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MR. BUCHANAN’S IMPORTATIONS.—spain. 221
the famous pictures by Rubens, which were in the
convent of Loeches, and which Mr. Wallis after-
wards purchased.
The pictures of the St. Jago, by Murillo, men-
tioned in this letter, were purchased soon after-
wards ; three of the most capital of these were
forwarded to Mr. Buchanan through France, to
be shipped at Antwerp for England, when a fa-
vourable opportunity should present itself; and
they were with other pictures thus forwarded
actually in Antwerp at the period of its being be-
sieged by the English army.
One of these was the celebrated picture of the
Virgin and Child, which was at the principal
altar in the chapel belonging to the house of St.
Jago, and was for its beauty and wonderful colour-
ing considered as the finest small picture by that
master in Madrid. On its arrival in this country,
it was sold to Lord Berwick for £2500.
Another was the great picture of the story of
Jacob and Laban, where they have pitched their
tents in a fine open country, and which combines
that happy union of historical composition with
fine landscape, which may always be considered as
the perfection of art. This picture was highly
prized in Spain, and ranked among the best works
of that master. It was estimated at 3000 guineas,
and the Earl of Grosvenor afterwards gave for it
the famous pictures by Rubens, which were in the
convent of Loeches, and which Mr. Wallis after-
wards purchased.
The pictures of the St. Jago, by Murillo, men-
tioned in this letter, were purchased soon after-
wards ; three of the most capital of these were
forwarded to Mr. Buchanan through France, to
be shipped at Antwerp for England, when a fa-
vourable opportunity should present itself; and
they were with other pictures thus forwarded
actually in Antwerp at the period of its being be-
sieged by the English army.
One of these was the celebrated picture of the
Virgin and Child, which was at the principal
altar in the chapel belonging to the house of St.
Jago, and was for its beauty and wonderful colour-
ing considered as the finest small picture by that
master in Madrid. On its arrival in this country,
it was sold to Lord Berwick for £2500.
Another was the great picture of the story of
Jacob and Laban, where they have pitched their
tents in a fine open country, and which combines
that happy union of historical composition with
fine landscape, which may always be considered as
the perfection of art. This picture was highly
prized in Spain, and ranked among the best works
of that master. It was estimated at 3000 guineas,
and the Earl of Grosvenor afterwards gave for it