A holy family, with a little St. John
presenting a dish of fruit, by Simone da
Pesaro, commonly called Cantarini, who
was the best disciple of Guido.  The
figures are half length as big as life.  True
pictures of this master are very scarce in
England, and this is one of his best, and
in the highest preservation.

The Virgin with the child in her lap,
half length, as big as life, by Vandyck.
The character of the Virgin is as sweet,
and the colouring as fine, as any thing of
this master's painting.  This was out of
the collection of Monsieur Biberon, and
there is an old print of this picture.

A holy family, by the same master.
This is the small picture, but the cha-
racters of the Virgin and child, and the
sweetness and mellowness of the colour-
ing, are at least equal to the large one.
There is a print of this by Bolswert.

A head of St. Peter, with a fish in his
hand, by Spagnoletto.  The expression
and force in this picture are extremely
great.  There is a mezzotinto print en-
graved after it by Mr. MacArdell.

Pharoah and his host drowned in the
Red sea, about five feet wide, by Vale-
rio Castelli.  The character of Moses is

The conversion of St. Paul, by Luca
Jordano, with many figures and horse-
men, about six feet wide.  This is one
of his best, in the free and spirited style,
for which he was most famous.

A battle, by the same master, not
quite so large.  The composition in this
picture is better, and the figures seem
more alive and in motion, than in al-
most any battle pieces to be met with.

Tobit burying the dead, by Benedetto
Castiglione, in the style of Nicola Poussin,
which master (in his latter time) he
particularly studied and imitated; and he
succeeded therein so well, in this picture,
both in the composition and drawing,
that was not his name upon it, several
of the best judges have declared, they
should not only have taken it for a true
picture of that master, but also for a
very fine one of him.

A landskip, by Claud Lorraine, near
four feet wide; the subject is a warm
evening; it is in the highest preservation,
not in the least turned black, and in his
very finest taste and manner of painting:
the keeping, and that harmony and ten-