Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . Titian, Adamand Eve, from the collection of the MarquisOrlandini of Florence, and subsequently in theSan Donato Sale, 1870 (240 guineas), 610guineas ; Titian, A Mother and Child, 29 x 24,2,400 guineas ; and Perino del Vaga, The Nativity,inscribed and dated 1534, 107 x 86, exhibited atManchester 1857, 470 guineas. 1847 avec dautres tableaux a lord Ward. Ce tableau, engeneral bien conserve, a ete fait dapres ceiix du Periigin ; ilest tellement dans la maniere de ce maitre, quon y remarqueseulement quelques parties qui par la fai
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . Titian, Adamand Eve, from the collection of the MarquisOrlandini of Florence, and subsequently in theSan Donato Sale, 1870 (240 guineas), 610guineas ; Titian, A Mother and Child, 29 x 24,2,400 guineas ; and Perino del Vaga, The Nativity,inscribed and dated 1534, 107 x 86, exhibited atManchester 1857, 470 guineas. 1847 avec dautres tableaux a lord Ward. Ce tableau, engeneral bien conserve, a ete fait dapres ceiix du Periigin ; ilest tellement dans la maniere de ce maitre, quon y remarqueseulement quelques parties qui par la faiblesse du dessin et dumodele, trahissent un peintre encore jeune et inexperimente;mais la genie de Raphael se revele deja dans la beaute destetes et surtout dans celle de la Madeleine. . Cetle peinturenavait jamais ete gravee, avant que nous en eussions donnedans Iedition allemande de notre livre une gravure faite parL. Gruner. A CANDLESTICK OF LIMOGES ENAMEL,BY J. COURTOIS. Magniac sale (p. 202). pictun on nn^: :elebrated picture ia the GallervAndrea del Sai. THE MAGNIAC COLLECTION. 199 The last sale of the year comprised the renownedcollection of works of art, chiefly formed by thelate Hollingworth Magniac, known as the Colworthcollection. The sale of 1554 lots occupied elevendays, from Saturday, July 2nd, to Friday, July 15th,and produced the total of ^103,040. A consider-able number of these objects were exhibited at theSociety of Arts Exhibition, in 1850, and again atthe South Kensington Loan Exhibition, in admirable descriptive Notice of the collec-tion was written by Sir Charles Robinson, in 1862,and this formed the basis of Messrs. Christies ex-haustive sale catalogue. It is obviously impossiblefor us to enter very fully into details in connectionwith this sale, but the following risumS gives avery good idea of the extraordinary variety andrichness of the collection:—Historical Portraits(July 2nd): Mary Queen of Scots when Dauphineof France, in rich dress embr
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