Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . PORTRAIT OF A LADYPIETER DUBORDIEU 60 PIETER DUBORDIEU Dutch, ca. 1609-aftcr 1678PORTRAri OF A LADY In this portrait there is Httle ideahsm, no apparent effortto render any distinction alien to the subject. It is a vividrepresentation of a typical well-bred Dutch woman. Except fora less sure technique and brushwork, this portrait is not dissimilarin colour and conception to certain examples by Frans black dress is painted with breadth and simplicity. It hasdepth of colour, and an effective play of light and shade. Theface, hands, and broad lace-t
Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . PORTRAIT OF A LADYPIETER DUBORDIEU 60 PIETER DUBORDIEU Dutch, ca. 1609-aftcr 1678PORTRAri OF A LADY In this portrait there is Httle ideahsm, no apparent effortto render any distinction alien to the subject. It is a vividrepresentation of a typical well-bred Dutch woman. Except fora less sure technique and brushwork, this portrait is not dissimilarin colour and conception to certain examples by Frans black dress is painted with breadth and simplicity. It hasdepth of colour, and an effective play of light and shade. Theface, hands, and broad lace-trimmed collar and cuffs are equallyanimated by a clever distribution of light. Little is known aboutthis very good painter. There are two portraits by him in theHague Museum. Oil on canvas, 43 inches by 31 inches 61. THE MERRYMAKERSHEXDRIK MAERTEXSZ SORGH 62 HEXDRIK MAERTEXSZ SORC^H Dutch, ca. i6i 1-1670THE MERRVMAKKRS Sorghs Merrymakers is typical of the Dutch seventeenthcentury. The still life, though perfectly subordinated to itsambient, takes on, as in Brouwer, the Ostades, and the EnglishHogarth, an individuality of its own. The grotesque figuresand commonplace objects are given distinction by the pervadingcolour and tonal values. The table, bench, and the floor itself,have that intimacy which such things assume when, throughlong and familiar use, they become an indispensable part of theenvironment they help to create. In the interiors by Dutchpainters objects seem to take their places in an airy that medium cannot be seen, it is, as it were, inevitablyfelt by the eye because of the enriching softness given everywhereto the light which pervades colours and outlines. Oil on panel, 22 inches by 30 inches. Signed 63
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