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ALBERT CUYP.
161. A View on the River Maes, during a severe frost. On
the fore-ground and left are sixteen fishermen, the greater part
of whom are busy with nets and long poles, fishing under the
ice, while others are putting the fish into tubs. On the oppo-
site side is a market woman, seated in a sledge drawn by two
horses. Several persons skating, and otherwise engaged, are
distributed over the river. A tent, and the tower of a church,
are seen in the distance; and a few leassess trees and a wind-
mill give interest to the banks of the river. Engraved by
J. Fittler, A.R.A.—See also No. 1, page 286.
%ft. by 3 ft. 11 in.—P.
The consummate skill of the painter has given to this bald and
dreary scene an aspect the most agreeable and inviting, by the
cheering presence of the sun, whose warmth appears to soften the
sharp frigidity of the atmosphere, and to diffuse a sparkling brilliancy
upon every prominent object, lighting up the whole scene to dazzling
brightness. Groups of fishermen, whose countenances and gestures
indicate health and vigour, aid materially the magical effect, which
is perfected to illusion by the delightful truth of the gradations, and
purity of colour.
This matchless example of art was purchased by the noble
possessor, about twenty years ago, for the sum of . . 1200 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1815.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Bedford.
162. Shepherdess keeping Sheep. A landscape, with a hilly
fore-ground, and clusters of docks growing round a large stone.
In front of a bushy hedge on the left are five sheep, and on the
opposite side sits the shepherdess, dressed in a straw hat and
scarlet jacket, with a crook in her hand, and her dog crouching
by her side; behind her are two more sheep, and a walled
town is seen in the distance. The picture is painted in the
artist’s smooth or finished manner, and the female is evidently
a portrait.
2st. 3 in. by 3 ft.—P.
Collection of Allen Gilmore, Esq. 1830. (Mr. Stanley) 150 gs.
ALBERT CUYP.
161. A View on the River Maes, during a severe frost. On
the fore-ground and left are sixteen fishermen, the greater part
of whom are busy with nets and long poles, fishing under the
ice, while others are putting the fish into tubs. On the oppo-
site side is a market woman, seated in a sledge drawn by two
horses. Several persons skating, and otherwise engaged, are
distributed over the river. A tent, and the tower of a church,
are seen in the distance; and a few leassess trees and a wind-
mill give interest to the banks of the river. Engraved by
J. Fittler, A.R.A.—See also No. 1, page 286.
%ft. by 3 ft. 11 in.—P.
The consummate skill of the painter has given to this bald and
dreary scene an aspect the most agreeable and inviting, by the
cheering presence of the sun, whose warmth appears to soften the
sharp frigidity of the atmosphere, and to diffuse a sparkling brilliancy
upon every prominent object, lighting up the whole scene to dazzling
brightness. Groups of fishermen, whose countenances and gestures
indicate health and vigour, aid materially the magical effect, which
is perfected to illusion by the delightful truth of the gradations, and
purity of colour.
This matchless example of art was purchased by the noble
possessor, about twenty years ago, for the sum of . . 1200 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1815.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Bedford.
162. Shepherdess keeping Sheep. A landscape, with a hilly
fore-ground, and clusters of docks growing round a large stone.
In front of a bushy hedge on the left are five sheep, and on the
opposite side sits the shepherdess, dressed in a straw hat and
scarlet jacket, with a crook in her hand, and her dog crouching
by her side; behind her are two more sheep, and a walled
town is seen in the distance. The picture is painted in the
artist’s smooth or finished manner, and the female is evidently
a portrait.
2st. 3 in. by 3 ft.—P.
Collection of Allen Gilmore, Esq. 1830. (Mr. Stanley) 150 gs.