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After this Mr. Hamilton was so oblig-
ing as to shew me his charming picture,
painted by Correggio; the subject is a
naked Venus who has taken Cupid's bow
from him, which he is struggling for,
while a satyr is running away with his
quiver. It is a wonderful performance,
and reckoned equal, for the number of
figures, to the St. Jerome, at Parma.
The curiosities both of art and nature
in Mr. Hamilton's possession, are num-
berless and inestimable. The examina-
tion of his immense collection of Etrus-
can vases, and other rarities of the highest
antiquity, was of the utmost importance
to the subject of my enquiries. But by
these precious remains of art I was not
more enlightened, concerning the music
and instruments of the ancients, than by
his conversation and counsel.
When we returned to the apartments
which we had quitted, in order to visit the
library, we found a Neapolitan Prince and
Princess, two or three ambassadors, Lord
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