The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1816-05-27 00:00:00

HE BRIT.'S!! INS7'IWI7OII.

Yesterday, at a sluurset-sent two, her 11s.tr..1TY,
Ole Pritseteisea tLIZAIIETA rttemr. and 113
!Loyal Flightless the Duke of Vostz, hotioureil the
Gallery with their preseeee, It, view the
7n,ntl met truly beautiful awiesebiage of pictures by
It:shaft ins.stets. tier Mutest's' was attended L
the tau NI of 3l:tecs.s.strtst,o, sod wus terriersl
at the Gallery by the Marque of STerrost.h, and
the full.iwitti• Direct.iro of the lha.titatiast;
The Cart or Ahertleen, Earl Hrornhar, Lard Heaths,
the Sirlbt Win. C. Loac, Sir Geunte Beauteous, Sir Abra-
ham Haw, and the Rer. W. H. Carr.

The Royal Party apt:eared highly gr,lfified with
the beautiful of this delightful Exhibitiou.
NIA her MAJP.i.TY, 111 particular. W 4 g 1360(110 y
p1..:1,441 to express to the Noble llanluis mini the
Directors, in terms of the hialwat
for the great anti sneers:4ld earl-thous they VATI.
tinned to make fur the improvemeut of the nue
Arts.

'We have already alluded to the gratification we
experienced at the exhibition of the Italian sod
Spanish pictures in the present collection at the
1:i itivit Instituri•itt. It is impossible to enlemble
the oftiniate edvsuiage which iiiir 'trims must de.
rive from exhibitions of thus kind, that directly tend
to establish in the public mind a pro!ser tawte for
works of art, placing before it those tniblime
productions wlin-lt sprung from the efforts of well.
directed patronage, in other times and other cows.
tries.

The presentExhibitiou is not numerous, but, from
its exquisite selection, it derives a valise that num-
ber could never give. It coutains 135 pictures of
the best Italiaa arid Spanish master, and in
the highest state of preservation. Two of the
ce'ebrated outflow; of ItArmAEL are in this Gal-
lerv, viz. Aral preaching. at Athens, and the Mira-
culous Draught of Ferhes ; the former is the work
which has received the admiral& of oneces-ive
ages, fir the commanding attitude of the Apostle,
mod the exquisite diversification and contrast of
sentiment which the illustrious artist bus infused
into the countenances of the grouping of the pie-
tore, according to the expression which the elo-
quence of Paul was making upon their existing
notions and opinions. There is more true grace,
expression, mid energy, in the composition of this
picture than, perhaps, in say other of this cele-
brated artist. The latter cartoon is that spoil which
criticism bas almost exhausted its controversial
powers iu the discovery and rejection °flood faults.
Thv length of the hoot has been, we believe, gene-
rally censured for its want of proportion to the ro-
bust figures it contains; but there is a sentiment
and Poee of character in the picture that will atone
for any insuaitial imperfection, if, iu reality, there
be such in the work.
L. CA IIItACCI'S S. Francis wills the Angel, is
full of spirit mid correctness. It it is good ex-
ample of the happy condonation of effect, which
this artist is said to have borrowed from the works
of Conaeunto and the Venetian painters.
ItlualLt.o's Virgin and Child with ilegeLs, de-
lights the eye with the splendour of its colouring,
and the soft expression of divinity and beauty which
the figurer in the subject unfold.
St. John with the Lamb, by the same srtiat, is
coloured in a lighter manner than the picture ;
hut it possesses a similar tone of prepossessing and
ilitioceed playfuliiess.
TITIAN'S Borchers and Ariadne, from the A Idm.
handiiii Palace, is full of poetical beauty. The
ea.e And pliancy with which the figures are drawn,
arid the fleshy softness of the colouring, are in the
best style of this ioo i t Finable artist.

AN. C ARS A CCI A'S I.atadscupe, with the Bight
into Egypt. from theJurtiiiiiiiii Palace, is a rare
and excellent work. The strung contrail effected
by the immense masses of shadow in this picture is
wonderfully executed.
SA LVATER ROSA'S Landseope, with Merettryand
Bailers, from the Ghigi palace, is a fine specimen
of the wild grandeur which animated the scenery of
this artist ; %oh striking beauties it has also glaring
cleric's; the si eatery bus indeed the bold character
which nature pre.rents sit her most sublime aspect,
but the cattle and li4ures which arc scattered over
its surface, belong to no Chin of beings that creation
has engeridered. They are most unpardonably
ill diawn.

Mx Collection it enriched with four exquisite
lotidwiriter by CLAUDE ; one of them Isigne, The
landscape,triat a procession mad sacrijfce, front the

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Alfieri Palace. there never oafs executed a snore
beautiful landscape dims this, nor our, we 'believe,
a hich has passed through a greater variety of hands,
and always Nish Ln iiserrasing value, until the last
price given for it almost exceeded that hillierN
given for a single picture by city private fritrehaefer
its Europe. The richness of this landscape, the
wild servility of the atmosphere. surd the softened
fuel subdued tints of colour, as the parts recede in
perspective. denote the pencil of a great master.
The architectural beauties 111 the fore-ground pro-
duce a tine and suitable urn rt.