Houfe, the other towards the Park. The cold Bath, and upon it a compleat Call of the fine Statue of Antinous at Rome. An Arcade, the Front of which was originally the Front of a Grotto, by Inigo Jo?ies. Not only the Spire, but the whole Weft Front of Sal four y Cathedral. Clarendo?i Park and Places adjacent. At the Bottom of /^Geometrical Stair-cafe. The Urn of Horace, on one Side of which is this Inscription, DM HOR. FLACC. PUS MAR PAMPH. MIN FA FECIT. Diis Manibus Horatii F!acci y the other Letters to Fecit probably relate to the Per- fon who had the Urn made, but they were defaced, and fince mended, as they thought they faw the Traces of former Letters ; the other Part is the Apothepfis of a Lyric Poet. There is a Woman in a loofe Gar- ment in Wilton-House. 87 ment holding a burning Torch, as one of the Mufes $ another holds a Lyre in her left Hand and a Volume in her right, which Ihe offers to a third Woman with large Wings reprefenting Fame : Near them {lands a great Altar adorn'd with a Crown ; in an obfcure Corner iits a Figure with his Head reclin'd, which fome think may be Momus or Zoilus -, they are genteel Figures and elegantly cloath'd, it is Baflb Relievo. <*» IN 88 A Defer iption of the Guriojities IN THE STONE HALL, Begin on the right Hand from the Stair-cafe* A Little Statue of a Boy, as darting him- felf to catch fomething on the Ground* A Sarcophagus $ in a Round in the Front Is the Bufto of a Man ; it is remarkable, I ft. That the Phyfiognomy by the Sculp- tor is unfinifh'd, as they purpofely did to fhow that Man could not hit the Likenefs of the Splendor they appear'd in after they were defcended to the Elyfium. 2dly* This has the Ornaments of two Cornucopia's to mow the Plenty of Fruits, &c. which they enjoy in the Ely fan Fields. 3dly. The right Hand appears with the two Fingers fartheft. from the Thumb deprefs'd or de- bas'd, holding up the Thumb and the other two Fingers, as was the ancient Cuftom when in WlLfOK-HcTSE. !y when they laiated others and wifii'd tiseai Ki;:::-t:":, a: ~t :* htre Ar:>:: i :: A i: his dying. 4thhr. This is aMb difiingoilh'd by a little Riling in the Bottom "at the Head to ihow that it was to lay in the Body whole. C -.\:.: : : y :-;-: . A TAA :. U~:~ AA T;~A ;.;: . . ■. ~ : :~ z Tenn. .-.; 7 .;**: 'T:a --;•' rr ;: _\ rA ■:. : grwmft at thtPww t i An A. Rc'-i-evr. A"rir-:ti_. AArtAr; ir.i A BaHb Relievo, having an lajaripih £:■:. "".;:.:, -At WAAir A ~-7e :-:::A; Lines going forward and backward : FiriL fAm Af: ::■ :AA. :h;~ A:z: ::jz: :: AA. r. :: r-ii- Air" A 11= rAurb.- 1^^ :i L.irA. ; . TA* ~ie eiAeziei Lie ~A: --:_--: W-it ;:" WAAi^. ::: 7-; — : ::.: z::i AatiqoitT of thi: . A;:A. A.. 7 ::;.:. r : :' A: : 11 : . ::' :1: : G'":. . AuAxre ; hz Air A A : ~crr :er_- :::: PAr.ire. with the middle of the E in his ieit Hand:. It was fbnn: :t in N :A- go A Defcription of the Curiojities the Earth near Epbefus, in which were mix'd fome Minerals, which have given it a Stain that makes it look like old Ivory 5 his Sandal is a fine Reprefentation of the antient Shape and Manner of fixing it. An A. Relievo, four Boys gathering and eating Grapes* The Statue of Urania the Mufe, with her Symbol cut on the Plinth, with fo re- verend an Air of old Age, that Cardinal Mazarine wou'd not fuffer any Part of it to be mended # A very large A. Relievo, weighing about a Tun and an half, that was a Freeze in a Greek Temple of Diana and Apollo - y It re- prefents the Story of Niobe and her Chil- dren, &c. Here are feven Sons and feven Daughters fuppos'd to be hunting in the Heat ; and being ill,, the Father, Mother, &c. come out of the Shade, in which they are, and fave two of them ; all the Figures and TreeSj efpecially the Horfes on which the Sons ride, are fo high, as that the Heads and Necks ftand off without touch- ing the Marble behind. The Forefr. Citha- ron in Baotia, in which they are hunting, is finely reprefented, and at a Diftance by fome of the Trees, Syhanus, the Divinity of the Woods, fits looking on with a grave Concern* in WiltontHquse. 91 Concern. In this, neither Apollo nor Diana, appear, by which probably it was intended to reprefent their Deaths, as proceeding from the Heat of the Sun, the Rays of which are as Apolk's Arrows ; he is indeed often in Medals fo reprefented r either by the Sun alone, or with the Rays round his Head. Thus by the Heat of the Sun, which was Apollo^ and from the Fatigue of Hunt- ing, over which Diana pr elided, they got fome mortal Fever. An Arrow flicks in one only, as a Symbol, it being invifible whence it comes. Here are twenty Fi- gures ; Sylvanus and three old Men, (the Father and two Uncles or Tutors) and two old Women, (the Mother and a Nurfe or Aunt,) feven Sons, feven Daughters ; alio five Horfes ; two of the yourigeft Sons are a-foot, as are the Daughters. The Statue of Sab in a Wife of Hadrian y fine Drapery. An A. Relievo, Faunus playing on two Pipes. The Front of Mele ager's Tomb cut off from the reft, -of fine Greek Marble with thirteen Figures, befides a Dog and the Boar's Head 5 the whole Hiftory is repre- fented from the firft Quarrel about the Boar's head, till the burning of the fatal N 2 Brand 92 A Defcription of the Curiojities Brand, and the carrying of him away to be emtomb'd. That which Mo?itfaucon copy'd from Mcjf'ei has three Perfons lefs than this has, and wants the Quarrel at the beginning with the Boar's Head. Upon this Tomb an antique Mafk. An A. Relievo, the Story of the Child Healing the Meat from off the Altar, thro' the Idol's Mouth. A fmall Statue of Meleager, very fine Sculpture. A large A. Relievo, of a veftal Virgin, grav'd in Father Mo?ttfauco?i. An A. Relievo, mewing the antient Man- ner of eating j here Jupiter attended by Pallas is ferv'd by Hebe-, Mr. Cajlel has grav'd this in his Book of the Villa's of Pliny t it being much older than any Print that was before made of that Cuflom. A fmall Statue of ^Esculapius. In the Paffage between this Room and the Breakfaft Room fome Pictures, but not of any Confequence. Ove* in Wiltq'n-House, M Over the Firft Door, IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM, H E Port of Leghorn. 5. By BerfpeBive* On the. right Hand of the Window. A Boy with a Bird's Neft. 3. By Anto. Amor of* Christ with three of hjs Difciples, and Mary who is upon her Knees weeping upun the Account of her Brother Lazarus being dead. 2. By Bietro Faccino, On the other Side of the Window* A Lady Rockingham. By Sir Beter Lely. On £4 -^ Defcription of the Curiojities On the left .Hand within the Screen, The late Sir Charles Hotham. The late Duke of Montague. Barbara Countefs of 'Pembroke ffecond Wife to Earl Thomas) with her Daughter Lady Bab. Herbert, now Lady Bab, North. Mary Countefs of Pembroke, lafl Wife to Earl Thomas. , . Two naked Figures, one in the River, the other on "the Bank. 4. By Cervel/i. Cupid, in an angry Manner wrenching his Bow from a Boy who has hold of it. 5. By Tartifi of Bolonia. St. John Baptizing our Saviour. 5. By Cafalafio. A Triumph of Rome. Py Car to Caldari. A in Wilton-House. 95 A Story out of Ovid the End of his IX Bookj Telethufa with her Daughter Ipbis^ 5. By Antonio Loti. Cjephalus and Procris. 4 ByWaterloe. Over the Door leading into the Corner Room. , Seven Boys playing at Blindman's BufF. 5. By Girolamo Donini, I N - 96 A Defcription of theQuripfities . . ' l - - i <£ kjaf # \tLji 0"'kjn( O kjtf <> kj^ > . i . . Ll -Lx ^ IN THE • . ' lOcCl Corner ROOM, Begin over thefrft Doorj then on your right Hand, TH E Siege of Pavia. 5. By Hans "Rotten* Our Saviour carrying his Crofs. 3. By Luc a Congiagio^ The Virgin with our Saviour in her Lap ; Old Joseph is leaning on an Altar, an Angel undrawing of a Curtain. 3. By Timot, d'Urbino* A Nativity, at a Diftance the Shepherds with the Sheep, an Angel in the Clouds. 3. By Difnigio Calvart, An in W1lt6n-Hou$E; 97 An Antique Pi&ure from the Temple of Jaw, Juno is fitting by a Temple, there are coming to her, Pallas, Hercules, Di- ana, Apollo, Ceres, and Vert um-nus, all with their Symbols in their Hands. 4. Two Sea Pieces, one a Storm the other a Calm. 4. By Vander V elder. The Piazzo Navona in Rome. 3. By Caffano* Two Battle Pieces, 3. By Borgognone, Heroidas Dancing before Herod. 3. B37 * Alejjandro Varotaru In Crayon, a Copy of the Princefs So- phia. 4. By Lady Diana Spencer^ Daughter to his Grace the Duke of Marlbrough. The Offering after the Flood. 3 . By 'lommafo Luim\ Tobias taking leave of his Father and Mother, the Angel is with him. 3. By Guercino. Q In 98 A Defer iption of the Curiofities In the Front of the Chimney-Piece i$* An A. Relievo of eight Figures, befidei a Dog and a Goat, THE in Wilton-House. 99 THE Basso Relievo ROOM. ^There is a double Row round the Room, except over the Doors, begin with that over the the firfi Door ; then with the lowefi next to the Door $ then with that over the la ft, andfo on throughout the Room., AN old Greek Mofaick tefTellated Work, the Pieces of Marble of yarious Co- lours, not only flat, but rifing as the Fi T gures ; it represents the Garden of the Hef- ferides ; in the Middle is the Tree bearing the Golden Apples, and the Dragon to preferve them ; by it is a Rock, and Hercules with his Head and Garment gkt with Golden Fafces ; at his Feet is his Quiver, &c f On the other Side lies his Club. Mgle, Daughter of He/per us, is in view, her Head adorned with Green, cloathed with a double Garment, the hv ward green and the outward red, folded and loofe to her Feet ; in her Left Hand ihe holds a Branch with Golden Apples on it. She fhews Beauty and Modefty, and O 2 He loo A Defcription of the Curroftus jHe the Majefty of a Hero, and Comelinefs of Youth, An A. Relievo, Bacchus drunk upon an Afs, held on by a Man and a Woman, a Man leading the AJfs. There are thirteen Figures befides the Afs and a Goat. An A. Relievo, a Prieflefs bringing a Sheep for a Sacrifice. There are two Altars, upon one there is a Fire, on the other an Idol. An A. Relievo, the Story of Cljelia. The River lyber reprefented by Romulus and Remus playing with the Wolf on its Banks. There are thirteen Women and four Horfes. An A. Relievo, a Rape of Neptune. Twelve Figures befides two Horfes. An A. Relievo, Sieenus drunk, the. Boys binding his Arms and Legs with Vine-Twirt. Mgle is , painting his Face with a Mulberry. Sixteen Figures befides an Afs. This Relievo being long there are three over it. A Greek Relievo of the very fineft Work, an Oriental Alabafter. Eleven Figures teiides a Dog, Thofe on the foremoA Ground In Wilton-House. . 10* Ground Alto Relievo : It is of Ulyfes, who is gone into the Cave to Calypfo, where they are kneeling round a Fire. The Cave is within, a moft beautiful Ruin of Ar- chitecture, which has a fine Freeze of Fi- gures, feveral of which are on Horfes. The other Figures are of UlyJ/es's Atten- dants, and Spectators, fome of which are got upon the Ruins. An A. Relievo, Curtius on Horfeback, leaping into the Earth which opens with a Flame of Fire. It is of the fineft Work by a Greek Sculptor. An A. Relievo, two Cupids, one looks angry at the other whofe Bow he has broke, which makes the other whimper. An A. Relievo, Eur op a on the BulL There are four other Figures. An A. Relievo, a Rape of the Cen- taurs. Eight Figures . An A. Relievo, Galatea riding on the Sea in a Shell drawn by two Dolphins. There are three other Figures. A Greek A. Relievo of very curious fine Work. It is a female Victoria : She has a wreathed Corona in each Hand, which fhe holds io2 A Defcription of the Curiofities holds over two Captives bound at her Feet. There are a great many Weapons of War, with Armour and Enfigns, and a particular Trumpet. . An A. Relievo, a Boy on a Sea->Horfe a blowing on a Shell-Trumpet. An Alto Relievo, Venus, and Cupib fucking. She is fitting under a large rich carved Canopy. Mars is fitting by in rich Accoutrements, by which we may diftincHy fee the antique Manner of putting on all the Parts, from the Helmet to the very Feet. There is a very particular Emblem of a Cupid fitting, but his Wings, Tail and Feet are like a Cock. At the Bottom are two Doves billing, and a Cat defending herfelf from a Dog, very naturally. , An A. Relieyo, Britannicus in Por- phyry. A very high Alto Relievo, of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina, as big as the Life. This is upon a grey Moor-ftone Table. An A. Relievo, two Cupids and four other Boys at Play. An in Wilt o n-H o u s e. i 03 An A. Relievo, of Britannicus's Junia. An A Relievo, Ariadne and The- seus. There are two other Figures and two Horfes. An A. Relievo, Saturn crowning Arts and Sciences. Five Figures. An A. Relievo, Jupiter and Juno, Six other Figuf s bringing OfFerings. An A. Relievo, the three Graces. An A. Relievo, Diana with her fa* vourite Stag, and two Dogs afleep. An A. Relievo, EndyMIon afleep, and Diana coming down to him. An A. Relievo, two Figures, one re- frefenting Painting, the other Sculpture $ very fine Drapery. A Baflb Relievo, Apollo and Diana (defiroying of Niobe's Children, by mooting Arrows at them. There are twelve Figures belides Apollo and Dia?ia y and lix Horfes* very fmall neat Work, An raf. A Defer iption of the Curiofities An A. Relievo* Venus riding on the Sea in a Shell drawn by two Dolphins, at- tended by two Cupids. Above in the Clouds is her Chariot with two Doves. An A. Relievo, a- Greek Woman dan- cing a Child upon her Foot, in Porphyry. An A. Relievo* Saturn, a fmall one* but very old, and of moit. beautiful Work. An A. Relievo from a Temple of Bacchus. By the Work it appears to have been in the "Time of the befr. Sculptors. What is remarkable is, that the T'hyrfus or Sceptre of Bacchus^ has here the Addition of Bunches _o£ Grapes. There is a Vine mooting up from the Bottom, which is of the very fmeft Sculpture. Here are four Statues as big as the Life y and four fmall ones. Venus picking a Thorn out of her Foot. Cleopatra with C^esarion, her Son by Julius Cafar, very naturally fucking on her Lap. Her Seat is an Egyptian Improve^- ment for Softnefs, and fo as to fit higher or lower as they pleafed. The Bottom has in Wilton-House. io£ a Layer like fhort Bolfters, the next over them crofs the contrary Way, and fo on to the Height which they would fit; Her Pofture is very natural, and her Locks hang gracefully on her Shoulders. Augujius killed Ctefarion by the Advice of Arius the Philofopher, from too politick a Reafon, Non effe probandam multitudinem Ccefarum. Venus holding a Shell in her Right Hand, her Left Hand has hold of the Tail of a Dolphin, Venus and Cupid. He is begging fdf his Shaft of Arrows; The little ones are itpoh four Terms* Orpheus with his Symbol. Calliope, one of the Mufes, with a Roll in her Hand $ fhe invented Epic or Heroic Poetry; Apollo with all his three Symbols, a Harp, a Quiver, a Serpent for Medicine. Venus with a Dolphin at her Foot* Upon three little carved TruiTes, three Heads, two in Bronze, young Faces, the other a Janus. & Ths io6 A Defcription of the Curiojities The black Marble-Table, i F. L Long 1 1 9 4 2 Wide Thick -3 11 .<& ■n mm ffiRtsi KraiSftSCSHJl 1 I ■F aSBR 63