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THE BRIDGEWATER GALLERY.
151
233 The Fishmonger.—A group of six figures (seen half-
length) at the door of a house; an old man, with a grey,
bushy beard, and wearing a fur cap, is selling fish.
P. 1 ft. 9 in. by 1 ft. 4| in. (Smith’s Cat. 177.)
STEENWYCK (Henry), b. 1589; d. . [An admirable painter
of architectural interiors, patronised by our Charles I.]
234 Interior of a Church—at Antwerp, richly adorned
with pictures and statues. In the foreground a gentleman
giving alms to a beggar. Excellent in its way. The figures
by Van Thulden.
2 ft. 1 in. by 3 ft. 2 in.
235 The Interior of a Church—by torch-light; in the
foreground a priest leading a lady.
6 in. by 5j in. Purchased by Lord F. Egerton.
STOOP (Theodore, or Dirk), b. 1610. [An imitator of Bamboccio.]
236 The Traveller reposing—while a boy is holding his
horse. P. 1 ft. 4| in. by 1 ft. 8 in.
SWANEVELDT (Herman), b. at Woerden, 1620 ; d. at Rome, 1690.
[A follower of Claude—some say his pupil.]
237 Landscape—with figures loading a vessel.
TENIERS (David), the younger, b. 1610 ; d. 1694. (See p. 48.)
[In considering the works of Teniers, we are struck by the con-
trast between the character of the man and the class of subjects he
treated; and between the subjects themselves and the manner in which
he treated them. Teniers was himself an accomplished gentleman,
refined in his manners, dress, and personal appearance; yet, as an
artist, his predilection was for the humorous and grotesque scenes of
common life, the merry-makings and courtship of boors, the interiors
of surgeons’ shops, and guard-rooms. These, while he represented
them with the utmost truth as regards character, he touched with
such a delicate pencil—so light, so sparkling—that the vulgarity of
the conception is redeemed by the elegance of the execution, and the
mind everywhere displayed in the treatment as well as in the inven-
tion. I speak, of course, of his best pictures, and all the pictures
here are among the best.]
151
233 The Fishmonger.—A group of six figures (seen half-
length) at the door of a house; an old man, with a grey,
bushy beard, and wearing a fur cap, is selling fish.
P. 1 ft. 9 in. by 1 ft. 4| in. (Smith’s Cat. 177.)
STEENWYCK (Henry), b. 1589; d. . [An admirable painter
of architectural interiors, patronised by our Charles I.]
234 Interior of a Church—at Antwerp, richly adorned
with pictures and statues. In the foreground a gentleman
giving alms to a beggar. Excellent in its way. The figures
by Van Thulden.
2 ft. 1 in. by 3 ft. 2 in.
235 The Interior of a Church—by torch-light; in the
foreground a priest leading a lady.
6 in. by 5j in. Purchased by Lord F. Egerton.
STOOP (Theodore, or Dirk), b. 1610. [An imitator of Bamboccio.]
236 The Traveller reposing—while a boy is holding his
horse. P. 1 ft. 4| in. by 1 ft. 8 in.
SWANEVELDT (Herman), b. at Woerden, 1620 ; d. at Rome, 1690.
[A follower of Claude—some say his pupil.]
237 Landscape—with figures loading a vessel.
TENIERS (David), the younger, b. 1610 ; d. 1694. (See p. 48.)
[In considering the works of Teniers, we are struck by the con-
trast between the character of the man and the class of subjects he
treated; and between the subjects themselves and the manner in which
he treated them. Teniers was himself an accomplished gentleman,
refined in his manners, dress, and personal appearance; yet, as an
artist, his predilection was for the humorous and grotesque scenes of
common life, the merry-makings and courtship of boors, the interiors
of surgeons’ shops, and guard-rooms. These, while he represented
them with the utmost truth as regards character, he touched with
such a delicate pencil—so light, so sparkling—that the vulgarity of
the conception is redeemed by the elegance of the execution, and the
mind everywhere displayed in the treatment as well as in the inven-
tion. I speak, of course, of his best pictures, and all the pictures
here are among the best.]