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118 THE BRIDGEWATER GALLERY.
miraculous gush of water. On the same side, but close to
the front, are a man and woman kneeling by the stream;
the former, habited in a yellow mantle, is drinking with
avidity from a vase; the latter from a cup. To the right
of the spectator, and in the foreground, is a charming group
of a mother giving drink to her children, while the father
is returning thanks. (An exquisite repetition of this group
is in the Grosvenor Gallery.) In the distance, various
groups of people—some fainting with thirst, resigned or
despairing; others with the most animated expression of
eagerness, hope, gratitude.
This most beautiful picture—rich and poetical as a com-
position, and adding to this merit, so characteristic of the
master, the rarer attraction of clear, warm, and harmonious
colouring—is one of the finest which Poussin ever pro-
duced. It was painted at Rome about 1636, and Felibien
thus mentions it in his Chronicle of Poussin’s pictures :—
“ Il fit pour M. de Gillier, qui etait aupres du Mareschal
de Crequy, cet excellent ouvrage oil Moyse frappe le
Rocher, et qui apres avoir etc dans les cabinets de M. de
1’Isle Sourdiere, du President de Bellicvre, de M. de Dreux,
est aujourd’hui (i. e. 1688) un des plus considerables ta-
bleaux que Ton voye parmi ceux du Marquis de Seignelai.”
From his gallery it passed into the Orleans Gallery, with
which it came to England, and was acquired by the Duke
of Bridgewater, at the valuation of 1000 guineas.
C. 3 ft. 2j in. by 4 ft. 4| in. Engraved by Baudet and Dambrun.
GASPAR POUSSIN (Daghet), b. 1613; d. 1675. {Vide First
Series, p. 27, 60; and the Grosvenor Gallery.)
88 Landscape.—A fertile valley, encompassed by hills.
19 in. by 12 in.
89 Landscape—intersected by a river. 17 in. by 14| in.
Both of exquisite beauty—the very haunts of poetry.
90 A Mountainous Landscape—under the effect of a
violent storm. From the Colonna Palace, which contained
some of the finest works of Gaspar.
miraculous gush of water. On the same side, but close to
the front, are a man and woman kneeling by the stream;
the former, habited in a yellow mantle, is drinking with
avidity from a vase; the latter from a cup. To the right
of the spectator, and in the foreground, is a charming group
of a mother giving drink to her children, while the father
is returning thanks. (An exquisite repetition of this group
is in the Grosvenor Gallery.) In the distance, various
groups of people—some fainting with thirst, resigned or
despairing; others with the most animated expression of
eagerness, hope, gratitude.
This most beautiful picture—rich and poetical as a com-
position, and adding to this merit, so characteristic of the
master, the rarer attraction of clear, warm, and harmonious
colouring—is one of the finest which Poussin ever pro-
duced. It was painted at Rome about 1636, and Felibien
thus mentions it in his Chronicle of Poussin’s pictures :—
“ Il fit pour M. de Gillier, qui etait aupres du Mareschal
de Crequy, cet excellent ouvrage oil Moyse frappe le
Rocher, et qui apres avoir etc dans les cabinets de M. de
1’Isle Sourdiere, du President de Bellicvre, de M. de Dreux,
est aujourd’hui (i. e. 1688) un des plus considerables ta-
bleaux que Ton voye parmi ceux du Marquis de Seignelai.”
From his gallery it passed into the Orleans Gallery, with
which it came to England, and was acquired by the Duke
of Bridgewater, at the valuation of 1000 guineas.
C. 3 ft. 2j in. by 4 ft. 4| in. Engraved by Baudet and Dambrun.
GASPAR POUSSIN (Daghet), b. 1613; d. 1675. {Vide First
Series, p. 27, 60; and the Grosvenor Gallery.)
88 Landscape.—A fertile valley, encompassed by hills.
19 in. by 12 in.
89 Landscape—intersected by a river. 17 in. by 14| in.
Both of exquisite beauty—the very haunts of poetry.
90 A Mountainous Landscape—under the effect of a
violent storm. From the Colonna Palace, which contained
some of the finest works of Gaspar.