Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . No. 61BASSIN BE LA VILETTE BY STANISLAS LEPINE No. 61STANISLAS LEPIXE FRENCH ( 1836-1892) BASSIN BE LA V1LETTE The picture shows the waters of a broad river flowing gentlyto the sea between its crowded banks. On either side broadbarges and fussing steamboats are moored to the wharfs, theirmasts clean-cut against the sky. Behind them rise the wallsof great warehouses and office buildings, and in the distancethe tower of the custom house dominates the scene. A smallboat,
Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . No. 61BASSIN BE LA VILETTE BY STANISLAS LEPINE No. 61STANISLAS LEPIXE FRENCH ( 1836-1892) BASSIN BE LA V1LETTE The picture shows the waters of a broad river flowing gentlyto the sea between its crowded banks. On either side broadbarges and fussing steamboats are moored to the wharfs, theirmasts clean-cut against the sky. Behind them rise the wallsof great warehouses and office buildings, and in the distancethe tower of the custom house dominates the scene. A smallboat, with three occupants pulling across the river, and awoman stands upon a barge on the left. Overhead the sky ishidden for the most part behind a veil of light cloud; the stillwaters reflecting the grey of the cloud, forms an occasionalpatch of tender blue. Signed at the lower left, S. Lepine. Purchased from Messrs. Durand-Ruel. Height. 14L2 inches; length, 23 No. 62IILL AGE BY THE RIVER LOUIS EUGENE BOUDIN No. 62 LOUIS EUGENE BOUDIX FRENCH ( 1824-1898) VILLAGE BY THE RIVER The waters of a peaceful river run right across the foregroundof the picture, with a rowboat and a barge with two brownsails passing gently across the scene, while other craft aremoored at the waters edge. Upon the bank is spread thepanorama of a populous little village, the white walls and blueslate roofs reflected from the surface of the water as in a mir-ror. Behind the village the ground rises in a long range oflow hills, clothed with trees for the most part, the fields shin-ing golden with the growth of corn. Overhead the sky is cov-ered with a heavy stratum of rolling white cloud, betweenwhich the blue of the heavens appears brilliant and serene. Signed at the lower tight, Yj. Boidin. Height, Hinches; length, 23 inches.
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