Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . flected in the mirror-like surface of the water beneath. Signed at the lower left, /Lux blondes, Juin, , F. A. Bridgman. Height, 1 2 incites; length, 20 inches. No. .58VIEW OF BORDEAUX BY LOUIS EUGENE BOLDIN No. 58LOUIS EUGENE BOUDIN FRENCH (1824-1898) VIEW OF BORDEAUX A scene along the foreshore of the bustling French port. Thetide is out and a flat stretch of mud is left by the recedingwater. On the left the waters of the Loire stretch, gentlyrippling in the eve
Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . flected in the mirror-like surface of the water beneath. Signed at the lower left, /Lux blondes, Juin, , F. A. Bridgman. Height, 1 2 incites; length, 20 inches. No. .58VIEW OF BORDEAUX BY LOUIS EUGENE BOLDIN No. 58LOUIS EUGENE BOUDIN FRENCH (1824-1898) VIEW OF BORDEAUX A scene along the foreshore of the bustling French port. Thetide is out and a flat stretch of mud is left by the recedingwater. On the left the waters of the Loire stretch, gentlyrippling in the evening light, and a few boats pass and repassupon its surface. Many large sailing ships are moored by thebank, their masts and cordage forming a delicate fret workagainst the sky, and in the distance the buildings and spiresof the town stretch across the picture. The time is evening,the sun has just set and the touch of his last rays flecks thewater with crimson and casts a roseate glow over the thinmantle of grey cloud which covers the sky. Signed at the lower right, Boudin, Bordeaux. Height, 12 inches; length, 18 No. 59MOTHER AND CHILDREN BY PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES No. 59PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES FRENCH (1824-1898) MOTHER AND CHILDREN Beside the waters of a narrow stream flowing blue and placidbeneath a sky of flawless azure grow a group of tall trees andleafy bushes. On the grass at their roots sits a young womanwith a naked babe upon her knee, and another older childseated before her, offering her some fruit plucked from thetrees. The mother wears only a loose dress of violet hue,drawn off her right shoulder and revealing the soft curve ofher bust as she offers her breast to the babe. Her auburn hairis gathered loosely behind her neck and falls below hershoulders. Her left hand caresses a dog and a cradle of rushesis on the ground at her feet. Beyond the river the ground islaid out in lawns and walks and the houses appear with whitewalls and red roofs shining brigh
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