KAREL DU JARDIN.
643
boy lies in a fore-shortened view, near a fence ; and a basket
and other objects are on the ground by his side. See No.
60, Vol. v.
9 in. by IQ.—P.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1841. Sir R. Price, Bart. M.P.
16. The Travelling Musicians. The scene represents an
Italian restorato, built against a rock, with a tree growing at
the side. In front of this are a youth and a lad playing on
violins, to the music of which a muleteer, in a sheepskin
jacket, is dancing; and the drollery of his antics excites the
risibility of the fat host of the inn ; his guest also, who stands
by his side, and a young man on an ass, as well as the hostess
at the door, are amused by the passing scene. See also No.
62, Vol. v.
About \ st. 10 by 1 ft. 8.—C.
Exhibited in the British Gallery. Wm. Scrope, Esq.
17. Peasants with Cattle halting at a stream to refresh.
The view exhibits a mountainous country, intersected by a
high road, with a water-mill on the right, beyond which the
scene is bounded by a lofty hill of a round unbroken form
and verdant appearance. A lucid stream ssows over the road
in the soreground, at which a traveller and a woman have
halted with their cattle, consisting of a white horse, a laden
mule, an ox, four sheep, and a goat; and on a little patch of
grass in the centre lies an ass. At some distance on the
road is a gentleman on a white horse, accompanied by a man
on foot, and followed by two dogs. The efsect is that of a
fine summer’s morning.
2 st. 0| by \ft. 9.—C.
Exhibited for private sale in the Collection of the Duchess de
Berri, at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, 1834, price 400/. Sold at
auction in Paris, 1837, for 5,827/r. (233/.)
643
boy lies in a fore-shortened view, near a fence ; and a basket
and other objects are on the ground by his side. See No.
60, Vol. v.
9 in. by IQ.—P.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1841. Sir R. Price, Bart. M.P.
16. The Travelling Musicians. The scene represents an
Italian restorato, built against a rock, with a tree growing at
the side. In front of this are a youth and a lad playing on
violins, to the music of which a muleteer, in a sheepskin
jacket, is dancing; and the drollery of his antics excites the
risibility of the fat host of the inn ; his guest also, who stands
by his side, and a young man on an ass, as well as the hostess
at the door, are amused by the passing scene. See also No.
62, Vol. v.
About \ st. 10 by 1 ft. 8.—C.
Exhibited in the British Gallery. Wm. Scrope, Esq.
17. Peasants with Cattle halting at a stream to refresh.
The view exhibits a mountainous country, intersected by a
high road, with a water-mill on the right, beyond which the
scene is bounded by a lofty hill of a round unbroken form
and verdant appearance. A lucid stream ssows over the road
in the soreground, at which a traveller and a woman have
halted with their cattle, consisting of a white horse, a laden
mule, an ox, four sheep, and a goat; and on a little patch of
grass in the centre lies an ass. At some distance on the
road is a gentleman on a white horse, accompanied by a man
on foot, and followed by two dogs. The efsect is that of a
fine summer’s morning.
2 st. 0| by \ft. 9.—C.
Exhibited for private sale in the Collection of the Duchess de
Berri, at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, 1834, price 400/. Sold at
auction in Paris, 1837, for 5,827/r. (233/.)