| Description | Introductory letter on first page to Lord Ward [William Ward later 1st Earl of Dudley], Hotel Europa from Alessandro Aducci, Rome. Contains pencil drawings, prints and tracings of paintings with notes on pictures/painters (including inserts of printed works, possibly catalogue). Including Perino del Vaga (Bonaccorsi) ('La Vierge et plusieurs saints adorant l'enfant Jesus' or the 'adoration of the shepherds'), Baldassare Peruzzi ('L'Adorazione dei Pastori'), Giulio Romano ('Nettun e Emfitride' or 'Neptune and Amphitrite') and Palmegiani or Palmegiam da forli ('Mariage de sainte Catherine'). With loose flyers of Mr Alexander Aducci inviting amateurs to visit his large collection of pictures for sale (mainly from the Fesch Gallery). Name of Mr John Coningham written on penultimate page (possibly tracer of pictures?). |