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THE QUEEN S GALLERY.
hood of Haarlem, where he resided—that there can be no doubt he
visited Italy early in life, though the fact is not ascertained. Berg-
hem has been called poetical, but he appears to me rather a fanciful
than a poetical painter. Notwithstanding their extreme beauty,
there is a factitious character in his works which makes it tiring to
look at many of them in succession; yet the gem-like brilliance of
some of his best, the spirit and finish of his little pastoral groups,
the loveliness of his atmospheric effects, lend them a great charm.
The manner in which he introduces a spot of brilliant colour
into his foregrounds — generally a scarlet jacket or petticoat — is
almost peculiar to himself. No painter has been more successfully
imitated, for he was a decided mannerist, and spurious Berghems
abound. All the pictures attributed to him here are particularly
fine, and certainly genuine.]
13 Landscape.—View over a wide tract of country, ]
traversed by a river. A group of peasants with cattle,
among whom a woman on a grey horse is the most conspi-
cuous, on a bank in the foreground ; an old tower on the
right. The effect of evening and of distance is admirably
expressed in this picture; dated 1655.
P. 1 ft. 1 in. by 1 ft. 4 in. (Smith’s Cat. 224.)
14 The Rush-gatherers.—A hilly landscape, with a river 2
on the left; in the foreground animals and figures. Three
women with rushes, and two cows, are conspicuous. The
effect is that of a warm summer evening.
C. 1 ft. 7 in. by 2 ft. 2^ in. (Smith’s Cat. 227.)
15 A Mountainous Landscape—with a large river; in 3
the foreground three peasants (one on horseback) with
their flock; a second group of cattle is seen near the water.
The effect is that of soft evening light, almost twilight.
Baring collection. C. 2 ft. 3 in. by 2 ft. 9 in. (Smith’s Cat. 226.)
16 Landscape.—An open country, bare of trees. In the 4
foreground a herd of four cows, an ass, and a sheep, with
a herdsman on horseback and two on foot; other groups of
cattle in the middle distance; the trunk of a tree among
some rocks in the foreground. A late picture of the
master, and the animals particularly excellent.
C. 2 ft. 3| in. by 3 ft. (Smith’s Cat. 229.)
THE QUEEN S GALLERY.
hood of Haarlem, where he resided—that there can be no doubt he
visited Italy early in life, though the fact is not ascertained. Berg-
hem has been called poetical, but he appears to me rather a fanciful
than a poetical painter. Notwithstanding their extreme beauty,
there is a factitious character in his works which makes it tiring to
look at many of them in succession; yet the gem-like brilliance of
some of his best, the spirit and finish of his little pastoral groups,
the loveliness of his atmospheric effects, lend them a great charm.
The manner in which he introduces a spot of brilliant colour
into his foregrounds — generally a scarlet jacket or petticoat — is
almost peculiar to himself. No painter has been more successfully
imitated, for he was a decided mannerist, and spurious Berghems
abound. All the pictures attributed to him here are particularly
fine, and certainly genuine.]
13 Landscape.—View over a wide tract of country, ]
traversed by a river. A group of peasants with cattle,
among whom a woman on a grey horse is the most conspi-
cuous, on a bank in the foreground ; an old tower on the
right. The effect of evening and of distance is admirably
expressed in this picture; dated 1655.
P. 1 ft. 1 in. by 1 ft. 4 in. (Smith’s Cat. 224.)
14 The Rush-gatherers.—A hilly landscape, with a river 2
on the left; in the foreground animals and figures. Three
women with rushes, and two cows, are conspicuous. The
effect is that of a warm summer evening.
C. 1 ft. 7 in. by 2 ft. 2^ in. (Smith’s Cat. 227.)
15 A Mountainous Landscape—with a large river; in 3
the foreground three peasants (one on horseback) with
their flock; a second group of cattle is seen near the water.
The effect is that of soft evening light, almost twilight.
Baring collection. C. 2 ft. 3 in. by 2 ft. 9 in. (Smith’s Cat. 226.)
16 Landscape.—An open country, bare of trees. In the 4
foreground a herd of four cows, an ass, and a sheep, with
a herdsman on horseback and two on foot; other groups of
cattle in the middle distance; the trunk of a tree among
some rocks in the foreground. A late picture of the
master, and the animals particularly excellent.
C. 2 ft. 3| in. by 3 ft. (Smith’s Cat. 229.)