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Waagen, Gustav Friedrich
Treasures of art in Great Britain: being an account of the chief collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, illuminated mss., etc. (Band 3) — London, 1854

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Letter XXX.

COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS.

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and Ariadne in the island of Naxos, in the collection of Lord
Ashburnham, but with certain deviations; finely drawn with pen,
sepia, and bistre.

Domenichino.—Some very fine landscapes.

Guercino.—Four bacchanalian children. Uncommonly deli-
cate and graceful, and very softly treated in black and red chalk
with the stump.

German School.

Holbein.—A frame containing six drawings in as many small
circles of about 2^ in. in diameter; the outlines drawn with the
pen, the shadows lightly rendered in sepia, with partial indications
of the flesh-tints. These are among the most delicate specimens
of the master I know, and have an especial affinity with the mag-
nificent drawing of a dagger-sheath in the collection of the Ge-
heimrath Beuth, in Berlin. The separate subjects are : 1. The
Fall of Phaeton. 2. The Last Judgment. 3. A coat of arms,
with Cupid bound and blindfolded, three beehives and the motto
" Nocet empta dolore voluptas ;" the design of this border is also
very beautiful. 4. Hagar and Ishmael. 5. Diana and Actseon.
6. A knight looking at a clock, on which is a boy about to strike
the hour with a hammer, with the motto " Aspetto lahora." This
frame also contains a slight but spirited sketch, in the same style,
of a vase with the Rape of Heleu It would be most desirable
for all lovers of art if fac-similes of these drawings could be made,
and I know no one in England more qualified for such a task than
the admirable draughtsman Mr. George Scharf jun.

Knights, lovers, and a fool, in a landscape, with buildings in
the taste of the Renaissance ; above, in a loggia, musicians. Full
of spirit and humour ; slightly drawn with the pen, with indications
of shadows in Indian ink, and dated 1534.

A female figure, with an armorial shield ; pen and Indian ink ;
a charming work of his earlier time.

A male portrait much resembling that of Archbishop Albrecht
of Mayence. Very refined, and of masterly execution, chiefly in
Indian ink, and inscribed " H. H."

Portrait of a knight; very animated : broadly and freely drawn
wdth black chalk.

Albert Durer.—Figures of old and young women in a bath-
ing-room, with two attendants. Very spiritedly and slightly
drawn with the pen, and dated 1516.
 
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