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OLD WORLD MASTERS
left hand a scroll of paper, which might seem to indicate that he is a
poet. The background consists of a woody landscape, and on the
left is a river with two swans.
Dr. Max J. Friedlander, of Berlin, after examining the picture
wrote to the present owner: “I was greatly interested in the Memling
portrait from the Taylor Collection which I saw at your place. It is
positively a characteristic work of the hand of the Master.”
This picture painted on panel (13X x 9 inches) came from the John
Edward Taylor Collection, London, in 1912.
LOUIS XIII KING OF FRANCE.
Peter Paul Rubens Collection of
(1577-1646). Sir Joseph Duveen, Bart.
This interesting oil painting on canvas (46X x 38 inches) came from
the Collection of the Emperor of Germany, Palace of Charlottenburg
near Berlin, and was originally in the Collection of the Archduke Leo-
pold William of Austria at the Ducal Palace, Brussels. It was painted
between T622 and 1625, and is supposed to be a companion to the
portrait of Anne of Austria (now in the Prado).
Louis XIII is represented about the age of twenty-five, life-size,
and three-quarter length, looking at the observer from a background
of sky, portico, and red drapery. He has a slight moustache and his
hair is curled and falls down to the fine lace ruff around his neck. He
is dressed in a polished steel suit of armor and rests his left hand,
wearing a gauntlet, on a table covered by a cloth. A marshal’s baton
is in his right hand. The Cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit hangs
from a ribbon at his right side and on his left hangs a sword from
a belt. Over his shoulder is thrown a bright blue velvet and ermine
mantle embroidered with fleur-de-lys and on the table is seen his
helmet surmounted by rich plumes of ostrich feathers.
Louis XIII, son of Henri IV and his second wife, Marie de’ Medici,
was born in 1601 and became king at the age of nine, on his father’s
assassination in 1610. Marie de’ Medici, then becoming Regent,
determined to bring France into close relation with the House of
OLD WORLD MASTERS
left hand a scroll of paper, which might seem to indicate that he is a
poet. The background consists of a woody landscape, and on the
left is a river with two swans.
Dr. Max J. Friedlander, of Berlin, after examining the picture
wrote to the present owner: “I was greatly interested in the Memling
portrait from the Taylor Collection which I saw at your place. It is
positively a characteristic work of the hand of the Master.”
This picture painted on panel (13X x 9 inches) came from the John
Edward Taylor Collection, London, in 1912.
LOUIS XIII KING OF FRANCE.
Peter Paul Rubens Collection of
(1577-1646). Sir Joseph Duveen, Bart.
This interesting oil painting on canvas (46X x 38 inches) came from
the Collection of the Emperor of Germany, Palace of Charlottenburg
near Berlin, and was originally in the Collection of the Archduke Leo-
pold William of Austria at the Ducal Palace, Brussels. It was painted
between T622 and 1625, and is supposed to be a companion to the
portrait of Anne of Austria (now in the Prado).
Louis XIII is represented about the age of twenty-five, life-size,
and three-quarter length, looking at the observer from a background
of sky, portico, and red drapery. He has a slight moustache and his
hair is curled and falls down to the fine lace ruff around his neck. He
is dressed in a polished steel suit of armor and rests his left hand,
wearing a gauntlet, on a table covered by a cloth. A marshal’s baton
is in his right hand. The Cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit hangs
from a ribbon at his right side and on his left hangs a sword from
a belt. Over his shoulder is thrown a bright blue velvet and ermine
mantle embroidered with fleur-de-lys and on the table is seen his
helmet surmounted by rich plumes of ostrich feathers.
Louis XIII, son of Henri IV and his second wife, Marie de’ Medici,
was born in 1601 and became king at the age of nine, on his father’s
assassination in 1610. Marie de’ Medici, then becoming Regent,
determined to bring France into close relation with the House of