1592951842000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-38108 1753725820905 1753696616000 1753725817222 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-38108 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38108 1963a1eb-041a-3270-9221-23210c260aec 8 reference term-101697 adlib-term-101697 613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022 sketchbook reference term-37166 adlib-term-37166 feba6d99-fb75-3d35-b009-236d788146f6 laid paper Support Height mm 213 Width mm 150 Leaf Size Paintings, Drawings and Prints 832/5.f.11 1 accession number 832/5.f.11 38108 priref 38108 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38108 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38108 upper right brown ink 11 [i] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [ii] preceding word crossed through recto brown ink at the upper end of this room are / some paintings by Giovanni San Giovanni / on the Wall, brought from the wall of / an Old Church in Florence & laid on / this wall without injury to the picture / the contrivance of the late Director of / this Academy, a valuable discovery in / a City where fine paintings are so common on the walls both within & without their / buildings, under the arcade of a / Court of this building are several / models[i] casts from parts of figures by M:l Angelo / & the model in Stucca[sic] by John of / Bologna for the Rape of the Sabines / in the Piazza of the Palazzo Vecchio / the figures are 8 feet high, in the establishment of this / noble Academy Peter Leopold present Duke of Tuscany has proved how much he has the / cultivation of the fine Arts at heart, & it is / much to be wished the opulence of the country / was sufficient to second the munificence of / the Prince, by giving liberal encouragemnt / to the professors who succeed in the School of / M.l[ii] [i]preceding word crossed through in brown ink verso brown ink of Ghiberti M:l Angelo & the first Genius's / of Modern times, it would be ingratitude / not to acknowledge the generous behaviour of / this Prince towards the Professors & lovers of / the fine Arts, he has placed attendants in / his Gallery who shew stra[i] all person / the wonders of the place with utmost politeness / & patience, & never recieve anything from / the company, & to enable them to do this / the Duke has lately encreased[sic] their saleries / & made them very handsome, every person / who is inclined to draw in the gallery / by only applying in writing to the Keeper / not only obtains immediate permission / but he may have paper chalk & every / convenience, in the same manner as in / the Academy, & from the same Royal / Munificence, as an Artist I am grateful / for & remember this instance of his liberality / yet this one of this smallest specimens of his virtues, this good Prince a pattern / to all others has banished death from / the penal laws of his country, because reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-153239 adlib-agent-153239 d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5bec Murray, Charles Fairfax 1916 1912 1916-12 given draughtsman reference agent-45771 adlib-agent-45771 b9e1e92c-edf1-3a4c-a4eb-f5fbaae070a3 Flaxman, John reference term-106299 adlib-term-106299 3926a617-f986-3db0-a8cd-7d8071aa7a46 brown ink reference term-101697 adlib-term-101697 613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022 sketchbook reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

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