Illustrated catalogue of paintings, pastels and water colors collected by the late David CLyall of Brooklyn . on & Co.,Baston MOISSONNEUSE BY ANTOINE VOLLON J ANTOINE VOLLON 102—MOISSONNEUSE A single figure of a peasant woman standingin a path through a wheat field, shading her eyeswith her left hand, while under her right arm sheholds a sheaf of wheat she has been wears a black velvet bodice, a full-sleevedchemise, and a red petticoat with gray overskirttucked up under her girdle. The ripened wheatagainst the sky forms a background to the figure,giving high relief to the black an
Illustrated catalogue of paintings, pastels and water colors collected by the late David CLyall of Brooklyn . on & Co.,Baston MOISSONNEUSE BY ANTOINE VOLLON J ANTOINE VOLLON 102—MOISSONNEUSE A single figure of a peasant woman standingin a path through a wheat field, shading her eyeswith her left hand, while under her right arm sheholds a sheaf of wheat she has been wears a black velvet bodice, a full-sleevedchemise, and a red petticoat with gray overskirttucked up under her girdle. The ripened wheatagainst the sky forms a background to the figure,giving high relief to the black and white of theupper part of the dress, to the face with its frameof dark hair, and to the flesh of the neck andarms. Signed at the left, A. Vollon. Height, 47 inches; width, 29 inches. Painted for Mr. Lyall. //. i OSWALD ACHENBACH 203—ON THE MEDITERRANEAN The distant cone of Vesuvius, the Romanruins in the foreground and the busy landingplace in the middle distance, suggest Capri asthe motive of this picture. Two women are dress-ing after bathing in the water which ripplesagainst a great fragment of Roman constructionwhich has fallen away from the ruin under therocky eminence on the right. The white sail of afishing boat, seen against the distant headlandand the quiet sunset sky, makes the focus of thepicture. To the left stretches the smooth ex-panse of the gulf, with here and there a sail. Signed at the right, Osw. Achenbach, 1879. Height, 26^ inches; length, 39^ inches. i OTTO ERDMANK 104—IS IT FOR ME? A pert-looking servant girl with a tray andglasses is handing a sealed note to a lady whomshe has met on the broad staircase of a palace ora chateau. The scene suggests the beginning ofa flirtation by correspondence. The costumesare toward the end of the eighteenth
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