Letter XXX.
COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS.
359
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.
COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS.
359
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.