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LA FONTAINE’S COLLECTION. 257
country by himself be defined. He however sold
many pictures of a fine class, which passed into
the select collections of Sir Simon Clarke, Jere-
miah Harman, Esq. George Hibbert, Esq. Han-
bury Tracy, Esq. &c. &c. &c.
Several fine pictures have also at various pe-
riods been brought to this country by Monsieur
La Fontaine; among others, that, of which the fol-
lowing catalogue furnishes a part.

CATALOGUE
OF
MONSIEUR LA FONTAINE’S
COLLECTION,
SOLD BY MR. CHRISTIE IN JUNE, 1811.

L. S. D.
48. Garofalo.—Christ and the Woman of Samaria at
the Well; a few figures also seen in a picturesque
and beautiful distance. The composition simple and
the expression fine : a building introduced in the
centre, in shadow, gives a brilliant relief to the figure
of the female: the draperies, as is usual in the works
of Garofalo, are rich and finely coloured. 220 10 0

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