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CHATSWORTH.
Letter XXX.
The Virgin seated, giving the Child a pink; the Baptist look-
ing up to him with the Cross : of his later time. A broad and
skilful pen-drawing. Inscribed with his monogram.
A male portrait; highly animated and broad: black chalk;
dated mdxviii.
Lucas Cranach.—A combat. Slight pen-drawing.
Finally I must mention a considerable number of water-colour
drawings, of great truth of nature and very careful, representing
animals, chiefly birds, together with a monkey, a serpent, a panther,
and some fruits. One of the drawings is dated 1540. They greatly
recall the manner in which Albert Durer treated such subjects,
and are, without doubt, the work of some capital artist of the
Nuremberg school.
Netherlandish School.
Lucas van Leyden.—Above, a peasant; below, a landscape,
and an executioner wielding a sword. Very delicately drawn with
the silver point; without name here.
Rubens.-—A cripple ; the lower half of the figure an admirable
original; the upper half a copy.
A study from nature of cows appeared to me in his manner, but
was placed too high for me to judge.
Some heads, slightly drawn with the pen, but full of spirit,
called Vandyck. Those in chalk I consider to be by another
hand.
Rembrandt.—The Holy Family, in homely domestic life.
The Virgin kissing the Child ; Joseph carpentering ; a kettle upon
the fire. Of true feeling, broadly and sketchily executed in bistre
with white.
Figures of various men ; the subject unknown to me. Of strong-
effect of light, and very beautifully executed in pen and Indian ink.
' A landscape with three persons seated in the foreground;
slightly treated with pen and sepia. Not named here.
Jan Miel.—A rural meal; slightly coloured, full of life.
William Van de Velde.—A slightly agitated sea, of ad-
mirable arrangement of light; in Indian ink. Inscribed.
An almost calm sea of great beauty ; Indian ink. Inscribed.
A calm sea with various large and small vessels : masterly.
I next proceed to examine the manuscripts with miniatures con-
tained in the library.
CHATSWORTH.
Letter XXX.
The Virgin seated, giving the Child a pink; the Baptist look-
ing up to him with the Cross : of his later time. A broad and
skilful pen-drawing. Inscribed with his monogram.
A male portrait; highly animated and broad: black chalk;
dated mdxviii.
Lucas Cranach.—A combat. Slight pen-drawing.
Finally I must mention a considerable number of water-colour
drawings, of great truth of nature and very careful, representing
animals, chiefly birds, together with a monkey, a serpent, a panther,
and some fruits. One of the drawings is dated 1540. They greatly
recall the manner in which Albert Durer treated such subjects,
and are, without doubt, the work of some capital artist of the
Nuremberg school.
Netherlandish School.
Lucas van Leyden.—Above, a peasant; below, a landscape,
and an executioner wielding a sword. Very delicately drawn with
the silver point; without name here.
Rubens.-—A cripple ; the lower half of the figure an admirable
original; the upper half a copy.
A study from nature of cows appeared to me in his manner, but
was placed too high for me to judge.
Some heads, slightly drawn with the pen, but full of spirit,
called Vandyck. Those in chalk I consider to be by another
hand.
Rembrandt.—The Holy Family, in homely domestic life.
The Virgin kissing the Child ; Joseph carpentering ; a kettle upon
the fire. Of true feeling, broadly and sketchily executed in bistre
with white.
Figures of various men ; the subject unknown to me. Of strong-
effect of light, and very beautifully executed in pen and Indian ink.
' A landscape with three persons seated in the foreground;
slightly treated with pen and sepia. Not named here.
Jan Miel.—A rural meal; slightly coloured, full of life.
William Van de Velde.—A slightly agitated sea, of ad-
mirable arrangement of light; in Indian ink. Inscribed.
An almost calm sea of great beauty ; Indian ink. Inscribed.
A calm sea with various large and small vessels : masterly.
I next proceed to examine the manuscripts with miniatures con-
tained in the library.