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THE QUEEN’S GALLERY. 15
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is endeavouring to engage her attention; Pierrot is seen
behind.
C. 1 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 1 in.
These four pictures have been long in the Royal collec-
tion, and may have been painted for George I., in whose
reign Watteau was in England.
1 1 Le Baiser.—Three figures; a gentleman playing the 5
guitar: a lady and gentleman seated; he is attempting to
embrace her.
About 12 in. by 9 in.
fiflnniri), Sutdj, anti (©lb German
^atnttrd.
BACKHUYSEN (Ludolf), b. at Embden, 1631; d. 1709.
[As a painter of sea-pieces, excellent; and if not equal to his co-
temporary, Wilhelm Vander Velde, it is because his talent is rather
more restricted, and at the same time more unequal; his forte lies in
the representation of stormy waves and troubled skies. He painted
generally on a larger scale, and with more breadth of pencil and less
brilliance and delicacy of tint than Vander Velde. There is but one
picture of his in this gallery, but it is of a very high quality.]
12 A Gale —off the mouth of the Brill, in Holland, with 1
the town' of the same name in the distance. A coasting
vessel, under main and jib sails, is seen scudding along in
front; among the other vessels which are seen in motion
far and near, a fishing-boat is conspicuous, in which three
men are busy hauling up their nets. Purchased from the
collection of Count Pourtales, in 1826, for George IV., at
the price of 420Z.
C. 1 ft. 6 in. by 1 ft. 11 in. (Smith’s Cat. 69.)
BERGHEM (Nicholas), b. 1624; d. 1683.
[The landscapes of Berghem are mostly inventions, so unlike the
nature around him—the swamps and fertile flats in the neighbour-
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is endeavouring to engage her attention; Pierrot is seen
behind.
C. 1 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 1 in.
These four pictures have been long in the Royal collec-
tion, and may have been painted for George I., in whose
reign Watteau was in England.
1 1 Le Baiser.—Three figures; a gentleman playing the 5
guitar: a lady and gentleman seated; he is attempting to
embrace her.
About 12 in. by 9 in.
fiflnniri), Sutdj, anti (©lb German
^atnttrd.
BACKHUYSEN (Ludolf), b. at Embden, 1631; d. 1709.
[As a painter of sea-pieces, excellent; and if not equal to his co-
temporary, Wilhelm Vander Velde, it is because his talent is rather
more restricted, and at the same time more unequal; his forte lies in
the representation of stormy waves and troubled skies. He painted
generally on a larger scale, and with more breadth of pencil and less
brilliance and delicacy of tint than Vander Velde. There is but one
picture of his in this gallery, but it is of a very high quality.]
12 A Gale —off the mouth of the Brill, in Holland, with 1
the town' of the same name in the distance. A coasting
vessel, under main and jib sails, is seen scudding along in
front; among the other vessels which are seen in motion
far and near, a fishing-boat is conspicuous, in which three
men are busy hauling up their nets. Purchased from the
collection of Count Pourtales, in 1826, for George IV., at
the price of 420Z.
C. 1 ft. 6 in. by 1 ft. 11 in. (Smith’s Cat. 69.)
BERGHEM (Nicholas), b. 1624; d. 1683.
[The landscapes of Berghem are mostly inventions, so unlike the
nature around him—the swamps and fertile flats in the neighbour-