Miscellaneous Observations And Opinions On the Continent
Miscellaneous Observations And Opinions On the Continent
Duppa, Richard, 1770-1831
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Giovamii di Rialto, St. Francesco della Vigna, and others of the same kind, de- serve to be noticed for the peculiarity of their architecture. They resemble what has been called Saracenic : the fiat and panelled relief is very similar to the Ziza, at Palermo, which is considered to be an undoubted Saracenic house. In the time of the Republic there were about five thousand gondolas in Venice, the number is now leduoed to two thou- sand. In the Manfirin Palace is a small terra-cotta model of a Ch...a- rity, said to be by Michel' Angelo, which, from its style and character, I am inclined to credit. In Venice, the Capuchin Friars are restored, and the figure of their Saint, receiving the five wounds of our Saviour! ! In the small and obscure church of St. Luca was buried the the " divine Aretin." Here I looked for his bust and his mo- 176 ITALY- numenty but not being able to find either, I inquired what was become of thenii and was told, that when the church was repaired, his monument was buried under the pavement with his bones* This is a singular &te for a man, who, when alive, was styled the scourge of princes, and who had the va* nity to be the first author that published in Us lifetime his own portrait as a firontispiece to his works.
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