Rococo Gallery

Baron Philip von Stosch showing an antique gem to Sabbatini (pen & ink on paper)

CTS413035 Baron Philip von Stosch showing an antique gem to Sabbatini (pen & ink on paper) by Ghezzi, Pier Leone (1674-1755); 36.5x25.5 cm; Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, UK; (add.info.: Baron Philipp von Stosch (1691-1757) was a Prussian antiquarian who lived in Rome and Florence; Marcantonio Sabatini (1637-1724) was an antiquary and papal curator to Pope Clement XI and art advisor to Charles VIL); © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; Italian, out of copyright

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Spain and Portugal - Ajuda Palace

Spain and Portugal - Ajuda Palace - Long two storied building - 3 Storeys either end open area f/g. Part of Box 149 Boswell Collection - Portugal and Spain. The Ajuda National Palace (Portuguese: Palᣩo Nacional da Ajuda, Portuguese pronunciation: [???ud?]) is a neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda in the city of Lisbon, central Portugal. Built on the site of a temporary wooden building constructed to house the Royal family after the 1755 earthquake and tsunami, it was originally begun by architect Manuel Caetano de Sousa, who planned a late Baroque-Rococo building. Later Date: circa 1900

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780). The river Arno in Florence, 1

Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780). Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista. Nephew of Canaletto. The river Arno in Florence, 1742. Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

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