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tures? In a word Raphaels colours seemed to me to illustrate the text very much, and to be an excellent Comment upon the Holy scripture.
Constantius batle with Maxentius.7. From this gallery I was led into the great chamber, where Constantins Victory over Maxentius is so rarely painted upon the the walls by Raphaels own hand; that this painting serves this chamber not only for a rich Tapestry; but also for an internal Trophee to that Emperor. The several postures here of men and horses, all in confusion, yet all in such due proportion make this picture (in the judgment of Monsieur Poussin a famous painter)The best designed picture in the world. the rarest thing in the world for design. In the other following rooms there are divers other rare pieces of the same hand; as that of Attila and Pope Leo: that of S. Peter in prison, a piece much admired for the perspective of it: That of the B. Sacrament: that of the burning of the Borgo: that of Æneas carrying his Father Anchises out of the flames, are of Raphaels hand. The history of He-liodorus
