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the queen’s gallery. 59
159 A Calm.—The mouth of a river. Yachts, and a variety 2
of smaller craft, are distributed over the scene. In the
foreground is a six-oared boat, with a party of persons of
distinction. They appear to have just quitted a royal
yacht, from which another boat, also filled with people, is
coming to land. The water is wonderfully clear ; the
painting of the whole most beautiful. From the Gelder-
meester collection.
Baring collection. C. 2 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in. (Smith’s Cat. 51.)
160 A Gale.—The sea much agitated. Among the vessels 3
are two men of war, one of which, as it rides the swelling
waves, seems to sink and rise as we look. Never was
motion so inimitably conveyed. The bluish-grey tone is
like Backhuysen ; the execution and finish unequalled.
C. 2 ft. by 2 ft. 9 in. (Smith’s Cat. 178.)
161 A Breeze.—A fisherman is on the point of putting off 4
from shore ; he is assisted by two others. The sea is
agitated by a light breeze, and overshadowed by gathering
clouds ; two small coasting vessels, a frigate, and small
craft in the distance. Dated 1671. Sold from the col-
lection of the Countess of Holderness to Sir F. Baring.
C. 1 ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 9j. (Smith’s Cat. 177.)
VANDER WERF (Adrian), b. 1659 ; d. 1722.
[A painter of small historical compositions in a style laboriously
smooth and finished. In this respect his pictures are curiosities, and
as such have been much admired, and once sold, like gems, at the
most extraordinary prices ; but the total want of truth and feeling,
the insipid uniformity of feature in his lifeless, bloodless, mindless
personages, render him to me one of the most insufferable of painters.
I should prefer to his cold insipid elegance, the coarsest of Adrian
Brouwer’s drinking bouts. Vander Werf was greatly patronised by
the Elector Palatine John William, and in his collection, now forming
part of the Munich gallery, there are thirty-nine of his pictures.]
162 The Roman Charity.—Full length figures. 1
P. 2 ft. by 1 ft. 5]- in. (Smith’s Cat. 88.)
159 A Calm.—The mouth of a river. Yachts, and a variety 2
of smaller craft, are distributed over the scene. In the
foreground is a six-oared boat, with a party of persons of
distinction. They appear to have just quitted a royal
yacht, from which another boat, also filled with people, is
coming to land. The water is wonderfully clear ; the
painting of the whole most beautiful. From the Gelder-
meester collection.
Baring collection. C. 2 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in. (Smith’s Cat. 51.)
160 A Gale.—The sea much agitated. Among the vessels 3
are two men of war, one of which, as it rides the swelling
waves, seems to sink and rise as we look. Never was
motion so inimitably conveyed. The bluish-grey tone is
like Backhuysen ; the execution and finish unequalled.
C. 2 ft. by 2 ft. 9 in. (Smith’s Cat. 178.)
161 A Breeze.—A fisherman is on the point of putting off 4
from shore ; he is assisted by two others. The sea is
agitated by a light breeze, and overshadowed by gathering
clouds ; two small coasting vessels, a frigate, and small
craft in the distance. Dated 1671. Sold from the col-
lection of the Countess of Holderness to Sir F. Baring.
C. 1 ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 9j. (Smith’s Cat. 177.)
VANDER WERF (Adrian), b. 1659 ; d. 1722.
[A painter of small historical compositions in a style laboriously
smooth and finished. In this respect his pictures are curiosities, and
as such have been much admired, and once sold, like gems, at the
most extraordinary prices ; but the total want of truth and feeling,
the insipid uniformity of feature in his lifeless, bloodless, mindless
personages, render him to me one of the most insufferable of painters.
I should prefer to his cold insipid elegance, the coarsest of Adrian
Brouwer’s drinking bouts. Vander Werf was greatly patronised by
the Elector Palatine John William, and in his collection, now forming
part of the Munich gallery, there are thirty-nine of his pictures.]
162 The Roman Charity.—Full length figures. 1
P. 2 ft. by 1 ft. 5]- in. (Smith’s Cat. 88.)