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THE SUTHERLAND GALLERY.
203
] 12 The Holy Family.—Figures life size. The Virgin
seated under a tree; the Infant Christ, on her knees, is
shrinking from a goldfinch which St. John holds up to him.
There is a plate of apples in front, to the right of the Virgin.
As is usual with the Spanish painters, the head of the Virgin
is a portrait, and so peculiar and marked in character, as to
leave a strong impression on the fancy and memory; the
heads of the children are common-place. The painting is
beautiful, the colour bright and warm, the imitation of na-
ture in the objects introduced, careful; on the whole, a very
remarkable and interesting picture of the master. It is
signed with his name, and dated 1653.
113 St. Andrew.—Full length, reading; in the white dra-
pery which Zurbaran painted as well as Andrea Sacchi,
and was as fond of introducing.
114 St. Martin.—Also in white drapery.
115 A Saint—in white drapery. These three from the gal-
lery of Marshal Soult.
-?
116 Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots.—Obtained by
the Duke of Sutherland from a family in Orkney, in
whose possession it had remained for several generations.
Supposed to have been painted when Mary was reigning
Queen of France, and sent to her brother, Robert Stewart,
Earl of Orkney.
dTleint^^, anti German
19atnterS.
ARTOIS (Jaques), b. 1613 ; d. 1665. [A Flemish landscape painter,
of the Rubens school, who represented the flat, but rich woody scenery
of his native country, with great truth and feeling.]
117 Landscape.—A road through a forest; trees, with rich
foliage, on either side. A herd of cattle and goats, driven
by a peasant on horseback, is seen advancing along the
203
] 12 The Holy Family.—Figures life size. The Virgin
seated under a tree; the Infant Christ, on her knees, is
shrinking from a goldfinch which St. John holds up to him.
There is a plate of apples in front, to the right of the Virgin.
As is usual with the Spanish painters, the head of the Virgin
is a portrait, and so peculiar and marked in character, as to
leave a strong impression on the fancy and memory; the
heads of the children are common-place. The painting is
beautiful, the colour bright and warm, the imitation of na-
ture in the objects introduced, careful; on the whole, a very
remarkable and interesting picture of the master. It is
signed with his name, and dated 1653.
113 St. Andrew.—Full length, reading; in the white dra-
pery which Zurbaran painted as well as Andrea Sacchi,
and was as fond of introducing.
114 St. Martin.—Also in white drapery.
115 A Saint—in white drapery. These three from the gal-
lery of Marshal Soult.
-?
116 Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots.—Obtained by
the Duke of Sutherland from a family in Orkney, in
whose possession it had remained for several generations.
Supposed to have been painted when Mary was reigning
Queen of France, and sent to her brother, Robert Stewart,
Earl of Orkney.
dTleint^^, anti German
19atnterS.
ARTOIS (Jaques), b. 1613 ; d. 1665. [A Flemish landscape painter,
of the Rubens school, who represented the flat, but rich woody scenery
of his native country, with great truth and feeling.]
117 Landscape.—A road through a forest; trees, with rich
foliage, on either side. A herd of cattle and goats, driven
by a peasant on horseback, is seen advancing along the