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NICHOLAS POUSSIN,
72
New Testament Subjects.
in the composition, which will consist of seventeen figures*,
including women and children, several of whom are melting in
tears, while others are praying for the dying man.” He adds,
“ I will not attempt a description of the details, for this would
require a master pen (un pinceau dore et bien emanche),
instead of a blunt and ill cut one like minej'.” This fine work
of art, like two others of the set, has lost much of its original
beauty, in consequence of the protrusion of the brown ground.
Engraved by B. Audran, Pesne, Dughet, Gantrel, anonymous,
and in the Orleans Gallery.
3st. 10^ in. by 5ft. 8| in.—C.
The preceding seven pictures formed part of the splendid
gallery of the Duke of Orleans. They were imported with
many others into England in 1798, and were then estimated
at 700each; since that period a more correct and ex-
tensive knowledge of art has greatly advanced the value of
this master’s works. On the occasion above alluded to they
were purchased by the Duke of Bridgewater, and afterwards
entailed, together with the whole of his princely collection,
on the second son of the then Marquess of Stafford, since
created Duke of Sutherland, and are now the property of
Lord Francis Eger ton.
* Only sixteen figures are discoverable in the composition.
f In a subsequent letter he says, “ M. Le Chevalier del Pozzo (it was for this
gentleman that the first series of Sacraments were done,) has been to see it, and
although he assumes an air of satisfaction, it is easy to discover that he is by no
means displeased that this and the other pictures of the set leave Rome.”
72
New Testament Subjects.
in the composition, which will consist of seventeen figures*,
including women and children, several of whom are melting in
tears, while others are praying for the dying man.” He adds,
“ I will not attempt a description of the details, for this would
require a master pen (un pinceau dore et bien emanche),
instead of a blunt and ill cut one like minej'.” This fine work
of art, like two others of the set, has lost much of its original
beauty, in consequence of the protrusion of the brown ground.
Engraved by B. Audran, Pesne, Dughet, Gantrel, anonymous,
and in the Orleans Gallery.
3st. 10^ in. by 5ft. 8| in.—C.
The preceding seven pictures formed part of the splendid
gallery of the Duke of Orleans. They were imported with
many others into England in 1798, and were then estimated
at 700each; since that period a more correct and ex-
tensive knowledge of art has greatly advanced the value of
this master’s works. On the occasion above alluded to they
were purchased by the Duke of Bridgewater, and afterwards
entailed, together with the whole of his princely collection,
on the second son of the then Marquess of Stafford, since
created Duke of Sutherland, and are now the property of
Lord Francis Eger ton.
* Only sixteen figures are discoverable in the composition.
f In a subsequent letter he says, “ M. Le Chevalier del Pozzo (it was for this
gentleman that the first series of Sacraments were done,) has been to see it, and
although he assumes an air of satisfaction, it is easy to discover that he is by no
means displeased that this and the other pictures of the set leave Rome.”