Travels On the Continent: Written for the Use And Particular Information of Travellers
Travels On the Continent: Written for the Use And Particular Information of Travellers
Mariana Starke
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Opposite to the door of the great Sacristy is a staircase, whose landing-place is adorned with a statue of Pius VL The great Sacristy is an octagon, fifty feet in diameter, adorned with antique columns and pilasters^ which support a cupola; and its chapel contains four columns of bardiglio di Carrara* The Sacristy of the Canons is furnished with presses of Brazil-wood ; and con- tains a picture, by Francesco Fenni, of S. Anne, &c. ; ditto by Giulio Romano, of the Madonna, our Saviour, and S. Jo...hn I and two paintings by Cavallucci ! Another apart- ment contains pictures of the ancient Florentine school, two paintings, by Ghezzi, a dead Christ, attributed to Buo- naroti, a picture, by Muziani, and two paintings by Cava^ Ittcci* Vaticano. Some writers suppose this Palace to have been erected by Nero, and afterward bestowed, by Con- stantine, upon the Roman Fontiffi: while others are of opinion that it was built by Constantine on the site of the Oardens of Nero: it seems to have recdved augmentations 816 TRAVELS ON THE CONTINENT.
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