Hamilton Inventory M4/20 : Page 01
List of 384 paintings belonging to James, 3rd Marquis, later 1st Duke of Hamilton, written after February 1638
Transcript with spelling and punctuation modernised
Words in italics and bold are in the handwriting of the 3rd Marquis himself.
Transcription
1 A Nativity of Our Saviour, wherein are 7 figures and a landscape, a most excellent piece; of Schiavone
2 A ritratto [portrait] of a man as great [large] as the life, with his neck bare, with one glove on and the other hand bare; of Pordenone
3 A piece of Cain killing of Abel with a club, the figures naked, and so [as] great as the life; of Momfredo
4 A ritratto [portrait] of a lady in a gown of tissue stuff, and lined with ermine; of Titian or [?Paolo Veronese]
5 A great piece where the man without the wedding garment is bound with cords; of Franciscus de Verone Capissine
6 A ritratto [portrait] of a fair woman all in white, as big as the life; of Old Palma
7 A head of St Peter leaning on his hand, the other of [on] his naked breast; of Guido Verone
8 An excellent piece of a Nativity, wherein is 7 figures, and a rare landscape; of [?Giovanni Bellini]
9 A piece of a Nativity, wherein are 5 figures; of Old Palma
10 A landscape of Lot coming out of Sodom; of Julias Musterte [?Jan Mostaert]
11 A piece of Juno, Venus and Minerva, a little Cupid, Mercury and a shepherd, the figures all naked and the Master [artist] unknown
12 A sketch where the King sits under a throne, reaching out a sceptre to a woman that kneels, with soldiers on each side, the Master [artist] unknown
13 A ritratto [portrait] of a man with gloves in one hand, and the other in his bosom; of Paris Bordone
Transcripts by Rosalind K. Marshall 2006
