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 2) (London: Ackermann, 1824)

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THE TALLEYRAND COLLECTION.

ings which the reading of the treaty seems to im-
press them with.
It is not our department here to detail who
were the men more or less celebrated who signed
the treaty of Munster; but we may be permitted
to believe that a painting which preserves their
resemblances, executed with so- much care and
ability, and thus recalls to us one of the most in-
teresting events in modern history, may be con-
sidered as an inestimable monument of art.
If we consider this picture as regarding the
art only, we find that Dargenville, Descamps,
and Houbraken, cite it as the most interesting of
all the works of Terburg. This master himself
considered it as one of his best productions, and
left it to his family, where it remained till pur-
chased by the late Monsieur Van Leyden, from a
descendant of this master also named Terburg,
who was a receiver of the government rents at
Deventer.
There is a fine engraving of this picture by
Suyderhoeff. It was purchased by Monsieur
Bonnemaison, who sold it to His Grace the
Duke of Wellington.
39. Gerard Terburg—on wood—.22 inches
by 18.
A young lady, clothed in a white satin petticoat