The Vienna galleries : giving a brief history of the public and private galleries of Vienna ; with a critical description of the paintings therein contained . it hasa painters quality, unsurpassed by anything he hadever done before. This painting was formerlyattributed to Pieter de Hooch. It was Burger, thediscoverer of Vermeer van Delft, who restored itto its rightful author, whose signature he discoveredin the lower part of the map. The similarity of the art of these Little Mastersis seen in the beautiful portrait group by KasparNetscher, of himself, his wife and child, framedin an arched wi
The Vienna galleries : giving a brief history of the public and private galleries of Vienna ; with a critical description of the paintings therein contained . it hasa painters quality, unsurpassed by anything he hadever done before. This painting was formerlyattributed to Pieter de Hooch. It was Burger, thediscoverer of Vermeer van Delft, who restored itto its rightful author, whose signature he discoveredin the lower part of the map. The similarity of the art of these Little Mastersis seen in the beautiful portrait group by KasparNetscher, of himself, his wife and child, framedin an arched window. Below the sill is shown thelow-relief of putti, as we notice it so frequently inthe pictures of Gerard Dou. Of the latter we find a self-portrait (Plate XLII),that must have been painted some ten years afterthe well-known portrait in the National master, still holding his palette, is leaning onthe window sill, resting a while from his work onthe little picture that is seen standing on the easelin the studio. The artist displays here all the per-fections of portraiture: truth of likeness, dignity,naturalness of carriage, and GERARDDOU SELF-PORTRAITPlate xlii
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