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Letter II.
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the general effect excellent, and the details rendered in black
chalk with much feeling.
Jan Steen.—A peasant looking into a drinking-vessel, which
he is holding aloft; also a woman and a man. Signed. Slightly
but very spiritedly drawn with pen and brush in sepia. Drawings
by this painter seldom occur.
Jan van Huysum.—1. A duck. Carefully and spiritedly
drawn in the freshest water-colours. Formerly in the Verstolk
Collection. A present from Mr. Hawkins of Bicknor.
2. Study of a poppy, two convolvoluses, and a rose. Highly
masterly ; also in water-colour.
3. Flowers in a jar. A study. In Indian ink. Broad and
spirited.
-1. Tulips, in water-colour. Masterly.
Artus van der Neer.—View of a canal. Picturesque and
broad, in black chalk.
Jan van Goyen.—A sea-coast. Signed, and dated 1649.
Of pure feeling for nature, and broad and spirited.
Backhuysen.—View of the coast of Scheveningen, after the
departure of the fleet of William of Orange. Many figures are
introduced. Spiritedly executed in Indian ink.
Schotel.'—A sea view, with a fresh wind. The waves of great
truth. The execution in Indian ink is very careful.
Albert Durer.—1. Study of buttercups, trefoil, &c, in water-
colour. On parchment. Of singular truth, and marvellous exe-
cution of detail.
2. A bird. In similar style. Very broadly treated. Dated
1509, and with the earliest form of his monogram. A proof that
even at this late period he occasionally employed it.
3. A large beetle. In the same style, and also admirable.
The following miniature portraits I found the most remark-
able :—
Holbein.—Portrait of the Princess Mary, afterwards Catholic
Queen Mary, as a young girl. From the Rogers collection. Of
rare delicacy.
Isaac Oliver.—Portrait of Lord Southampton, in black dress
and white collar. An oval, about 1^ in. high, and 1-^ in.
across. Inscribed with the monogram of the artist and 1623.
Very careful. How highly the miniatures of remarkable per-
MB. BALE'S COLLECTION.
119
the general effect excellent, and the details rendered in black
chalk with much feeling.
Jan Steen.—A peasant looking into a drinking-vessel, which
he is holding aloft; also a woman and a man. Signed. Slightly
but very spiritedly drawn with pen and brush in sepia. Drawings
by this painter seldom occur.
Jan van Huysum.—1. A duck. Carefully and spiritedly
drawn in the freshest water-colours. Formerly in the Verstolk
Collection. A present from Mr. Hawkins of Bicknor.
2. Study of a poppy, two convolvoluses, and a rose. Highly
masterly ; also in water-colour.
3. Flowers in a jar. A study. In Indian ink. Broad and
spirited.
-1. Tulips, in water-colour. Masterly.
Artus van der Neer.—View of a canal. Picturesque and
broad, in black chalk.
Jan van Goyen.—A sea-coast. Signed, and dated 1649.
Of pure feeling for nature, and broad and spirited.
Backhuysen.—View of the coast of Scheveningen, after the
departure of the fleet of William of Orange. Many figures are
introduced. Spiritedly executed in Indian ink.
Schotel.'—A sea view, with a fresh wind. The waves of great
truth. The execution in Indian ink is very careful.
Albert Durer.—1. Study of buttercups, trefoil, &c, in water-
colour. On parchment. Of singular truth, and marvellous exe-
cution of detail.
2. A bird. In similar style. Very broadly treated. Dated
1509, and with the earliest form of his monogram. A proof that
even at this late period he occasionally employed it.
3. A large beetle. In the same style, and also admirable.
The following miniature portraits I found the most remark-
able :—
Holbein.—Portrait of the Princess Mary, afterwards Catholic
Queen Mary, as a young girl. From the Rogers collection. Of
rare delicacy.
Isaac Oliver.—Portrait of Lord Southampton, in black dress
and white collar. An oval, about 1^ in. high, and 1-^ in.
across. Inscribed with the monogram of the artist and 1623.
Very careful. How highly the miniatures of remarkable per-