On the Arls and Sciences hi France. l6; 



fcHion of La Metherie. This idea occurred alfo to that friend, 

 and was at the fame time my own. I have written .o him, 

 that, your wifli in this rcfpeil having been the lirft expreflcd, 

 we are far from oppofingthis impulfe of your hearts, ia tiat- 

 terintr to the memory of our ccnimon friend. 



In'^regard tomvlelf, I expert, with the aid of that portrait, 

 and another very hke in the polfelhon of his filler, to have a 

 buft formed, which I (hall have the honour of fending you 

 as a mark of my acknowledgement for the friendfhip you 

 teftified towards him. And as his dear remains rell with me, 

 the lad srranite we broke together is deflined to be a tomb, 

 which \\\\\ <how, till the lalelt period.^ the fpot where he em- 

 ployed himfelfin his laft mineralogical labours. 



XX.XI. Nolices relative to the Sciences and Arts in France^ 



JL HE mufceum, the gallery of antiques, and that of Apollo, 

 in Paris, are open lo puijlic view on the 8th, 9th, and loth 

 days of each decade. The other days are dcliined fir the 

 ftudents. Foreigners, however, are admilled daily from lea 

 in tlie morning to four in the afternoon, on prcfenung their 

 paflports; and this iiidulgcnce is extended to all perlons 

 arriving from the provinces, and who are provided with pad- 

 ports. Thefe exhibitions arc gratuitous. 



The <rallcry of Apollo contains the drawings which belong- 

 ed to the late king. Five hundred of them, framed and 

 elazed, are exhibited at a time. Tlic coUciitioa conlilb of 

 about twelve thoufand. Among thcfe are thirty by Raphael, 

 and a confidcrable number by Julio Romano, Titian. Paul 

 Veronefe, Carachi, and in general by all the great mailers of 

 the three fchools. 



Such in Paris is the (juantlty of piftures brought from 

 every part of France and Italy, from Flanders, BrabiuU, 

 Germany, I'icdmont, &c. &c. that, lo get riJ of a part of 

 them, liftecn new mufLCr.ms are now eflablKhing in as many 

 principal cities of France. In proportion as the 'buildings 

 prepared for them are ready for their reception, the paintings, 

 drawings, flatucs, Sec. are forwarded. 



The pictures in the grand mufieum in Paris confid, one 

 half of the Italian fchool, one fourth of the Flcinilii, and one 

 fourth of the French. Belides this, there is a tnufffium of the 

 French fchool in the Palace at Verfailles. Twenty of the 

 apartniL-nt!! in the palace are dedicated ;o this purpofc. h\ 

 addition to the pictures of the French ichool, thi;rc arc manjr 

 Others ^y the bell mailers of the Italian and Fleiuifli fehols. 

 L 4 This 



