. Valuable paintings by the old masters of the northern and southern schools. No. 7MILKING SCENE BY PAUL POTTER TAUT, POTTER Holland: 1(525—1054 No. 7—MILKING SCENE (Panel) Height, 14 unites; length, 18 inches A herd of cows is grouped in the foreground and on oneof them a milkmaid leans an arm, as she stands holdingher bucket. A man with a stick approaches from theright, while to her left a woman, in white cap and redskirt, is seated on the ground beside a large brass the figures extends a row of eight trees, whosesteins and traceried boughs and foliage form a screen, be-yond whic
. Valuable paintings by the old masters of the northern and southern schools. No. 7MILKING SCENE BY PAUL POTTER TAUT, POTTER Holland: 1(525—1054 No. 7—MILKING SCENE (Panel) Height, 14 unites; length, 18 inches A herd of cows is grouped in the foreground and on oneof them a milkmaid leans an arm, as she stands holdingher bucket. A man with a stick approaches from theright, while to her left a woman, in white cap and redskirt, is seated on the ground beside a large brass the figures extends a row of eight trees, whosesteins and traceried boughs and foliage form a screen, be-yond which appears a gabled building with turret andspire. The entrance to its grounds seems to be on theleft of the composition, through a gateway of brick piers,surmounted by lions. On the right, in the middle dis-tance, a narrow, arched bridge leads to meadows, dottedwith cattle, beyond which a village and church tower nestle amid trees. Signed at the lower right, P. No. 8PORTRAIT OF A MAN BY LUCAS CRAXACH THE ELDER LUCAS CKANACH THE ELDER German (Saxon School): U72—1553 No. 8—PORTRAIT OF A MAN (Panel) Height, 15^ inches; width, 12 inches Turned three-quarters to the right appear the head andbust of a man of middle age. He is of sturdy, somewhatstubborn type; has brown hair threaded with yellow,growing thickly above the ears and stiffening on thecrown. Wrinkles show below the eyes, which have fullfleshy lids; the nose has a strong, flat bridge and the lipsare compressed with a decided protrusion of the lowerone. He wears a short mustache, a little growth belowthe under lip and a beard that curls close to the chinand jaw, extending to the ears. A white collar, edgedwith a frill and fastened with a string bow, lies overa black coat, which has a broad border of brown and bufffur over the shoulders and down the front. Signed in the upper right-hand corner with a wingedserpent and dated 1532.
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