ZOFFANY, Johann
(b. 1733, Frankfurt, d. 1810, Strand-on-the-Green)

The Tribuna of the Uffizi (detail)

1772-78
Oil on canvas
Royal Collection, Windsor

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.