Catalogue of the Ehrich Galleries collection of valuable paintings : by the masters of the classic Italian, Dutch, Flemish, English, Spanish, and French schools . he freedom of handand the grace of Van Dyck, yet in other respects he was deemedhis equal, and in finishing his superior. His pictures are distin-guished by their smooth, clean and delicate tints, and by the char-acter of truth to nature with which they are generally marked. COURT LADY UNDER CHARLES I The picture bears some resemblances to the portraits of QueenHenrietta Maria. The likeness is probably due in part to thedesire of cou
Catalogue of the Ehrich Galleries collection of valuable paintings : by the masters of the classic Italian, Dutch, Flemish, English, Spanish, and French schools . he freedom of handand the grace of Van Dyck, yet in other respects he was deemedhis equal, and in finishing his superior. His pictures are distin-guished by their smooth, clean and delicate tints, and by the char-acter of truth to nature with which they are generally marked. COURT LADY UNDER CHARLES I The picture bears some resemblances to the portraits of QueenHenrietta Maria. The likeness is probably due in part to thedesire of court ladies to be made to look like the Queen. Observethe splendid yellow of the satin, the reserved tones of the roses inthe ladys hair, the ringlets so characteristic of the period, the waythe big ear-drops and pearl necklace are painted. The little King Charles spaniel resting on her left hand and wrist isone of the most sympathetic bits in the canvas, so intelligent andnatural has the artist made the lapdog. From the collection of General Bulwer, Norfolk, England. On canvas; height, 35 l/2 inches; width, 29 inches. ADMIRAL EDWARD RUSSELL (EARL OF ORFORD). SIR GODFREY KNELLER1646 -1723. 49 FRANCESCO RUSTICI Italian School1595-1625 Rustici was born at Sienna. After studying with his father,he went to Rome, where he studied the works of Annibale Caracciand Guido Reni, but formed an original and graceful style ofhis own. He painted some torchlight pictures in the style ofGherardo della Notti. He possessed great talents which wouldprobably have reached even higher development if he had notdied at the age of thirty. MADONNA, ST. JOSEPH AND CHILD The scene was possibly an episode in the Flight into Egyptduring a halt at night. The Bambino holds a taper while theVirgin recites a prayer, using, not a scroll as a person of the timeof Christ would, but a book of the period of the painter. Directly in the rear one sees the face of St. Joseph with eyeshalf-closed as if listening to the pr
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