. Illustrated catalogue of the valuable paintings and sculptures by the old and modern masters forming the famous Catholina Lambert Collection removed from Belle Vista Castle, Paterson, New Jersey . now extinct branch of theMarquess of Londonderry family. This fine and imposing group has been accepted as by Sir Thomas Law-rence, and the fact that he painted a large number of the members of theLondonderry family lends color to that claim. But apart from the questionof technique, the whole scheme of the group is not one that Lawrence wouldhave adopted, whilst the unidealized figures are not pain
. Illustrated catalogue of the valuable paintings and sculptures by the old and modern masters forming the famous Catholina Lambert Collection removed from Belle Vista Castle, Paterson, New Jersey . now extinct branch of theMarquess of Londonderry family. This fine and imposing group has been accepted as by Sir Thomas Law-rence, and the fact that he painted a large number of the members of theLondonderry family lends color to that claim. But apart from the questionof technique, the whole scheme of the group is not one that Lawrence wouldhave adopted, whilst the unidealized figures are not painted in his trace has been found to substantiate the Lawrence attribution; and it isquite certain that there would have been some record of a picture of this sizeand importance if Lawrence had painted it. The extreme probability is thatit is the work of Lawrences assistant, an extremely able portrait-painter, JohnSimpson, who exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1807 to 1843, who wasfor many years employed by Lawrence in painting the accessories of his pic-tures and in making copies, and whose work often comes so close to Lawrencesmanner that it has frequently been mistaken for MARBLE STATUARY TO BE SOLDAT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 23, 1916BEGINNING AT OCLOCK NOTE: The pieces of statuary marked with an asterisk may be in-spected at the Belle Vista Castle, Paterson, N. J. These pieces will besold under the condition that the purchaser remove the same from theCastle at his risk and expense. iUNKNOWN 369—^ SLEEPING CHILD Statuette of a little child lying at length asleep. White marble: Height, 151^ inches; length, 32 inches. PEOFESSOK CAMBI 1807—1895 S70--WO3IAN READING Half-figure of a lady in medieval costume with flat cap, holdingto her breast a volume lettered Fiammetta. White marble, 27 inches high; on pedestal, 31/2 inches high. FROM THE ANTIQUE i ; S7l—CESAR White marble, 31 inches high. BusTj with mailed ve
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