¬The¬ tourist in Italy.- (¬The¬ landscape annual ; 1831)
Pagina 258 di 324
Autore:
Roscoe, Thomas ; Prout, Samuel [Ill.] / by Thomas Roscoe. Ill. from drawings by S. Prout
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Jennings and Chaplin
Descrizione fisica:
VI, 271 S. : Ill.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Italien;f.Führer
Segnatura:
II 302.333
ID interno:
499515
218 THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL. Raphael and Michel Angelo would not have mended them for colours. 2. A great cabinet of ebony, set with histories cast in gold, and set with rich precious stones ; it is valued at threescore thousand crowns. 3. A rare picture of Hercules and Anteus. 4. Raphael's own pic ture. 5. The Last Supper, by Titian. 6. The terrace and garden, with box-knots and fountains of water ; all at the very top of the house, and overlooking the street, river, meadows, and St. Peter's
Angelo, so to life, that some men have fabulously given out that he drew it after a crucified man.' Of the villa he thus speaks : ' From hence crossing over the fields, I went to Bor ghesi's villa and garden, which are a little half mile from the town. This is the greatest villa that is about Rome. For here you have store of walks, both open and close, fish-ponds, vast cages for birds, thickets of trees, store of fountains, a park of deer, a world of fruit-trees, statues of all sizes, banquetting