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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MR. BRYAN’S COLLECTION.

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exerted all his excellencies. It is estimable for
suavity and mellowness of finishing, and is one of
his finest works. From the collection of M. de
Calonne . . . . 60 18 0
19. Rubens. — Mars, Venus, and Cupid. Evidently
painted after Rubens had studied the works of
Titian and P. Veronese, whose taste of colouring
and composition he has imitated in this fine picture,
which is from the Orleans collection 94 10 0
20. Rembrandt.—The Portrait of his Wife. Very fine.
From the collection of Baron Nagel 76 13 0
21. K. du Jardin.—A Peasant on Horseback driving
Cattle. An admirable picture of this scarce master.
The landscape in the manner of Claude, and little
inferior . . . . 43 1 0
22. Hobbima.—*Landscape. A picturesque view of a
cottage by the side of a wood. The works of this
admirable painter are become extremely rare and
very valuable. This is one of his most capital
pictures . . . . 162 15 0
23. Hondicooter.—A Hare, and other dead Game, &c.
A very capital picture, superior to Weenix in effect
and finishing . . . 60 18 0
24. F. Boll.—The Woman taken in Adultery. One
of the most extraordinary and effective pictures the
art of painting has produced. It vies with the most
admirable works of the great Rembrandt, and is
deserving of the peculiar attention of the artist and
connoisseur . . . 86 2 0
25. A. Van Ostade.—Dance of Dutch Peasants before
a Cabaret. There is always infinite humour in the
works of this painter, who is in the greatest reputa-
tion for subjects of this description. His pictures