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Letter III. LOED OYERSTONE'S COLLECTION.
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expressed with great mastery, and the execution is most careful in
the delicate cool tones of his best time.
Jacob Ruysdael.—1. A landscape with rising ground on the
left hand overgrown with trees; a road leads over it, with a
woman and child in the foreground. On the right is a piece of
dark water, and beyond it a hill. The sky is kept tolerably light.
Signed with the initials. On canvas. 1 ft. 7 in. high, 2 ft. 1 in.
wide. Of the earlier time of the master, and of singular truth.
The trees are especially admirable. The execution is highly
careful. Formerly in the collection of Edward Gray, Esq.
Willem van de Velde.—1. A calm sea, with a coast near,
and another coast in the distance. On the water are two principal
groups of vessels, and several single vessels of different sizes, some
of which are filled with troops. On canvas. 2 ft. 1^ in. high, 3 ft.
in. wide. A rich picture, of masterly carrying out in a clear
cool tone. The reflection of the objects in the water is par-
ticularly admirable. Formerly in the Van der Pol collection in
Rotterdam.
Clarkson Stanfield.—1. A rocky Italian valley, with houses
and a bridge. Macaroni-mills at Amain. On canvas. 2 ft, 6 in.
high, 2 ft. 1 in. wide. Sunny and clear in the keeping, and
carefully executed.
Philip Wouvermans. — A fierce battle of horsemen and
infantry. The principal group in the centre of the foreground
consists of a man on a grey horse aiming at a trumpeter on a
brown horse, who, in default of any other instrument, is defending
himself with his trumpet. Another figure is between them on the
ground. Near them is a horseman firing a pistol at a foot soldier,
who is in the act of piercing his rearing brown horse with a lance.
More towards the left is a standard-bearer galloping away in fear
of the pistol. On canvas. 2 ft. 1 in. high, 2 ft. 8 in. wide. This
picture is one of the chefs-d'oeuvre of the second period of the
master. The composition, though so animated, is very distinct,
the single motives very momentary and true, the expression of the
heads most forcible, the figures and horses of unusual size, and the
execution of every part very careful. It reminds the spectator in
many respects of the well-known battle-piece in the collection of
M. van Loon in Amsterdam. Formerly in the collection of the
King of Holland.
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expressed with great mastery, and the execution is most careful in
the delicate cool tones of his best time.
Jacob Ruysdael.—1. A landscape with rising ground on the
left hand overgrown with trees; a road leads over it, with a
woman and child in the foreground. On the right is a piece of
dark water, and beyond it a hill. The sky is kept tolerably light.
Signed with the initials. On canvas. 1 ft. 7 in. high, 2 ft. 1 in.
wide. Of the earlier time of the master, and of singular truth.
The trees are especially admirable. The execution is highly
careful. Formerly in the collection of Edward Gray, Esq.
Willem van de Velde.—1. A calm sea, with a coast near,
and another coast in the distance. On the water are two principal
groups of vessels, and several single vessels of different sizes, some
of which are filled with troops. On canvas. 2 ft. 1^ in. high, 3 ft.
in. wide. A rich picture, of masterly carrying out in a clear
cool tone. The reflection of the objects in the water is par-
ticularly admirable. Formerly in the Van der Pol collection in
Rotterdam.
Clarkson Stanfield.—1. A rocky Italian valley, with houses
and a bridge. Macaroni-mills at Amain. On canvas. 2 ft, 6 in.
high, 2 ft. 1 in. wide. Sunny and clear in the keeping, and
carefully executed.
Philip Wouvermans. — A fierce battle of horsemen and
infantry. The principal group in the centre of the foreground
consists of a man on a grey horse aiming at a trumpeter on a
brown horse, who, in default of any other instrument, is defending
himself with his trumpet. Another figure is between them on the
ground. Near them is a horseman firing a pistol at a foot soldier,
who is in the act of piercing his rearing brown horse with a lance.
More towards the left is a standard-bearer galloping away in fear
of the pistol. On canvas. 2 ft. 1 in. high, 2 ft. 8 in. wide. This
picture is one of the chefs-d'oeuvre of the second period of the
master. The composition, though so animated, is very distinct,
the single motives very momentary and true, the expression of the
heads most forcible, the figures and horses of unusual size, and the
execution of every part very careful. It reminds the spectator in
many respects of the well-known battle-piece in the collection of
M. van Loon in Amsterdam. Formerly in the collection of the
King of Holland.