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CLAUDE LORRAINE.
289
Landscapes.
and terminating in a spacious bay. The left of the picture
offers a woody site, composed of clusters of low trees and
bushes, covering the fore-ground, and extending over the sides
of a mountain, whose high summit is crowned with the ruins
of a castle. A clump of trees, of rich and ample foliage,
stands on the opposite side, near which is seated a lonely
shepherd, dressed in a blue mantle, playing on a pipe. A
group of five goats repose near him, and about seven others
are browsing in the surrounding meadow. A herdsman is
also seen driving some cattle down a woody dell at the foot of
the mountain. The luminary of day, declining in the west,
sheds his refulgence over the surrounding scene, and the
cooling dews of evening succeed departing dav. This
admirable picture was painted in 1667, for an amateur at
Palermo. Engraved by Dubourg.
1st. 9^ in. by 2ft. 3s in.—C.
Collection of Lord Kinnaird, (bought by Mr. Glover) 1000Z.
- John Glover, Esq., 1830. (bought in) . . 700 gs.
Now in the possession of the Author,
173. Abraham sending away Hagar and Ishmael. The
artist, in pourtraying this subject, has chosen to imagine, that
the residence of the Patriarch was of the Grecian style, and he
has therefore represented him, together with Hagar and her
son, standing, with their hands united, in front of a building
of that description ; adjoining to which is the remains of a
beautiful temple of the Corinthian order, only two columns of
which are seen, with a tree growing among them. Abraham
appears to be speaking to Hagar and giving her some bread,
and at the same time points to some distant object, as if he were
directing her where to go. The surrounding country exhibits
vol. vm. u
289
Landscapes.
and terminating in a spacious bay. The left of the picture
offers a woody site, composed of clusters of low trees and
bushes, covering the fore-ground, and extending over the sides
of a mountain, whose high summit is crowned with the ruins
of a castle. A clump of trees, of rich and ample foliage,
stands on the opposite side, near which is seated a lonely
shepherd, dressed in a blue mantle, playing on a pipe. A
group of five goats repose near him, and about seven others
are browsing in the surrounding meadow. A herdsman is
also seen driving some cattle down a woody dell at the foot of
the mountain. The luminary of day, declining in the west,
sheds his refulgence over the surrounding scene, and the
cooling dews of evening succeed departing dav. This
admirable picture was painted in 1667, for an amateur at
Palermo. Engraved by Dubourg.
1st. 9^ in. by 2ft. 3s in.—C.
Collection of Lord Kinnaird, (bought by Mr. Glover) 1000Z.
- John Glover, Esq., 1830. (bought in) . . 700 gs.
Now in the possession of the Author,
173. Abraham sending away Hagar and Ishmael. The
artist, in pourtraying this subject, has chosen to imagine, that
the residence of the Patriarch was of the Grecian style, and he
has therefore represented him, together with Hagar and her
son, standing, with their hands united, in front of a building
of that description ; adjoining to which is the remains of a
beautiful temple of the Corinthian order, only two columns of
which are seen, with a tree growing among them. Abraham
appears to be speaking to Hagar and giving her some bread,
and at the same time points to some distant object, as if he were
directing her where to go. The surrounding country exhibits
vol. vm. u