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Letter III.
ME. ROBARTS' COLLECTION.
161
The cool, clear morning light, and the reflections in the water, are
masterly, the execution very careful, and the whole very ad-
mirable.
Cornelis Dusart.—-1. Nine-pin players eating and drinking
in a village. A rich and very happily arranged composition.
Bright clouds are in the sky. The painter here approaches his
master, Adrian Ostade, in power and transparency.
Jan Steen.—An officer sitting in a tavern, with a girl on his
knee. A mechanic, with a cap and bare chest, a glass in his
hand, is looking at the group. A woman and two men are at a
table on which is ham and bread. On a bench close by is a beer-
glass, a cloth, a clay pipe, and some shrimps. Behind, in the
doorway, are a boy and two men talking with a man outside the
window. Signed. On wood. 1 ft. 2| in. high, 1 ft, 7 in. wide.
For admirably rendered chiaroscuro, and broad, spirited, and very
careful execution, this belongs to the best works of the master.
Jan and Andreas Both.—In the foreground on the right
are two lofty trees; at their feet a woman on a mule, with two
loaded mules following: next her a man on foot. Hills extend
from the middle ground into the distance. More on the left are
some trees ; and further still on the left a piece of still water. A
moderately large picture, of unusually powerful and yet trans-
parent colouring. The treatment somewhat broader than usual.
Gonzales Coques.—A lady in a blue dress and white lace,
playing the lute, seated ; next her a man in black, his right hand
on his hip. Quite on the left a table with a red cloth. In the
background pillars and a curtain, and on the right a bit of sky.
Of unusual delicacy and mastery of execution, approaching Metzu.
Hobbema.—View of a village. On the right in the foreground
are large trees ; rather more towards the centre and more behind
some houses, whence issue a party in a carriage with two horses,
who are addressed by two beggars. In the centre the distance is
closed by trees and houses. On the left, in the deep shadows of
trees, is a cottage. A very remarkable picture, the composition
displaying more taste than usual. The rendering of the light,
which falls directly on the centre of the objects in foreground,
middle distance, and background, and also silvers the clouds, is
particularly fortunate. The portions in shadow are also unusually
juicy and clear. Form and size are very pleasing.
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ME. ROBARTS' COLLECTION.
161
The cool, clear morning light, and the reflections in the water, are
masterly, the execution very careful, and the whole very ad-
mirable.
Cornelis Dusart.—-1. Nine-pin players eating and drinking
in a village. A rich and very happily arranged composition.
Bright clouds are in the sky. The painter here approaches his
master, Adrian Ostade, in power and transparency.
Jan Steen.—An officer sitting in a tavern, with a girl on his
knee. A mechanic, with a cap and bare chest, a glass in his
hand, is looking at the group. A woman and two men are at a
table on which is ham and bread. On a bench close by is a beer-
glass, a cloth, a clay pipe, and some shrimps. Behind, in the
doorway, are a boy and two men talking with a man outside the
window. Signed. On wood. 1 ft. 2| in. high, 1 ft, 7 in. wide.
For admirably rendered chiaroscuro, and broad, spirited, and very
careful execution, this belongs to the best works of the master.
Jan and Andreas Both.—In the foreground on the right
are two lofty trees; at their feet a woman on a mule, with two
loaded mules following: next her a man on foot. Hills extend
from the middle ground into the distance. More on the left are
some trees ; and further still on the left a piece of still water. A
moderately large picture, of unusually powerful and yet trans-
parent colouring. The treatment somewhat broader than usual.
Gonzales Coques.—A lady in a blue dress and white lace,
playing the lute, seated ; next her a man in black, his right hand
on his hip. Quite on the left a table with a red cloth. In the
background pillars and a curtain, and on the right a bit of sky.
Of unusual delicacy and mastery of execution, approaching Metzu.
Hobbema.—View of a village. On the right in the foreground
are large trees ; rather more towards the centre and more behind
some houses, whence issue a party in a carriage with two horses,
who are addressed by two beggars. In the centre the distance is
closed by trees and houses. On the left, in the deep shadows of
trees, is a cottage. A very remarkable picture, the composition
displaying more taste than usual. The rendering of the light,
which falls directly on the centre of the objects in foreground,
middle distance, and background, and also silvers the clouds, is
particularly fortunate. The portions in shadow are also unusually
juicy and clear. Form and size are very pleasing.
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