Catalogue of the collections of the American Art Association to be absolutely sold by auction to settle the estate of the late RAustin Robertson; part first . JULES DUPRE. LjflsJ I 30 THE FARM BY THE RIVER.\y_^ A farm-house,with white wallsand thatched roof,stands upon thebank of a littleriver at the left,over-shadowed bytall trees. A pas-toral country ex-tends to the hori-zon at the right,under the graysky of early au-tumn. Signed at the left. Canvas, Height, 29 inches; width, 24inches. Collection of M. Ferdinand Herz, Paris, 76 OIL PAINTINGS EUGENE DELACROIX. 127 ARAB CAVALIER ATTACKE
Catalogue of the collections of the American Art Association to be absolutely sold by auction to settle the estate of the late RAustin Robertson; part first . JULES DUPRE. LjflsJ I 30 THE FARM BY THE RIVER.\y_^ A farm-house,with white wallsand thatched roof,stands upon thebank of a littleriver at the left,over-shadowed bytall trees. A pas-toral country ex-tends to the hori-zon at the right,under the graysky of early au-tumn. Signed at the left. Canvas, Height, 29 inches; width, 24inches. Collection of M. Ferdinand Herz, Paris, 76 OIL PAINTINGS EUGENE DELACROIX. 127 ARAB CAVALIER ATTACKED BY A LION. An Arab cavalier, mounted on a white horse, while descendinga defile in the mountains has been assailed by an enormous lion has grasped his horses foreleg- with one paw and buriesits teeth in the animals shoulder, while with the other paw itstrikes at the rider. In its agony the horse rears on its haunches,and the lion rises on its hinder legs also, without releasing itshold upon its victim. The rider has shaken his left foot freefrom the stirrup, and leans over to stab the lion with his swordand at the same time slip out of the saddle, before his horse fallson him. The scene is rendered with extraordinary animationand power. The wild and despairing anguish of the doomedhorse; the ferocious strength of the destroying brute whichholds it fast and grinds bone and muscle between its : and the swift and resolute action of the rider, his eyesblazing, and his red mantle flying as he essays to dri
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