. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. LE COEOT 1796— RIVER J^o ^ inches In the foreground is a flat meadow, broken by small bushes and here and there ablossoming plant, on the shores of a broad river which extends diagonally fromthe left to the extreme distance, where flat-topped hills form the horizon line. Twoclumps of trees grow on the near shore of the river, the one on the right extend-ing out of the picture; the second, to the left of the middle of the composition,is composed of slender trees with thin
. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. LE COEOT 1796— RIVER J^o ^ inches In the foreground is a flat meadow, broken by small bushes and here and there ablossoming plant, on the shores of a broad river which extends diagonally fromthe left to the extreme distance, where flat-topped hills form the horizon line. Twoclumps of trees grow on the near shore of the river, the one on the right extend-ing out of the picture; the second, to the left of the middle of the composition,is composed of slender trees with thin foliage, underneath which is moored a skiffwith a single occupant. The broad surface of the river reflects a low hill on theopposite shore, which is partly co^ered with trees, and at one point is almost bareof \ crdure and crowned by a group of white buildings. The hillside, the buildingsand the tones of the luminous summer sky are reflected in the quiet surface ofthe water. \ ) .-A ^ Signed at the lower rujhl, ConoT. Collection of the late A. E. Bokik, NYMPHES JOUANT AVEC UN TIGRE JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT No. 4JEAX BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT 1796—1874NYMPHES JOUANT AVEC UN TIGRE Height, 32 inches; width, 26 inches Amid the luxuriant verdure in a forest glade, where groves of tall slender treesgrow out of the steeji slopes on either side, a company of nymphs are disportingthemselves to the music of a piper and the beating of a tambourine. One of thenymphs is leading a leopard upon wliich is perched a small child, another one liesprone upon the grass and a third rests in a sculpturesque attitude leaning upon ajar from which issues a stream of water. On either bank, amid the trees, greatledges of gray rock show among the tree trunks and the rank undergrowth, flowerstwinkle among the rich grass, and in the left foreground a clump of reeds growsnear the stream which flows from the earthen jar. The foreground is partly inshadow and partly in broad sunlight, and be
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