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Continued description of the conditions of Duke Peter Leopold's Florence: 832/5.f.13

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Titles

Continued description of the conditions of Duke Peter Leopold's Florence
The Pitti Palace and Gallery of Pictures including Michelangelo's 'Three Fates'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1916-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Leaf Size Height 213 mm Width 150 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Pen and brown ink on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 13
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: [i] preceding word crossed through in brown ink, following word above the line;

  • Text: they are conducted, Florence contains / about 80,000 persons & but 200 beggars / in that all the rest live comfortably, it may / in general of this princes[sic] Subjects, that / their persons are handsome, their countenances / handsome[i] happy & their circumstances comfortable / this good prince rides about the city in his chariot / like any other private Gentleman, unattended, he gives the wall to every one & / permits any one that chuses[sic] to ride before / him, thus by his example, contention of this sort is suppressed amongst his people / he supports the true interests of Religion / he distributes justice with mercy, he is / provident for the Education of the younger / part of his people & for the preservation / of the distressed, he is a great promoter / of Arts & Letters in his Collections, which / he is continually increasing, by economy / in his privatest expences without oppressing / his subjects, in short he seems to be a / pattern for princes & a blessing to his / people
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: [i] between these marks, all words crossed through in brown ink; [ii] crossed through in brown ink

  • Text: Pitti Palace In the Court [i]fronting / the entrance is a fine antique group of Hercules / wrestling with Atlas in a niche / is another Menelaus supporting Patroculus / on the other side of the Hercules & Atlas / an Antique Copy of the Hercules Farnese / same size as the original[i] + Page 15 / Gallery of Pictures the Madona[sic] della / Sedia of Raffael has had so much said / of it I have nothing more to add except that / many of the copies I have seen convey to / me very perfect Ideas of the original, I / saw it down in a good light & inspected / it very closely / The Three Fates by M:l Angelo / has very little colouring & that disgusting / the group consists of the 3 figures half length / one behind the[ii] another, the limbs & bodies / contrasted with extraordinary power, the / head of the principal figure is a strong / likeness of Dante, the hands are done / with the most consummate anatomical
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/5.f.13
Primary reference Number: 38112
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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