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CALONNE COLLECTION.
255
Guineas
the taste. He thought with as much genius and
masterly fancy as our greatest poets. With the
imaginary subject of the Orion he has endeavoured
to astonish us; it is full of imagination and novelty.
M. de Calonne paid Sir Joshua Reynolds 500
guineas for it. This picture was sold a few years
ago at Mr. Christie’s, and was purchased by Mon-
sieur Bonnemaison, who carried it to Paris 125
99. Murillo.—The Gipsy Girl with Flowers. This
beautiful picture, although only a single figure, is
allowed to be a master-piece of Murillo for design,
composition, and colouring. None of his larger
works approach nearer to excellence, or can boast
of a more correct resemblance to nature. It was
formerly in the cabinet of Monsieur Randon de Bois-
set, and publicly sold for 900 louis-d’ors. This pic-
ture was purchased by Monsieur Des Enfans, and
was bequeathed by Sir F. Bourgeois, his heir, to
Dulwich College . . . 640
100. Murillo.—The Holy Family. That this great
master formed his mind on the noblest models of
the great schools is evident, for we find some of his
works imitative of Titian, Rubens, Van Dyck, &c.
This sublime and elegantly composed picture is
quite his own, full of taste and spirited execution,
with a powerful effect and richness of colouring.
It was sold to Henry Hope, Esq. and again sold at
his sale in 1816 .... 510
101. Sal. RoSA.—Seaport. The grandeur and sub-
limity with which Sal. Rosa has treated these sub-
jects will stand the test of ages: the scene appears
part of his own native and romantic country, or where
he mostly resided in Calabria: the whole painted
255
Guineas
the taste. He thought with as much genius and
masterly fancy as our greatest poets. With the
imaginary subject of the Orion he has endeavoured
to astonish us; it is full of imagination and novelty.
M. de Calonne paid Sir Joshua Reynolds 500
guineas for it. This picture was sold a few years
ago at Mr. Christie’s, and was purchased by Mon-
sieur Bonnemaison, who carried it to Paris 125
99. Murillo.—The Gipsy Girl with Flowers. This
beautiful picture, although only a single figure, is
allowed to be a master-piece of Murillo for design,
composition, and colouring. None of his larger
works approach nearer to excellence, or can boast
of a more correct resemblance to nature. It was
formerly in the cabinet of Monsieur Randon de Bois-
set, and publicly sold for 900 louis-d’ors. This pic-
ture was purchased by Monsieur Des Enfans, and
was bequeathed by Sir F. Bourgeois, his heir, to
Dulwich College . . . 640
100. Murillo.—The Holy Family. That this great
master formed his mind on the noblest models of
the great schools is evident, for we find some of his
works imitative of Titian, Rubens, Van Dyck, &c.
This sublime and elegantly composed picture is
quite his own, full of taste and spirited execution,
with a powerful effect and richness of colouring.
It was sold to Henry Hope, Esq. and again sold at
his sale in 1816 .... 510
101. Sal. RoSA.—Seaport. The grandeur and sub-
limity with which Sal. Rosa has treated these sub-
jects will stand the test of ages: the scene appears
part of his own native and romantic country, or where
he mostly resided in Calabria: the whole painted