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

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