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BE IDGE WATER HOUSE.
Letter XIII.
Very pleasing for the playful lights and the tender gradation.
Some parts have, however, turned rather dark. 2 ft. 2 in. high, 2
ft. 8 in. wide. On canvas (No. 166).
2. A watermill and other buildings (No. 148), singularly clear,
careful, and mellow ; and, for Hobbema, remarkable for the large,
quiet masses of shade and bright light; inscribed with his name
and the year 1657. 1 ft. 2 in. high, 1 ft. 8i in. wide.
Jan Both.—1. A cavern in a rock in the foreground is very
agreeably contrasted with the blueish distance (No. 112). Three
travellers and some cattle by Adrian Both animate this beautiful
cabinet picture, which has the warm mellow tone of a fine southern
summer evening, llh in. high, 1 ft. 2f in. wide.
2. Four figures bathing in a piece of clear water, in which the
serene warm evening sky is reflected : a mountainous landscape.
The figures by Poelenburg (No. 193). A picture of the greatest
idyllic beauty, of full harmonious colouring and soft melting finish.
2 ft. 1 in. high, 1 ft. 7 in. wide. On panel.
Sojon de Vlieger. — By this excellent marine painter here is
a view of the coast of Scheveningen, which is very striking for the
brilliant sunny light, the great truth, the gently-agitated water,
the very careful execution, and extraordinary clearness.
William Van t>e Velde.—In pictures by this great master,
this collection, like that of Sir Robert Peel, is one of the first in
the world. If the latter takes the lead in calm sea-pieces, this is
richer in representations of the element in a state of agitation,
and in naval battles. 1. View of the entrance to the Texel, in
stormy weather, with a cloudy, rainy sky (No. 196). Among the
large and small vessels which diversify the agitated surface, the eye
falls, in the first instance, on a packet-boat, lighted by a sunbeam,
- against which the foaming waves are dashing. There is something
peculiarly pleasing in the delicate grey tone of the flat coast, which
is lighted by another sunbeam. The wetness, clearness, and mo-
tion of the water are so true to nature, and the sky has such
variety of gradations in the clouds, that the spectator always returns
with delight to this poetical masterpiece. 4 ft. 4 in. high, 6 ft.
8 in. wide. On canvas.
2. A man-of-war struggling with the waves (No. 145). A
piece of wreck is driving near a shoal; the dark sky threatens a
more violent storm. A spirited composition, broader in the treat-
BE IDGE WATER HOUSE.
Letter XIII.
Very pleasing for the playful lights and the tender gradation.
Some parts have, however, turned rather dark. 2 ft. 2 in. high, 2
ft. 8 in. wide. On canvas (No. 166).
2. A watermill and other buildings (No. 148), singularly clear,
careful, and mellow ; and, for Hobbema, remarkable for the large,
quiet masses of shade and bright light; inscribed with his name
and the year 1657. 1 ft. 2 in. high, 1 ft. 8i in. wide.
Jan Both.—1. A cavern in a rock in the foreground is very
agreeably contrasted with the blueish distance (No. 112). Three
travellers and some cattle by Adrian Both animate this beautiful
cabinet picture, which has the warm mellow tone of a fine southern
summer evening, llh in. high, 1 ft. 2f in. wide.
2. Four figures bathing in a piece of clear water, in which the
serene warm evening sky is reflected : a mountainous landscape.
The figures by Poelenburg (No. 193). A picture of the greatest
idyllic beauty, of full harmonious colouring and soft melting finish.
2 ft. 1 in. high, 1 ft. 7 in. wide. On panel.
Sojon de Vlieger. — By this excellent marine painter here is
a view of the coast of Scheveningen, which is very striking for the
brilliant sunny light, the great truth, the gently-agitated water,
the very careful execution, and extraordinary clearness.
William Van t>e Velde.—In pictures by this great master,
this collection, like that of Sir Robert Peel, is one of the first in
the world. If the latter takes the lead in calm sea-pieces, this is
richer in representations of the element in a state of agitation,
and in naval battles. 1. View of the entrance to the Texel, in
stormy weather, with a cloudy, rainy sky (No. 196). Among the
large and small vessels which diversify the agitated surface, the eye
falls, in the first instance, on a packet-boat, lighted by a sunbeam,
- against which the foaming waves are dashing. There is something
peculiarly pleasing in the delicate grey tone of the flat coast, which
is lighted by another sunbeam. The wetness, clearness, and mo-
tion of the water are so true to nature, and the sky has such
variety of gradations in the clouds, that the spectator always returns
with delight to this poetical masterpiece. 4 ft. 4 in. high, 6 ft.
8 in. wide. On canvas.
2. A man-of-war struggling with the waves (No. 145). A
piece of wreck is driving near a shoal; the dark sky threatens a
more violent storm. A spirited composition, broader in the treat-