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Letter XXVIII. ROYAL INSTITUTION.
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47. Ferdinand Bol.—Portrait of a professor; hard and dis-
agreeable.
49. Tintoretto.—5. Portrait of a senator ; genuine; but com-
monplace.
51. Tiepolo.—The Finding of Moses ; a very good, and for him
unusually powerfully-coloured picture, in the style of Paul Veronese.
52. -—2. The landing of Pharaoh's daughter; admirably exe-
cuted in his more broken colours.
I mention also the following older pictures, which are not in the
catalogue :•—-
Walscapellen.—A breakfast; a very good picture by this
rare and excellent master, in the taste of A. Mignon.
Bonifazio.—The Last Supper; a particularly fine work in
composition, glow of colouring, and mastery of execution.
Caspar Netscher.—Portrait of a noble boy; a delicate pic-
ture in the silvery tones peculiar to his later period.
Cornelius FIuysman.—A poetic landscape, of tolerable size,
and of very powerful colour.
Of the pictures of the modern school the following were most
remarkable :—
59. H. W. Williams.—The Temple of Minerva at Sunium ;
a water-colour drawing of singular power and freedom.
60. Rev. John Thompson.—Bruce's Castle of Turnberry;
spiritedly conceived, and of great power of colouring, but decora-
tive in treatment, and showing, by its deep cracks, the want of a
sound technical basis.
Here I may also mention five pictures by Etty, belonging to
the Scotch Academy, and exhibited in a separate room. I here
saw this master in a new and most favourable light, namely, as an
historical painter of great energy in events of the deepest dramatic
character ; with figures as large as life, displaying motives of the
utmost animation, though sometimes bordering on the theatrical;
a powerful colouring, and a solid, marrowy treatment. Three of
the pictures represent events from the history of Judith :—herself
about to kill Holofernes ; her female attendant waiting before the
tent; and Judith putting the head into the basket. Another
picture is, "Woman interceding for the Vanquished:" a female
figure, of noble and touching expression, with two figures in
mortal combat, Benaiah slaying the two lion-men of Moab is the
most exaggerated.
271
47. Ferdinand Bol.—Portrait of a professor; hard and dis-
agreeable.
49. Tintoretto.—5. Portrait of a senator ; genuine; but com-
monplace.
51. Tiepolo.—The Finding of Moses ; a very good, and for him
unusually powerfully-coloured picture, in the style of Paul Veronese.
52. -—2. The landing of Pharaoh's daughter; admirably exe-
cuted in his more broken colours.
I mention also the following older pictures, which are not in the
catalogue :•—-
Walscapellen.—A breakfast; a very good picture by this
rare and excellent master, in the taste of A. Mignon.
Bonifazio.—The Last Supper; a particularly fine work in
composition, glow of colouring, and mastery of execution.
Caspar Netscher.—Portrait of a noble boy; a delicate pic-
ture in the silvery tones peculiar to his later period.
Cornelius FIuysman.—A poetic landscape, of tolerable size,
and of very powerful colour.
Of the pictures of the modern school the following were most
remarkable :—
59. H. W. Williams.—The Temple of Minerva at Sunium ;
a water-colour drawing of singular power and freedom.
60. Rev. John Thompson.—Bruce's Castle of Turnberry;
spiritedly conceived, and of great power of colouring, but decora-
tive in treatment, and showing, by its deep cracks, the want of a
sound technical basis.
Here I may also mention five pictures by Etty, belonging to
the Scotch Academy, and exhibited in a separate room. I here
saw this master in a new and most favourable light, namely, as an
historical painter of great energy in events of the deepest dramatic
character ; with figures as large as life, displaying motives of the
utmost animation, though sometimes bordering on the theatrical;
a powerful colouring, and a solid, marrowy treatment. Three of
the pictures represent events from the history of Judith :—herself
about to kill Holofernes ; her female attendant waiting before the
tent; and Judith putting the head into the basket. Another
picture is, "Woman interceding for the Vanquished:" a female
figure, of noble and touching expression, with two figures in
mortal combat, Benaiah slaying the two lion-men of Moab is the
most exaggerated.