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that family, M. Van Haveren, to another of the relatives, M. Stiers
d’Artselaer, at whose death in 1822 it was sold at auction in Ant-
werp. M. Nieuwenhuys bought it for about £3,000. The following
year it was exhibited in London, and about 20,000 persons went to
see it. Sir Robert Peel bought it for £3,500 (it is said), which was
then the highest price ever paid for a half-length portrait. Sir Rob-
ert Peel also bought “ The Drunken Silenus,” on canvas, 4 ft. 7 in.
by 6 ft. 6 in., eight figures. This work was owned by Rubens at
his death. Cardinal Richelieu bought it in 1642. It afterwards
passed through the following galleries : the Orleans, De Tartre, Lu-
cien Bonaparte, and Bonnemaison. Sir Robert Peel paid £1,100
for it. In Lord Ashburton’s collection “ The Wolf Hunt,” cele-
brated for its spirit, and containing the portraits of the artist and
his first wife, Catherine Brandt, was painted in 1612 for the Spanish
General Legranes. It was inherited by Count Altamira, and was
sold in 1824 to Mr. Smith, picture-dealer, for 50,000 fr. It is on
canvas, 6 ft. 7 in. by 9 ft. 2 in. The Marquis of Hertford paid
3,000 guineas for a “ Holy Family ” which was presented to M.
Burtin, of Brussels, by the Emperor Joseph. It passed into the
Lapeyriere collection. In the Rubens Room at Windsor Castle are
ten pictures by this master ; among them a splendid portrait of
Helena Formann, his second wife, for which George IV. paid 800
guineas in 1820. At a sale at Christie’s, in 1860, “ A Family in an
Interior,” called the Balthazar family, was sold to Mr. Ward for
187,000 fr. In Paris, in 1873, three half-length figures called the
“ Magi ” were bought by Mr. John W. Wilson for 46,500 fr., 30,600
fr., and 10,600 fr.
Ruysch, Rachel. At a London sale, in 1876, “ A Bouquet of
Flowers with Insects ” sold for £420.
Ruysdael, Jacob. “ The Cascade ” in the gallery of the Duke
de Morny, 1863, was sold at the Meffre sale for 11,500 fr. At the
Patureau sale, a “ View in Norway ” sold for 6,800 fr. Same work
at the Pierard sale brought 12.600 fr. At the Foster sale, London,
1876, “ The Mill ” sold for £1,837. At Amsterdam, in 1872, “A
Landscape with a Waterfall” sold for £2,275.
Sarto, Andrea del. The Marquis of Hertford paid £1,260 for
“ The Virgin, Infant Jesus, St. John, and the Angels.” £2,600
were paid for the Madonna of the Berlin Museum.
Scheffer, Ary. In the Pereire collection was “ Margaret at the
Fountain,” which cost 25,000 fr. At the San Donato sale “ Fran-
cesca da Rimini” sold for 100,000 fr.
Signorelli, Luca. At the Barker sale, 1874, “The Triumph of
Chastity ” sold for 800 guineas.
Stanfield, Clarkson. At a London sale, 1872, “The Morning
after the Wreck” sold for 2,800 guineas.
Steen, Jan. Sir Robert Peel had in his collection “ A Young