Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . 24 inches. No. 76PIAZZA BEL POPOLO, ROME BY M. CANALETTO No. 76M. CANALETTO ITALIAN (1697-1768) PIAZZA BEL POPOLO, ROME The great architectural artist leaves his beloved Venice to giveus a view of one of the poorer quarters of Rome. The broad,ill-paved piazza occupies the foreground of the picture, encum-bered with the fragments of old-time buildings and busy withthe forms of passersby. A gilt coach on massive wheelsdrives across the scene, sightseers are seated on the
Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . 24 inches. No. 76PIAZZA BEL POPOLO, ROME BY M. CANALETTO No. 76M. CANALETTO ITALIAN (1697-1768) PIAZZA BEL POPOLO, ROME The great architectural artist leaves his beloved Venice to giveus a view of one of the poorer quarters of Rome. The broad,ill-paved piazza occupies the foreground of the picture, encum-bered with the fragments of old-time buildings and busy withthe forms of passersby. A gilt coach on massive wheelsdrives across the scene, sightseers are seated on the rims, apompous nobleman struts into view and a heavily-ladendonkey is making for the entry to a narrow street. In theshade of a tall obelisk the waters of a fountain plash into itsbasin and women bring their vessels to the cool depths. Onthe left a row of new houses is approaching completion,behind which rises sharply the outlines of one of the sevenhills. The narrow streets run in long perspective and in thedistance the massive dome of St. Peters dominates the sur-rounding houses. Height, 21 inches! length, 32 No. 77CHASSEURS BY JOHN LEWIS BROWN Xo. 77JOHN LEWIS BROWX FRENCH (1825-1890) CHASSEURS The hounds have met on a wide rolling common, crossed bya sandy road and swelling on the right into a low hill, crownedwith trees, and a small wood grows on the left, The freshgreen of the leaves, the color of the grass, and the tender blueof the cloud-covered sky, show that the time is in the earlySpring when all nature is young and vigorous. In the fore-ground an officer in uniform talks to a scarlet-clad member otof the hunt mounted on a fine grey horse, while a man and awoman canter up along the line of the woods. A coach andfour has driven up and is unloading its occupants, and a whipis endeavoring to restrain his unruly pack with the flickeringlash of his crop. The scene is gay with the colors of the uni-forms, and the quick pattering hounds and impatient horsesgive li
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