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Letter YIl.
KINGSTON LACY.
379
sized figures. Of fortunate composition in the style of his model
Nicolas Poussin.
2. Europa and the Bull. The companion to the above, but not
so happy in invention.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—Portrait of Mr. Woodley—a family-
picture. Half-length figure in an oval. The head, which is almost
in profile, is charming, the rest is only slightly treated.
Sir Godfrey Kneller.—A woman with a child. This is
said to be an admirable picture by him, but I did not see it.
Sir Thomas Lawrence.—1 and 2. Two portraits. The one
of Miss Ridley he himself considered one of his best. I did not see
either of them.
Jan Mae-use.—The Virgin and Child. Very small. Not seen
by me.
Greuze.—A sleeping girl. Reported as beautiful, but not seen
by me.
DINING-ROOM.
Tintoretto.—Apollo and the Muses, a ceiling picture from
the Grimani palace at Venice. The composition feeble. Apollo,
for instance, is unsuccessful, but the scenically treated execution is
good. This picture, with two ceiling pictures by Bonifazio, re-
cently purchased in Venice, is destined to ornament the ceiling of
the library.
Guido Rent—A ceiling picture in fresco. The Dawn, in the
form of a strongly foreshortened descending Genius, is pointing with
two staffs which he holds in his crossed hands to Day and Night,
whom he is sending forth to begin their course. Day, a powerful
youth, in red garment, and diffusing a warm light around, is
soaring to the one side ; Night, a beautiful female form, lightly
attired in a blue mantle of stars, and surrounded with darkness,
to the other side : both are looking back. From the Zampieri
palace at Bologna. Both these colossal figures are of great power
of colour, and obviously designed to be seen at a considerable
height. The whole invention has something studied.
drawing-room.
Beeghem.—A very hilly landscape, with high rocks rising on
the one side, before which are two fine trees. Between these is a
KINGSTON LACY.
379
sized figures. Of fortunate composition in the style of his model
Nicolas Poussin.
2. Europa and the Bull. The companion to the above, but not
so happy in invention.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—Portrait of Mr. Woodley—a family-
picture. Half-length figure in an oval. The head, which is almost
in profile, is charming, the rest is only slightly treated.
Sir Godfrey Kneller.—A woman with a child. This is
said to be an admirable picture by him, but I did not see it.
Sir Thomas Lawrence.—1 and 2. Two portraits. The one
of Miss Ridley he himself considered one of his best. I did not see
either of them.
Jan Mae-use.—The Virgin and Child. Very small. Not seen
by me.
Greuze.—A sleeping girl. Reported as beautiful, but not seen
by me.
DINING-ROOM.
Tintoretto.—Apollo and the Muses, a ceiling picture from
the Grimani palace at Venice. The composition feeble. Apollo,
for instance, is unsuccessful, but the scenically treated execution is
good. This picture, with two ceiling pictures by Bonifazio, re-
cently purchased in Venice, is destined to ornament the ceiling of
the library.
Guido Rent—A ceiling picture in fresco. The Dawn, in the
form of a strongly foreshortened descending Genius, is pointing with
two staffs which he holds in his crossed hands to Day and Night,
whom he is sending forth to begin their course. Day, a powerful
youth, in red garment, and diffusing a warm light around, is
soaring to the one side ; Night, a beautiful female form, lightly
attired in a blue mantle of stars, and surrounded with darkness,
to the other side : both are looking back. From the Zampieri
palace at Bologna. Both these colossal figures are of great power
of colour, and obviously designed to be seen at a considerable
height. The whole invention has something studied.
drawing-room.
Beeghem.—A very hilly landscape, with high rocks rising on
the one side, before which are two fine trees. Between these is a