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Signor Galuppi was a scholar of the fa-
mous Lotti, and very early taken notice
of as a good harpsichord player, and a
genius in composition.
He was so obliging as to present me to
Signora Galuppi; to shew me his house;
an admirable picture of a sleeping child,
by P. Veronese, which has been long in
his wife's family; and to carry me into
his working-room, with only a little
clavichord in it, where, he told me, he
dirtied paper. His family has been very
large, but all his children, except three
or four, are now well married. He has
the appearance of a regular family man,
and is esteemed at Venice as much for
his private character as for his public
talents. He seems, however, rather hurt
at the encouragement and protection
which some ecclesiastical dunces, among
whom is F----, meet with as composers
here. Indeed, except Sacchini, his second,
he stands so high among the present race
of musicians in Venice, that he seems a
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