| Description | Includes a latter of 25 April 1823, which gives the following tribute: 'It is you alone that in this Kingdom are possessed with the true spirit of the Medicis of Italy and without sovereign power have still done more for modern art than our sovereigns have ever done. And had we but about half a dozen such Lorenzos of Medici to follow your example the Arts of England would surprise all Europe'. (/86).
Receipt for the portrait of the dog Jupiter. |