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304 ME. MORRISON'S COLLECTION: Letter V.
conceived much in the spirit of the poet. The forms of the
greatest purity, the expression touching, the colouring clear and
harmonious, and the execution careful.
Ward.—A girl milking a cow at the entrance of a stall. A
landscape, in the taste of Rubens, forms the background. Every
object is warmly lighted by the evening sun. On wood. 3 ft.
7 in. high, 4 ft. 8 in. wide. Of great truth of nature, transparent
in colour, and carefully painted.
the library.
The objects of art that adorn this room are few, but very
remarkable.
Nicolas Poussin.—A bacchanal. On the right a nymph
beating a tambourine. Next her another nymph about to convert
a ram into a riding-horse, and at the same time crowning the
terminal statue of Pan, whose face is coloured with the juice of
the grape. A boy is reaching a garland to her in a basket. In
front is a drunken attendant of Pan, supported by a satyr. In
the centre is a nymph holding Pan—who is lying on the ground
—by the horns, and keeping him off. Next her, but further
back, is another nymph bearing along the head of a young
deer. Finally, on the left, riding on a goat, is a nymph caressed
by a satyr, and taking grapes and flowers from a basket which a
kneeling satyr presents to her on his head. Another satyr,
behind, is blowing the tuba. Some trees are in the middle distance ;
behind, a hilly landscape with a warmly-lighted horizon. On
canvas. 4 ft. 4 in. high, 4 ft. 9 in. wide. In point of richness of
composition, beauty of forms, ingenious motives, graceful move-
ments, power and clearness of colouring, and equally carried out
execution in a good impasto, this picture belongs to the finest
specimens of the master, and is at the same time admirably pre-
served. It is obviously of the same period as the celebrated
bacchanalian dance in the National Gallery. Formerly in the
collection of Lord Ashburnham.
Rembrandt.—A female portrait, which passes for that of
his daughter. She is seated in an armchair, and dressed in
white with a furred robe. The background is dark. To the
knees. On canvas. 3 ft. 9 in. high, 2 ft. 9 in. wide. Very
transparent in colouring, and of broad and masterly treatment.
conceived much in the spirit of the poet. The forms of the
greatest purity, the expression touching, the colouring clear and
harmonious, and the execution careful.
Ward.—A girl milking a cow at the entrance of a stall. A
landscape, in the taste of Rubens, forms the background. Every
object is warmly lighted by the evening sun. On wood. 3 ft.
7 in. high, 4 ft. 8 in. wide. Of great truth of nature, transparent
in colour, and carefully painted.
the library.
The objects of art that adorn this room are few, but very
remarkable.
Nicolas Poussin.—A bacchanal. On the right a nymph
beating a tambourine. Next her another nymph about to convert
a ram into a riding-horse, and at the same time crowning the
terminal statue of Pan, whose face is coloured with the juice of
the grape. A boy is reaching a garland to her in a basket. In
front is a drunken attendant of Pan, supported by a satyr. In
the centre is a nymph holding Pan—who is lying on the ground
—by the horns, and keeping him off. Next her, but further
back, is another nymph bearing along the head of a young
deer. Finally, on the left, riding on a goat, is a nymph caressed
by a satyr, and taking grapes and flowers from a basket which a
kneeling satyr presents to her on his head. Another satyr,
behind, is blowing the tuba. Some trees are in the middle distance ;
behind, a hilly landscape with a warmly-lighted horizon. On
canvas. 4 ft. 4 in. high, 4 ft. 9 in. wide. In point of richness of
composition, beauty of forms, ingenious motives, graceful move-
ments, power and clearness of colouring, and equally carried out
execution in a good impasto, this picture belongs to the finest
specimens of the master, and is at the same time admirably pre-
served. It is obviously of the same period as the celebrated
bacchanalian dance in the National Gallery. Formerly in the
collection of Lord Ashburnham.
Rembrandt.—A female portrait, which passes for that of
his daughter. She is seated in an armchair, and dressed in
white with a furred robe. The background is dark. To the
knees. On canvas. 3 ft. 9 in. high, 2 ft. 9 in. wide. Very
transparent in colouring, and of broad and masterly treatment.