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152 THE BRIDGEWATER GALLERY.
238 A Winter Scene in Flanders. — In the front, a
group of figures, with a butcher cutting up a pig.
Square, 2 ft. 3 in. '
239 An Alchymist in his Study.—Four figures. The
old man in a grey robe and fur cap is seated before a fur-
nace, blowing under a crucible, a youth stands near him
with a bottle in his hand, and two assistants are occupied
in the background. In the finest manner and best period
of Teniers. Spirited in character, clear, delicate, and
finished in execution. Dated 1649.
Teniers was fond of this subject, having repeated it at
least seventeen times, with variations. The Queen’s pic-
ture and this before us are two of the finest examples. It
is interesting to compare his well-conditioned adepts with
the poetical, wicked old sorcerers of Rembrandt.
In the Orleans Gallery since 1727; purchased by the
Duke of Bridgewater for 150Z.*
P. 14j in. by 22 in. (Smith’s Cat. 141.)
240 Interior.—Four boors, of whom two are playing cards
on the top of a tub; a third holds a jug; a fourth is filling
his pipe. Two other figures are seen at a fire in the back
ground; a dog in front.
P. 10-j- in. by 13| in. (Smith’s Cat. 502.)
241 A Dutch Kermis—or Village Fair, (called, in Ottley’s
Catalogue, the Rent-day Feast;) composition of at least
seventy-six figures ; some of these are seated at a long
table, eating and drinking; others are dancing—among
these, two couple are conspicuous. In front, a young man,
mounted on a tub, is playing the fiddle; in the centre, and
close to the front, is an old man in a blue jacket, with a
stick in his hand; a bed and a variety of household and culi-
nary utensils are scattered on the ground. In the background
is the chateau of Teniers, from which a group of ladies and
gentlemen are approaching to join the village festivities.
* It cannot well be the same picture which is marked 141 in Smith’s Cata-
logue, for it is in the old catalogue of the Palais Royal, and was brought with
the Orleans Gallery to England.
238 A Winter Scene in Flanders. — In the front, a
group of figures, with a butcher cutting up a pig.
Square, 2 ft. 3 in. '
239 An Alchymist in his Study.—Four figures. The
old man in a grey robe and fur cap is seated before a fur-
nace, blowing under a crucible, a youth stands near him
with a bottle in his hand, and two assistants are occupied
in the background. In the finest manner and best period
of Teniers. Spirited in character, clear, delicate, and
finished in execution. Dated 1649.
Teniers was fond of this subject, having repeated it at
least seventeen times, with variations. The Queen’s pic-
ture and this before us are two of the finest examples. It
is interesting to compare his well-conditioned adepts with
the poetical, wicked old sorcerers of Rembrandt.
In the Orleans Gallery since 1727; purchased by the
Duke of Bridgewater for 150Z.*
P. 14j in. by 22 in. (Smith’s Cat. 141.)
240 Interior.—Four boors, of whom two are playing cards
on the top of a tub; a third holds a jug; a fourth is filling
his pipe. Two other figures are seen at a fire in the back
ground; a dog in front.
P. 10-j- in. by 13| in. (Smith’s Cat. 502.)
241 A Dutch Kermis—or Village Fair, (called, in Ottley’s
Catalogue, the Rent-day Feast;) composition of at least
seventy-six figures ; some of these are seated at a long
table, eating and drinking; others are dancing—among
these, two couple are conspicuous. In front, a young man,
mounted on a tub, is playing the fiddle; in the centre, and
close to the front, is an old man in a blue jacket, with a
stick in his hand; a bed and a variety of household and culi-
nary utensils are scattered on the ground. In the background
is the chateau of Teniers, from which a group of ladies and
gentlemen are approaching to join the village festivities.
* It cannot well be the same picture which is marked 141 in Smith’s Cata-
logue, for it is in the old catalogue of the Palais Royal, and was brought with
the Orleans Gallery to England.