Hamilton Inventory M4/20: Page 12
List of 384 paintings belonging to James, 3rd Marquis, later 1st Duke of Hamilton, after February 1638.
Transcript with spelling and punctuation modernised
Words in italics and bold are in the handwriting of the 3rd Marquis himself.
Transcription
171 One little piece of perspective with 3 figures standing by a table; of Steenwyck
172 A piece of Christ and the Samaritan woman talking at Jacob's Well, with 3 figures, a dog and a landscape of Bonifazio
173 One little piece of limning [drawing] with 2 heads, one of Prince Henry [Frederick, son of King James VI and I] and the other of Queen Anne [of Denmark, wife of King James VI and I]; of Isaac Oliver
178 [There are no 174-7] A piece of landscape with a ruin and a flock of sheep and a shepherd, a woman sitting upon a stone and a man and three other small figures; of Bartolommeo
179 One piece of Our Lady and Our Saviour sitting in a chair with St John [the] Baptist, and a lamb crowned with flowers, and a basket standing at her arm, and a curtain over [above] her head; of
180 A picture of a ruin, with a man driving a flock of goats and 4 other small figures with cows and sheep; of
181 A piece of The Nativity, with eight figures, an ox and an ass; of Titian
182 One little round landscape with a ship and a boat; of
183 One piece of landscape with Diana and 5 nymphs; of
184 A limned [drawn] piece of the Devil tempting Christ in the Wilderness; of
185 A piece of St John [the] Baptist with a lamb under his arm, a Cross in his hand, a dark cave over him and a landscape behind him, of Poelemberg
186 A piece of Venus and Adonis and 3 dogs, Cupid sleeping upon a hillock hard [near] by, his bow and quiver hanging upon a tree; of Titian
Transcripts by Rosalind K. Marshall 2006
