Buchanan, William: Memoirs of painting: with a chronological history of the importation of pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution (Band 1) (London: Ackermann, 1824)

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ORLEANS COLLECTION.

1. Lot and his Daughters—II. Hope, Esq.
—500 guineas.
Sold at the sale of Mr. Hope’s pictures in 1816.
2. The Finding of Moses—the Earl of
Carlisle—500 guineas.
The fine works of this master are exceedingly
rare out of Spain, and seldom to be met with in
private collections. His principal works were paint-
ed for the Spanish crown, and none of these great
compositions, by which we may judge of the merit
of the painter as we do by the great works of Rubens,
or of Murillo, have found their way to this country;
while on the other hand many of his unfinished
pictures and sketches have had too much con-
sequence attached to them. Two of his fine por-
traits, the Count Duke of Olivares, Minister of
Philip IV.; and a portrait of himself, which were
formerly in one of the royal palaces of Spain, were
imported to this country by the author of these
sketches in 1813, and are now in the possession
of the Marquis of Lansdowne.—They are in his
most powerful manner of colouring, and are full
of character.
A capital picture, as large as nature, of Philip IV.
going to the chase, with a splendid back-ground
landscape, in which is introduced a large dog,
was likewise purchased by Mr. Buchanan in Paris
about two years ago, as companion to a fine