The detail shows the figures on the left between the sculptures of Cupid and Psyche, and Satyr with the Cymbals. At the left of Raphael's Niccolini-Cowper Madonna they are (from left to right):
1. George 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-89), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. A distinguished collector and lover of Florence.
2. Sir John Dick (1720-1804), Baronet of Braid. British consul at Leghorn, 1754-76. He is wearing his badge as a Baronet of Nova Scotia and the ribbon and star of the Russian Order of St Anne of Schleswig-Holstein.
3. Other Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth (1751-99). He was in Florence in January, february and June 1772.
4. Johann Zoffany.
At the right of Raphael's Madonna:
5. Mr. Stevenson, companion to Lord Lewisham on his travels.
6. George Legge, Lord Lewisham, later 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (1755-1810). He embarked on a tour of the Continent with Mr. Stevenson in July 12775. They were in Florence on 2 December 1777.
The paintings on the wall are
Raphael, Madonna della Sedia
Correggio, Virgin and Child
Sustermans, Galileo
Raphael, Madonna del Cardellino.
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