International studio . rHE i-irri-E of the ARnsx .s\va> BY MATTHEW MARIS The van Randwijk Collection. A mothers care BY JOSEF ISRAELS collections, the work of the Frenchmen predominat-ing in that of Mesdag, whilst in Randwijks theDutchmen have the pre-eminence. Comparisonbetween the two schools is thus rendered easy, andhostile criticism is compelled to justify itself by(juoting examples of what it deprecates before suchcriticism can be held worthy of consideration. Inone respect especially the treasures given to thepublic by Mesdag greatly surpass the pictures inthe Randwijk co
International studio . rHE i-irri-E of the ARnsx .s\va> BY MATTHEW MARIS The van Randwijk Collection. A mothers care BY JOSEF ISRAELS collections, the work of the Frenchmen predominat-ing in that of Mesdag, whilst in Randwijks theDutchmen have the pre-eminence. Comparisonbetween the two schools is thus rendered easy, andhostile criticism is compelled to justify itself by(juoting examples of what it deprecates before suchcriticism can be held worthy of consideration. Inone respect especially the treasures given to thepublic by Mesdag greatly surpass the pictures inthe Randwijk collection, for they can be moreeasily understood, being the work, so to speak, of afellow-combatant of the leaders of the school of TheHague, and are therefore of great educational collection, on the other hand, magnifi-cent though it undoubtedly is, has not the same valuefrom this point of view, for the paintings in it are,with few exceptions, illustrative rather of the schoolat its maturity than of its struggles for former stirs the heart of the spectator by itssuggestion of str
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