Hamilton Inventory M4/20: Page 08
List of 384 paintings belonging to James, 3rd Marquis, later 1st Duke of Hamilton, after February 1638.
Transcript with spelling and punctuation modernised
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106 One picture of Lucretia, with a dagger in her breast and a book before [in front of] her; of [Giorgione, deleted] Jacomo Palma
107 One picture of the history of Jeptha, with 6 figures in it, and
108 a little landscape of Guido Ballansie or Cavalier Ballune [?Balen ?Bellini]
109 One picture of an old man leaning his head upon his hand; of
110 One picture of the burning of Sodom, with 5 figures; of
111 One sea night piece, with 1 ship on fire, and many more hard [near] by; of Porcellis
112 One piece of 2 cows, 2 goats, 4 hens, pots, pans and wood in a stable; of
113 One picture of the building of the Tower of Babel, with sixty odd figures in it, and a city; of
One sea piece with three or 4 barques in it, with a city afar off; of
114 One sea piece with 1 ship near hand, and 3 or 4 afar off; of
115 One picture of David and Goliath; of
116 One picture of Apollo, sleeping by a brook side, a violin in his hand, Fame hovering over him, girt with laurel trees, under him books and garments scattered, and on each side the Nine Muses bathing themselves, and hard [near] by a town, and a landscape; of
117 One perspective church piece, with 12 figures; of
118 One piece of St John [the] Baptist sitting under a tree upon a leopard?s skin, with a Cross in his hand and a red garment over his shoulders, in a landscape; of
119 One sea piece with 2 barques near hand, and 3 or 4 afar off; of
120 One piece of the Prince [the future Charles II], at length, with a spaniel; of [Cornelius] Johnston
121 One landscape with a river and a man shooting at fowl, another sitting hard by [near] him; of
Transcripts Rosalind K Marshall 2006
