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THE SUTHERLAND GALLERY.
211
duction of 10,000 francs in the price of the whole was
made in consequence. It afterwards reappeared, we know
not whence or how, at the sale of the collection of M. Robit,
(at Paris in 1801,) and was then purchased by the Mar-
quess of Stafford for 500 guineas.
C. 3 ft. 5 in. by 2 ft. 8 in. Engraved by Tardieu, W. Sharp, and
Tomkins. (Smith’s Cat. 322.) S. G.
155 Portrait.—A gentleman, three-quarters length, in black,
the face looking round to the front; the features acute and
refined; small beard and mustachios. He holds a compass
in his left hand; his right rests on the arm of the chair,
from which he is about to rise. On the table a globe and
a bust of Homer. Full of life.
Engraved by W. Valliant, mezz. (Smith’s Cat. 825.)
156 Portrait.—A gentleman on horseback. Life size.
157 St. Martin dividing his Cloak.—In a small circle.
VANDER SPELT.
158 A Group of Flowers, partly hidden by a Blue
Curtain.—As a mere painting, excellent, particularly
the blue curtain; so that if the aim of art were illusive imi-
tation, this were an admirable piece of work.
WINTERHALTER (Frangois). [This painter, a German by birth,
resides and practises his art at Paris, (in 1843.) He is distinguished
as a brilliant colourist, and a good portrait painter.]
159 Scene from Boccacio’s Decameron.—The ten
personages, seven ladies and three cavaliers, are assembled
in the garden—■
“ Boccacio’s garden and its faery-
The love, the joyance, and the gallantry !
An Idyll with Boccacio’s spirit warm,
Fram’d in the silent poesy of form.”
The most conspicuous figure is Fiametta, who presided
on the fifth day. It should be remarked that crimson
or scarlet was the distinctive dress of the nobility of Flo-
rence at that time (about 1348.) This is a repetition of a
larger picture of the same subject, in the collection of M.
Paturle, at Paris. It has been finely engraved.
211
duction of 10,000 francs in the price of the whole was
made in consequence. It afterwards reappeared, we know
not whence or how, at the sale of the collection of M. Robit,
(at Paris in 1801,) and was then purchased by the Mar-
quess of Stafford for 500 guineas.
C. 3 ft. 5 in. by 2 ft. 8 in. Engraved by Tardieu, W. Sharp, and
Tomkins. (Smith’s Cat. 322.) S. G.
155 Portrait.—A gentleman, three-quarters length, in black,
the face looking round to the front; the features acute and
refined; small beard and mustachios. He holds a compass
in his left hand; his right rests on the arm of the chair,
from which he is about to rise. On the table a globe and
a bust of Homer. Full of life.
Engraved by W. Valliant, mezz. (Smith’s Cat. 825.)
156 Portrait.—A gentleman on horseback. Life size.
157 St. Martin dividing his Cloak.—In a small circle.
VANDER SPELT.
158 A Group of Flowers, partly hidden by a Blue
Curtain.—As a mere painting, excellent, particularly
the blue curtain; so that if the aim of art were illusive imi-
tation, this were an admirable piece of work.
WINTERHALTER (Frangois). [This painter, a German by birth,
resides and practises his art at Paris, (in 1843.) He is distinguished
as a brilliant colourist, and a good portrait painter.]
159 Scene from Boccacio’s Decameron.—The ten
personages, seven ladies and three cavaliers, are assembled
in the garden—■
“ Boccacio’s garden and its faery-
The love, the joyance, and the gallantry !
An Idyll with Boccacio’s spirit warm,
Fram’d in the silent poesy of form.”
The most conspicuous figure is Fiametta, who presided
on the fifth day. It should be remarked that crimson
or scarlet was the distinctive dress of the nobility of Flo-
rence at that time (about 1348.) This is a repetition of a
larger picture of the same subject, in the collection of M.
Paturle, at Paris. It has been finely engraved.