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LOED OYEESTONE'S COLLECTION.
Letter III.
angels. Three cherubim are also in the air. Below on the
right is a wooded h*ill; on the left the sea. On canvas. 5 ft.
4 in. high, 3 ft. 11^ in. wide. This picture is finely composed,
of noble and feeling heads, of delicate drawing, and careful
modelling of every part. In colouring, however, it is one of
those specimens of the master which are heavy and brick-like in
the flesh tones. Formerly in the Palazzo Caprara at Bologna-
(See Buchanan's 'Memoirs of Painting,' vol. ii. p. 159.)
Jan Both.—1. A landscape, with rocks on the right, partially
overgrown with trees, from which a waterfall is dashing ; on the
left a hilly distance. In very warm light. On wood. 1 ft. high,
1 ft. 3^ in. wide. An enchanting little picture. The beautiful
composition is here combined with singular depth and transparency
of the warm colouring, with great delicacy of aerial perspective,
and a very finished execution of marrowy touch. Formerly in the
collection of Casimir Perrier.
Albert Ctjyp.—A fiat country, with a shepherdess in a red
petticoat standing quite in the foreground. Near her a sheep
standing, and a sheep and goat reposing; in the middle distance
three other figures. Signed. On wood. 1 ft. 4 in. high, 1 ft.
2L in. wide. Very striking in the effect of the powerful colour and
warm lighting, and at the same time more carefully executed than
usual in his admirable impasto. Of the middle period of the master.
William van Mieris.—A woman selling chesnuts and apples
in a window, and a boy about to conclude a bargain with her ;
between them a man ; on the sill of the window hangs a string
of onions ; in the background is a basket with fruit. On wood.
1 ft. 3-| in. high, 1 ft. 1^ in. wide. Of careful execution in every
respect, but somewhat cold and heavy in the over-red flesh tones.
Cornelius Dusart.—A peasant family—father, mother, and
two boys—loitering at the door of a house, under a porch of vine-
leaves. Before them is a hawker offering his goods; behind, in
the village, two girls. Signed and dated 1680. On wood. 1 ft.
5^- in. high, 1 ft. 2^ in. wide. In this little picture Dusart ap-
proaches very near to Adrian Ostade, his master. The heads are
very animated, and not, as often the case, caricatured; the keeping,
which is cool for him, is delicate and clear ; the execution very
careful.
Artus van der Neer.—3. The moon casting her silver light
LOED OYEESTONE'S COLLECTION.
Letter III.
angels. Three cherubim are also in the air. Below on the
right is a wooded h*ill; on the left the sea. On canvas. 5 ft.
4 in. high, 3 ft. 11^ in. wide. This picture is finely composed,
of noble and feeling heads, of delicate drawing, and careful
modelling of every part. In colouring, however, it is one of
those specimens of the master which are heavy and brick-like in
the flesh tones. Formerly in the Palazzo Caprara at Bologna-
(See Buchanan's 'Memoirs of Painting,' vol. ii. p. 159.)
Jan Both.—1. A landscape, with rocks on the right, partially
overgrown with trees, from which a waterfall is dashing ; on the
left a hilly distance. In very warm light. On wood. 1 ft. high,
1 ft. 3^ in. wide. An enchanting little picture. The beautiful
composition is here combined with singular depth and transparency
of the warm colouring, with great delicacy of aerial perspective,
and a very finished execution of marrowy touch. Formerly in the
collection of Casimir Perrier.
Albert Ctjyp.—A fiat country, with a shepherdess in a red
petticoat standing quite in the foreground. Near her a sheep
standing, and a sheep and goat reposing; in the middle distance
three other figures. Signed. On wood. 1 ft. 4 in. high, 1 ft.
2L in. wide. Very striking in the effect of the powerful colour and
warm lighting, and at the same time more carefully executed than
usual in his admirable impasto. Of the middle period of the master.
William van Mieris.—A woman selling chesnuts and apples
in a window, and a boy about to conclude a bargain with her ;
between them a man ; on the sill of the window hangs a string
of onions ; in the background is a basket with fruit. On wood.
1 ft. 3-| in. high, 1 ft. 1^ in. wide. Of careful execution in every
respect, but somewhat cold and heavy in the over-red flesh tones.
Cornelius Dusart.—A peasant family—father, mother, and
two boys—loitering at the door of a house, under a porch of vine-
leaves. Before them is a hawker offering his goods; behind, in
the village, two girls. Signed and dated 1680. On wood. 1 ft.
5^- in. high, 1 ft. 2^ in. wide. In this little picture Dusart ap-
proaches very near to Adrian Ostade, his master. The heads are
very animated, and not, as often the case, caricatured; the keeping,
which is cool for him, is delicate and clear ; the execution very
careful.
Artus van der Neer.—3. The moon casting her silver light