He was last heard of in Naples, and it is believed that he succumbed during a violent outbreak of the plague which took place in Italy in the autumn of 1752.

That is all I shall tell you of him, and indeed I know little more myself.

The only good trait that has been handed down concerning him is that he was a masterly musician, performing admirably upon the violin, which he had studied under the illustrious Tartini himself.

Yet even his art of music, if tradition speaks the truth, was put by him to the basest of uses." I apologised for my indiscretion in asking her about an unpleasant subject, and at the same time thanked her for what she had seen fit to tell me, professing myself much interested, as indeed I really was.
"Was he a handsome man ?" "That is a girl's question," she answered, smiling.

"He is said to have been very handsome; and indeed his picture, painted after his first youth was past, would still lead one to suppose so.