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ME. BARING'S COLLECTION.
Letter XVI.
given with the greatest truth, while the delicacy and. transparency
of the water shows his complete mastery over all detail.
Koeckoek.—1. The Rhine at Coblentz. The happy distri-
bution of light, and the solid treatment, distinguish this from the
more mechanical pictures of this artificial painter.
2. A winter landscape. In these subjects lies his strength, and
there is great truth of detail here, though the effect of the whole
is somewhat gaudy, and the treatment as if painted on china.
Modern French School.
Paul Delaroche.—The portrait of the artist's late wife kissing
her child. This lady was distinguished for beauty of form and
purity of expression. A male figure representing St. Joseph
converts this into a Holy Family. The head of the mother is
painted with great tenderness, the forms of the child carefully
modelled.
Meissonier.—A painter, in the costume of Louis XIV.'s time,
is looking over a portfolio. Though so little interesting in subject,
yet this justly celebrated painter, by the picturesqueness of the
arrangement, the masterly manner in which the cool tones are
carried out, the delicate drawing, and the careful yet free and
spirited execution, has imparted a great charm to the picture.
Robert Fleury.—An old man occupied in weighing gold.
Very animated and true in motive, warm in colouring, and
careful and yet broad in execution, but, excepting the figure, too
dark.
ME. BARING'S COLLECTION.
Letter XVI.
given with the greatest truth, while the delicacy and. transparency
of the water shows his complete mastery over all detail.
Koeckoek.—1. The Rhine at Coblentz. The happy distri-
bution of light, and the solid treatment, distinguish this from the
more mechanical pictures of this artificial painter.
2. A winter landscape. In these subjects lies his strength, and
there is great truth of detail here, though the effect of the whole
is somewhat gaudy, and the treatment as if painted on china.
Modern French School.
Paul Delaroche.—The portrait of the artist's late wife kissing
her child. This lady was distinguished for beauty of form and
purity of expression. A male figure representing St. Joseph
converts this into a Holy Family. The head of the mother is
painted with great tenderness, the forms of the child carefully
modelled.
Meissonier.—A painter, in the costume of Louis XIV.'s time,
is looking over a portfolio. Though so little interesting in subject,
yet this justly celebrated painter, by the picturesqueness of the
arrangement, the masterly manner in which the cool tones are
carried out, the delicate drawing, and the careful yet free and
spirited execution, has imparted a great charm to the picture.
Robert Fleury.—An old man occupied in weighing gold.
Very animated and true in motive, warm in colouring, and
careful and yet broad in execution, but, excepting the figure, too
dark.