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BARON L. ROTHSCHILD'S COLLECTION. Letter XV.
Behind in the sunny evening light are skaters. Of very solid
execution.
Philip Wouvermans.—A party of falconers, cavaliers, and
ladies halting near an old building. Some more distant buildings
are partially obscured with fog. The unusually large figures are
executed with the utmost delicacy, but the general effect is some-
what dark. This admirable picture was purchased at the sale of
the Duke de Berri's collection in Paris, in 1837, for 735/. On
wood, 1 ft. 10i in. high, 2 ft. 2 in. wide.
Sir David Wilkie.—A woman with children before a house,
and four other persons, one of whom is holding his nose. Well
composed, but unusually dull in colouring.
Vandyck.—A horseman galloping, another trotting. The
same figures occur in another picture by Vandyck in Bucking-
ham Palace, and in one by Rubens in the Museum at Berlin,
only accompanied by a third horseman walking. Very powerful;
the sky dark.
Domenichino.—The repentant Magdalen. In size and style
of painting almost a companion to his well-known St, John the
Evangelist at Castle Howard; noble in feeling, delicate in form,
warm and transparent, and successfully carried out.
Caspar Netscher.—A whole-length portrait, with a page
in more subdued light. A work of the master's later period, and
with all his peculiar elegance.
Peter de Hooge.—Two men seated at a table, with a woman
standing by them, who is drinking beer ; a child in front The
figures are unusually small for him in comparison with the space,
but the sunny lighting of the whole is carried out with all his
mastery.
Jacob Ruysdael.-—1. A dark forest, with a sunbeam piercing
through. Of great charm of nature.
2. A wood with water. Figures by Adrian Van de Velde.
A charming picture, though hung too high to allow of the details
being properly seen.
Greuze.—1. A young girl by the side of her bed looking at a
watch. Her peevish expression shows that she has been kept
waiting for some one. Very tender.
2. A young girl in sorrow leaning on her hand. A beautiful
combination of softness and decision in the forms.
BARON L. ROTHSCHILD'S COLLECTION. Letter XV.
Behind in the sunny evening light are skaters. Of very solid
execution.
Philip Wouvermans.—A party of falconers, cavaliers, and
ladies halting near an old building. Some more distant buildings
are partially obscured with fog. The unusually large figures are
executed with the utmost delicacy, but the general effect is some-
what dark. This admirable picture was purchased at the sale of
the Duke de Berri's collection in Paris, in 1837, for 735/. On
wood, 1 ft. 10i in. high, 2 ft. 2 in. wide.
Sir David Wilkie.—A woman with children before a house,
and four other persons, one of whom is holding his nose. Well
composed, but unusually dull in colouring.
Vandyck.—A horseman galloping, another trotting. The
same figures occur in another picture by Vandyck in Bucking-
ham Palace, and in one by Rubens in the Museum at Berlin,
only accompanied by a third horseman walking. Very powerful;
the sky dark.
Domenichino.—The repentant Magdalen. In size and style
of painting almost a companion to his well-known St, John the
Evangelist at Castle Howard; noble in feeling, delicate in form,
warm and transparent, and successfully carried out.
Caspar Netscher.—A whole-length portrait, with a page
in more subdued light. A work of the master's later period, and
with all his peculiar elegance.
Peter de Hooge.—Two men seated at a table, with a woman
standing by them, who is drinking beer ; a child in front The
figures are unusually small for him in comparison with the space,
but the sunny lighting of the whole is carried out with all his
mastery.
Jacob Ruysdael.-—1. A dark forest, with a sunbeam piercing
through. Of great charm of nature.
2. A wood with water. Figures by Adrian Van de Velde.
A charming picture, though hung too high to allow of the details
being properly seen.
Greuze.—1. A young girl by the side of her bed looking at a
watch. Her peevish expression shows that she has been kept
waiting for some one. Very tender.
2. A young girl in sorrow leaning on her hand. A beautiful
combination of softness and decision in the forms.