. Tales of adventure and stories of travel of fifty years ago. As represented alsoin the accompanying view it serves to convey, both in pointof character and costume, a perfect and lively idea of thescene it once exhibited, in the palmier days of Flemish lawand justice. It is the interior which deserves the study ofthe antiquary ; and among other objects of art he willremark, in one of the halls, the grand chimney-piece, soadmirably sculptured in wood as to astonish the connois-seurs of every country. From a date upon one of the sidesit appears that this elaborate work was executed in theyear
. Tales of adventure and stories of travel of fifty years ago. As represented alsoin the accompanying view it serves to convey, both in pointof character and costume, a perfect and lively idea of thescene it once exhibited, in the palmier days of Flemish lawand justice. It is the interior which deserves the study ofthe antiquary ; and among other objects of art he willremark, in one of the halls, the grand chimney-piece, soadmirably sculptured in wood as to astonish the connois-seurs of every country. From a date upon one of the sidesit appears that this elaborate work was executed in theyear 1529. The genii and the bas-reliefs which adorn thefrieze are all in white marble ; and represent with equalcare the history of Susannah. The stately figure in thecentre is the Emperor Charles V. ; on his left are seen thestatues of Maximilian, and of Mary of Burgundy ; on theright, those of Charles the Bold, and Margaret of England,his third wife. Upon the two sides, above these figures,are given the emblems and coats of arms of Spain, Bur- >r> o m On. THE PALACE OF JUSTICE AT BRUGES 39 gundy, Brabant, and Flanders, all finished with an exqui-site degree of Here, too, besides a series of portraits of Spanishsovereigns, is preserved a large painting by Van Oost, theson, chiefly distinguished for the exquisite truth of thefleshes and the vivacity of the colouring. In the hall, now-appropriated to the use of the police, is another picture byJ. Tan Oost, the father, which represents a criminal, andin which it is said are also represented the portraits of thejudges who lived at the period of the trial. The back-ground gives a view of the hall to which we have alluded,and it may be observed that it has very little changed itsappearance. Over the chimney itself is seen a fine land-scape, by Joseph de Momper, with figures and animals byBreughel de Velours, in that peculiarly happy style whichthen came so much into vogue. In the chamber where the judges assemble previous to
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