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MR. FORSTER'S COLLECTION.
Letter XXII.
This admirable picture, in point of clearness and transparency of
colour and solidity of execution, approaches very near to Metzu in
his best time. The head, and especially the ear, of the old man
are exquisitely painted. Inscribed.
Carel Dujardin.—A landscape in morning light, with a hilly
distance ; a herdswoman is passing a ford with oxen, ass, goat,
and sheep, and conversing with a man seated on the shore. Ad-
mirably executed in every portion in the clearest silvery tones.
The early morning sky, with luminous clouds and sunny distance,
especially beautiful. Inscribed " K. Du Jardin fecit."
Berghem.—A hilly landscape in evening light, intersected with
a piece of water. In the foreground a man with red jacket and
sheepskin on a horse, with an ox and a dog. In the middle distance
are cows, goats, and a sheep in a ford; farther back another flock.
This picture, which is carefully carried out in a warm and very
transparent tone, and with an admirable body of colour, displays
the most singular delicacy in the gradation of the masses of light ;
the chief points of which in the different planes of distance are
given in the sheepskin and white ox in the foreground, in a white
cow and a goat in the middle distance, and in a white cow in the
distance, and, finally, carried out in the sunny side of the clouds.
Inscribed.
Albert Cuyp.—A hilly landscape in morning light, a man in
a red mantle on a grey horse under a tree in the foreground. In
the middle distance two more figures on brown horses; behind
them a wood with hills above; on the other side a plain. The
powerful colours of the horseman in front form a striking contrast
to the delicate aerial silvery tones of the general picture, which
combines the master's fine impasto with an execution of detail
equal to Jan Both. Inscribed.
Jacob Ruysdael.—A view of the Y, with a cloudy sky and
agitated water. In the foreground are palings washed over by
the tide, with a ray of sunlight falling upon them. In the middle
distance the masses of shade are happily broken by the white sail
of a boat on which the sun is shining. Pieces of blue sky are
seen here and there through the exquisitely rendered atmosphere,
and the warm glow of the sun has just reached some clouds.
Even in the very darkest parts this broad yet very carefully
treated picture is quite transparent. It was discovered in Holstein
MR. FORSTER'S COLLECTION.
Letter XXII.
This admirable picture, in point of clearness and transparency of
colour and solidity of execution, approaches very near to Metzu in
his best time. The head, and especially the ear, of the old man
are exquisitely painted. Inscribed.
Carel Dujardin.—A landscape in morning light, with a hilly
distance ; a herdswoman is passing a ford with oxen, ass, goat,
and sheep, and conversing with a man seated on the shore. Ad-
mirably executed in every portion in the clearest silvery tones.
The early morning sky, with luminous clouds and sunny distance,
especially beautiful. Inscribed " K. Du Jardin fecit."
Berghem.—A hilly landscape in evening light, intersected with
a piece of water. In the foreground a man with red jacket and
sheepskin on a horse, with an ox and a dog. In the middle distance
are cows, goats, and a sheep in a ford; farther back another flock.
This picture, which is carefully carried out in a warm and very
transparent tone, and with an admirable body of colour, displays
the most singular delicacy in the gradation of the masses of light ;
the chief points of which in the different planes of distance are
given in the sheepskin and white ox in the foreground, in a white
cow and a goat in the middle distance, and in a white cow in the
distance, and, finally, carried out in the sunny side of the clouds.
Inscribed.
Albert Cuyp.—A hilly landscape in morning light, a man in
a red mantle on a grey horse under a tree in the foreground. In
the middle distance two more figures on brown horses; behind
them a wood with hills above; on the other side a plain. The
powerful colours of the horseman in front form a striking contrast
to the delicate aerial silvery tones of the general picture, which
combines the master's fine impasto with an execution of detail
equal to Jan Both. Inscribed.
Jacob Ruysdael.—A view of the Y, with a cloudy sky and
agitated water. In the foreground are palings washed over by
the tide, with a ray of sunlight falling upon them. In the middle
distance the masses of shade are happily broken by the white sail
of a boat on which the sun is shining. Pieces of blue sky are
seen here and there through the exquisitely rendered atmosphere,
and the warm glow of the sun has just reached some clouds.
Even in the very darkest parts this broad yet very carefully
treated picture is quite transparent. It was discovered in Holstein