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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Guineas
family, it is one of the finest pictures painted by
Terburg . . . .55
37. Claude.—A beautiful Landscape, with the subject
of Apollo and Marsyas. The elegance of design,
and harmony of colouring of this master, never fail
to excite our admiration . . .62
38. Rembrandt.—An Old Lady’s Portrait (half-length)
with a Bible. Uncommonly highly finished, with
a force of colouring possessing the true character of
his finest works . . . .100
39. Poussin.—Jupiter and Antiope. Capital—much in
the style of the antique . . .46
40. Ruysdael.—A Landscape with a Bridge, a View
from Nature. It is impossible to go beyond the
effect produced by this great artist, in this style of
painting . . . . .165
41. Greuze.—La Fille. A very fine and expressive
face, painted in his best time . . 61
42. Greuze.—The Companion. Of equal merit 33
43. Alex. Veronese.—Hercules and Omphale. No
figures can possibly be better imagined to express
the poet’s ideas, or to exemplify the taste and ge-
nius of Veronese, who united the Roman correctness
with the Venetian colouring.—Capital . 200
44. Rubens.— St. George with the Dragon. A spirited
subject, treated with all those powers which are com-
bined in the works of this master . .71
45. Sir F. Bourgeois.—A Landscape with Cattle, a
warm Evening; of a serene and beautiful effect 60
46. Domenichino.—Lot with his Daughters. A grand
and well-composed picture . . 45
47. Cuyp.—A warm Landscape, with Cattle. This
master, after studying the works of Wouvermans,