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RUBENS.
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and grace. The seraphic expression of the Virgin, and the
elegant beauty of her form, merit the highest commendation.
This superb altar-piece is recorded to have been the produce of
sixteen days’ labour, for which the artist received 1600 sso., 140h ;
now worth 5000Z. or 6000Z.
This treasure in art was added to the superabundant riches in the
Louvre, from whence it was transserred in 1815, and, with other
pictures, placed with suitable ceremony in the church of Notre
Dame, for which it was originally painted.
7. The Resurrection of our Lord. The Saviour, with a
palm branch in one hand and a banner in the other, is
triumphantly quitting the tomb; and the centinels, overcome
with fear, are falling in confusion before him.
7 c>
Aist. 6 in. by 3 ft. 10 in.—P.
Engraved by Bolswert.
The same subject is engraved by Galle and Punt, and in small,
anonymous.
On the covers of the preceding were painted :—
St. John the Baptist, standing erect, with his left hand in an
attitude of address.
4 st. 6 in. by 1 ft. 8 in.—P.
And St. Martine, clothed in a crimson vest and a scarlet
mantle, bearing in her hand a palm branch.
4st. 6 in. by 1ft. 8 in.— P.
The above decorated the tomb of J. B. Moretus, whose portrait
(also by Rubens), in an oval form, was at the top of the picture.
These, by the date on the portrait, were painted in the year 1610.
They are now in the Academy at Antwerp.
8. The Portraits os Alexander Goubau and his Wife, in one
picture. The apparition of the Virgin is seen in the clouds.
This picture ornamented the tomb of the family whose portraits
are represented. Cathedral of Notre Dame.
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and grace. The seraphic expression of the Virgin, and the
elegant beauty of her form, merit the highest commendation.
This superb altar-piece is recorded to have been the produce of
sixteen days’ labour, for which the artist received 1600 sso., 140h ;
now worth 5000Z. or 6000Z.
This treasure in art was added to the superabundant riches in the
Louvre, from whence it was transserred in 1815, and, with other
pictures, placed with suitable ceremony in the church of Notre
Dame, for which it was originally painted.
7. The Resurrection of our Lord. The Saviour, with a
palm branch in one hand and a banner in the other, is
triumphantly quitting the tomb; and the centinels, overcome
with fear, are falling in confusion before him.
7 c>
Aist. 6 in. by 3 ft. 10 in.—P.
Engraved by Bolswert.
The same subject is engraved by Galle and Punt, and in small,
anonymous.
On the covers of the preceding were painted :—
St. John the Baptist, standing erect, with his left hand in an
attitude of address.
4 st. 6 in. by 1 ft. 8 in.—P.
And St. Martine, clothed in a crimson vest and a scarlet
mantle, bearing in her hand a palm branch.
4st. 6 in. by 1ft. 8 in.— P.
The above decorated the tomb of J. B. Moretus, whose portrait
(also by Rubens), in an oval form, was at the top of the picture.
These, by the date on the portrait, were painted in the year 1610.
They are now in the Academy at Antwerp.
8. The Portraits os Alexander Goubau and his Wife, in one
picture. The apparition of the Virgin is seen in the clouds.
This picture ornamented the tomb of the family whose portraits
are represented. Cathedral of Notre Dame.