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PET WORTH.
Letter XXIII.
Very lively in conception, and of fresh transparent colour. The
treatment, however, too sketchy.
Jacob Ruysdael.—2. A waterfall. Fresh, powerful, and trans-
parent, and of decided and, for him, peculiarly warm lighting.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—7. Prince Boothby, Esq. Delicate
and animated in conception ; easy in arrangement. The colour,
unfortunately, somewhat faded.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—8. A lady, with a letter in her hand,
sitting in a contemplative position. To the knees. Of a refined
and peculiar charm.
Simon de Vlieger.—A thunderstorm on the sea; in a warm
lighting; inscribed with his name. Very poetically treated, and
one of the best pictures by the master that I know.
Ludolph Backhuysen.—A slightly agitated sea. The water
very true, otherwise inferior in merit.
Dirk Maas.—The Battle of the Boyne. Animatedly conceived,
and of unusually careful execution,
Vandyck.—10. Portraits of Sir Robert Shirley and his lady.
Whole-length figures, life size. They appear to me too feeble in
drawing and too heavy in colour for Vandyck.
Albert Cuyp.—1. A view of a hilly country near Nimeguen,
with a shepherd-boy, three sheep, and a goat, in the foreground.
In the centre a farmer on horseback. A shepherd drawing water
from a stream on the other side. 3 ft. 9 in. high, by 5 ft. 9^ in.
wide. This picture is of the best time of the master, and, in
composition, transparency of colour, and unusual richness of
detail, it is of the highest merit.
Two female portraits, whole-length figures, life size; also attri-
buted to Vandyck. Neither of them attracted me, and one of
them, at all events, can hardly be by his hand.
Rubens.—2. Portraits of two prelates kneeling before a table in
prayer; whole-length figures, life size. Each picture 6 ft. 4 in.
high, by 3 ft. 9 in. wide. Admirable works of the master. The
conception very animated; the colouring luminous, but true and
subdued; the treatment very spirited.
Kessler.—A painter who lived at Cologne. A male portrait
of merit. Inscribed " F. Kessler fecit Oldendorpius, Aetate suae
51, 1624."
Van der Meulen.—2, 3, 4, and 5. Several good pictures,
with Louis XIV. in one of them.
PET WORTH.
Letter XXIII.
Very lively in conception, and of fresh transparent colour. The
treatment, however, too sketchy.
Jacob Ruysdael.—2. A waterfall. Fresh, powerful, and trans-
parent, and of decided and, for him, peculiarly warm lighting.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—7. Prince Boothby, Esq. Delicate
and animated in conception ; easy in arrangement. The colour,
unfortunately, somewhat faded.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—8. A lady, with a letter in her hand,
sitting in a contemplative position. To the knees. Of a refined
and peculiar charm.
Simon de Vlieger.—A thunderstorm on the sea; in a warm
lighting; inscribed with his name. Very poetically treated, and
one of the best pictures by the master that I know.
Ludolph Backhuysen.—A slightly agitated sea. The water
very true, otherwise inferior in merit.
Dirk Maas.—The Battle of the Boyne. Animatedly conceived,
and of unusually careful execution,
Vandyck.—10. Portraits of Sir Robert Shirley and his lady.
Whole-length figures, life size. They appear to me too feeble in
drawing and too heavy in colour for Vandyck.
Albert Cuyp.—1. A view of a hilly country near Nimeguen,
with a shepherd-boy, three sheep, and a goat, in the foreground.
In the centre a farmer on horseback. A shepherd drawing water
from a stream on the other side. 3 ft. 9 in. high, by 5 ft. 9^ in.
wide. This picture is of the best time of the master, and, in
composition, transparency of colour, and unusual richness of
detail, it is of the highest merit.
Two female portraits, whole-length figures, life size; also attri-
buted to Vandyck. Neither of them attracted me, and one of
them, at all events, can hardly be by his hand.
Rubens.—2. Portraits of two prelates kneeling before a table in
prayer; whole-length figures, life size. Each picture 6 ft. 4 in.
high, by 3 ft. 9 in. wide. Admirable works of the master. The
conception very animated; the colouring luminous, but true and
subdued; the treatment very spirited.
Kessler.—A painter who lived at Cologne. A male portrait
of merit. Inscribed " F. Kessler fecit Oldendorpius, Aetate suae
51, 1624."
Van der Meulen.—2, 3, 4, and 5. Several good pictures,
with Louis XIV. in one of them.