DOI Heft:
No. 137 (August, 1904)
DOI Artikel:Richter, L. M.: The exhibition of the franch primitifs in Paris
DOI Artikel:Emerson, Peter H.: A modern house at Southbourne
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19882#0221
A House at Southbourne
ings, like those of the
Clouets, are intensely in-
teresting from an icono-
graphical standpoint, for
4k they reproduce for us,
5tudio ■ with apparent veracity
; and in the attractive attire
> —|—— i ■ ff ■ i111 r---"^■■^■■'qP" 0f the period, many
[mtbahi^ goer. ^ y_ ^ j I known to have played im-
f—-—"-? j portant parts in those
Billiard ■ r r
Poon ; days. Jean Decourt,
| Quesnel, Pierre Moustier,
I are all followers in the
\ , / m__F^^^ school of the Clouets, a
school which has notlost its
plan of "foxwold," southbourne g. h. brewerton, architect attraction even at this day.
Louise M. Richter.
bequeathed by him at his death to his nephew A MODERN HOUSE AT SOUTH-
^_ BY P. H. EMERSON.
to authenticity, and are considered amongst the
rarest and most precious examples of French * *■ Having lived for years in furnished and
sixteenth-century art. Among these perhaps the unfurnished houses, at last an opportunity came
most attractive is the likeness of Mary Stuart, for the purchase of a small property and settling
executed at the time when for so brief a period down. But after travelling miles upon miles, and
she was Queen of France. It is interesting spending pounds upon pounds, I found I was no
to compare this drawing with another sketch at nearer the accomplishment of my wishes, though I
Chantilly, wherein Francois Clouet again repro- had added to my knowledge of the wiles of the
duced her fair features,
wearing a widow's cap.
By Frangois Clouet also
is the portrait in oils of
Elisabeth of Austria,
wife of Charles IX.,
in the Louvre. There is
a replica of this, which
must rank as one of his
finest achievements, at
Chantilly. Corneille de
Lyon, a contemporary of
the Clouets, is also repre-
sented here by a number
of works. He seems to
have been as a painter a
favourite of Catherine de
Medicis, whose likeness,
now at Chantilly (Galerie
du Logis), he has handed
down to us in an excel-
lent drawing, probably
executed at the time when
she passed through Lyons
as Dauphine of France.
His pictures and draw- " foxwold," southbourne g. h. brewerton, architect
197
ings, like those of the
Clouets, are intensely in-
teresting from an icono-
graphical standpoint, for
4k they reproduce for us,
5tudio ■ with apparent veracity
; and in the attractive attire
> —|—— i ■ ff ■ i111 r---"^■■^■■'qP" 0f the period, many
[mtbahi^ goer. ^ y_ ^ j I known to have played im-
f—-—"-? j portant parts in those
Billiard ■ r r
Poon ; days. Jean Decourt,
| Quesnel, Pierre Moustier,
I are all followers in the
\ , / m__F^^^ school of the Clouets, a
school which has notlost its
plan of "foxwold," southbourne g. h. brewerton, architect attraction even at this day.
Louise M. Richter.
bequeathed by him at his death to his nephew A MODERN HOUSE AT SOUTH-
^_ BY P. H. EMERSON.
to authenticity, and are considered amongst the
rarest and most precious examples of French * *■ Having lived for years in furnished and
sixteenth-century art. Among these perhaps the unfurnished houses, at last an opportunity came
most attractive is the likeness of Mary Stuart, for the purchase of a small property and settling
executed at the time when for so brief a period down. But after travelling miles upon miles, and
she was Queen of France. It is interesting spending pounds upon pounds, I found I was no
to compare this drawing with another sketch at nearer the accomplishment of my wishes, though I
Chantilly, wherein Francois Clouet again repro- had added to my knowledge of the wiles of the
duced her fair features,
wearing a widow's cap.
By Frangois Clouet also
is the portrait in oils of
Elisabeth of Austria,
wife of Charles IX.,
in the Louvre. There is
a replica of this, which
must rank as one of his
finest achievements, at
Chantilly. Corneille de
Lyon, a contemporary of
the Clouets, is also repre-
sented here by a number
of works. He seems to
have been as a painter a
favourite of Catherine de
Medicis, whose likeness,
now at Chantilly (Galerie
du Logis), he has handed
down to us in an excel-
lent drawing, probably
executed at the time when
she passed through Lyons
as Dauphine of France.
His pictures and draw- " foxwold," southbourne g. h. brewerton, architect
197