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Letter XVI. FLEMISH AND DUTCH SCHOOLS.
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and ultimately in the Fesch collection, whence it was purchased
for 1600/., probably the highest price ever given for a Greuze.
2. A young girl with a dove, of the utmost delicacy and ele-
gance. Purchased for 900 guineas.
3. A picture from the collection of Mr. Hope.*
Horace Vernet.—Four pictures of battles. From Louis
Philippe's collection.*
Flemish and Dutch Schools.
Rubens.—1. Christ giving the keys to Peter. A composition
of five figures, to the knees, on wood, 4 ft. 3 in. high, 3 ft. 5^- in.
wide. Painted in the very meridian of the great master's power
for the monument of Vicomte d'Amant, Chancellor of Brabant,
in the cathedral of St. Gudule at Brussels, and displaying in
every respect his highest skill. The heads are incomparably
nobler in form than usual, the drawing more careful, the broad
and masterly execution of solid body, and in transparent and
luminous gold tones. Sold to Lafontaine at Paris by the church-
wardens of St. Gudule, it then passed over to England, where it
was purchased by Mr. Nieuwenhuys for the King of Holland,
and bought at His Majesty's sale for the sum of 700 guineas for
Lord Hertford.
2. A Holy Family, with St. Joseph, St. John, and St. Elizabeth :
on wood, 4ft. 2 in. high, 3 ft. 1 in. wide. Also a work of the
highest order, formerly one of the chief ornaments of the Imperial
Gallery of the Belvedere, and presented by the Emperor Joseph in
1784 to M. Burtin of Brussels, the well-known collector and writer
on art. A happy form of composition is here combined with an
unusual depth of feeling in the heads, which, with the exception of
the Christ, are all, for Rubens, very elevated. The execution is
solid and careful in the most enchanting golden tones, and the
chiaroscuro of the Virgin's head so exquisite that the connoisseur
will find it difficult to quit this picture. Formerly in the Lapey-
riere collection, where it was obtained for 2500 guineas ; pur-
chased by Lord Hertford for 3000 guineas.
3. A portrait, from the original collection in Manchester House.*
Vandyck.—1 and 2. Pictures of Philip Le Roy, Seigneur of
Ravels, an ardent patron of art, and his lady. Whole-length
figures, the size of life. Canvas, 6 ft. 3^ in. high, 3 ft. 6| in. wide.
157
and ultimately in the Fesch collection, whence it was purchased
for 1600/., probably the highest price ever given for a Greuze.
2. A young girl with a dove, of the utmost delicacy and ele-
gance. Purchased for 900 guineas.
3. A picture from the collection of Mr. Hope.*
Horace Vernet.—Four pictures of battles. From Louis
Philippe's collection.*
Flemish and Dutch Schools.
Rubens.—1. Christ giving the keys to Peter. A composition
of five figures, to the knees, on wood, 4 ft. 3 in. high, 3 ft. 5^- in.
wide. Painted in the very meridian of the great master's power
for the monument of Vicomte d'Amant, Chancellor of Brabant,
in the cathedral of St. Gudule at Brussels, and displaying in
every respect his highest skill. The heads are incomparably
nobler in form than usual, the drawing more careful, the broad
and masterly execution of solid body, and in transparent and
luminous gold tones. Sold to Lafontaine at Paris by the church-
wardens of St. Gudule, it then passed over to England, where it
was purchased by Mr. Nieuwenhuys for the King of Holland,
and bought at His Majesty's sale for the sum of 700 guineas for
Lord Hertford.
2. A Holy Family, with St. Joseph, St. John, and St. Elizabeth :
on wood, 4ft. 2 in. high, 3 ft. 1 in. wide. Also a work of the
highest order, formerly one of the chief ornaments of the Imperial
Gallery of the Belvedere, and presented by the Emperor Joseph in
1784 to M. Burtin of Brussels, the well-known collector and writer
on art. A happy form of composition is here combined with an
unusual depth of feeling in the heads, which, with the exception of
the Christ, are all, for Rubens, very elevated. The execution is
solid and careful in the most enchanting golden tones, and the
chiaroscuro of the Virgin's head so exquisite that the connoisseur
will find it difficult to quit this picture. Formerly in the Lapey-
riere collection, where it was obtained for 2500 guineas ; pur-
chased by Lord Hertford for 3000 guineas.
3. A portrait, from the original collection in Manchester House.*
Vandyck.—1 and 2. Pictures of Philip Le Roy, Seigneur of
Ravels, an ardent patron of art, and his lady. Whole-length
figures, the size of life. Canvas, 6 ft. 3^ in. high, 3 ft. 6| in. wide.