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This page continues the article entitled Berkley Square, which started on Page 279, and "... is an account of the choice and valuable collection of pictures and prints of John Barnard, Esq; at his house in Berkley square".
The next article is entitled Berkley street, and starts on Page 294.
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musical instrument as he lies asleep;
other figures are lying and leaning in a
reposed manner.  Though this picture is
only about seventeen inches wide, and
the figures but small, yet they are as gen-
teel, and as corectly drawn, as in any
of his finest pictures.
The woman taken in adultery, by Se-
bastian Ricci.  The greatness of the design
the dignity and propriety of the charac-
ters, particularly the woman, and the
harmony of the colours, shew him to be
(tho' a modern master) equal to most of
the greatest that went before him.
Two misers counting and setting down
their money; the same subject, but with
some variation as that at Windsor, by
Quintin Matsys of Antwerp, who re-
peated this picture several times.
An old man's head with a ruff, painted
by Rembrant.  It is thought to be the
portrait of Ephraim Bonus the Physician,
as it bears a great resemblance to the
print of him engraved by Rembrant him-
self, but in the picture he is much older.
The light and shade in this picture is ex-
tremely fine.  Mr. Houston, an excellent
engraver in mezzotinto, has engraved a
very fine print after this picture.
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A fine landskip with Tobit and the
Angel, near three feet wide, by the same
master; the effect of colours in this pic-
ture is surprising.
A Magdalene's head, by Guido.
An historical subject, a woman and three
children, &c. by Solimene.  This is better
coloured, and more finished, than one ge-
nerally sees of this master.
Angels holding a mitre over St. Am-
brose, a finished sketch for a large pic-
ture, by the same master.  The character
of St. Ambrose is very fine, and the dra-
peries are in a great style of painting.
Susannah and the Elders, by Le Moine.
The colouring of the woman, who is near
naked, is very fine, and the composition
and the landskip are very agreeable.
A little boy and girl naked in a land-
skip of a garden, by Albano, in his
richest colouring.
A battle, by Borgognone, about two
feet wide; this is clearer and better co-
loured than most of his pictures usually
are.
Two landskips, by Gaspar Poussin, a-
bout two feet two inches wide each.
They are in his finest green manner, and
extremey well preserved.
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