. Valuable paintings by the old masters of the northern and southern schools. I OF SPAIN BY CHRISTOPH AMBERGER CHKISTOPH AMBEKGER German (Augsburg): ( ?)—1563 No. 20—PORTRAIT OF CHARLES V OF GERMANY AND I OF SPAIN (Canvas) Height, 25 inches; width, 191/-; inches The figure is shown to the waist, facing three-quartersto the right, the hands, one resting on the other, appearingat the foot of the canvas on a black, arc-shaped object,decorated with gold arabesques. The head is coveredwith soft white hair, arranged in wavy rows, while themustache and heard, curved round the square chin andjaws and
. Valuable paintings by the old masters of the northern and southern schools. I OF SPAIN BY CHRISTOPH AMBERGER CHKISTOPH AMBEKGER German (Augsburg): ( ?)—1563 No. 20—PORTRAIT OF CHARLES V OF GERMANY AND I OF SPAIN (Canvas) Height, 25 inches; width, 191/-; inches The figure is shown to the waist, facing three-quartersto the right, the hands, one resting on the other, appearingat the foot of the canvas on a black, arc-shaped object,decorated with gold arabesques. The head is coveredwith soft white hair, arranged in wavy rows, while themustache and heard, curved round the square chin andjaws and growing up to the ears, where some black ap-pears, complete the white framing of the face. The lat-ter, as well as the hands, is painted in limpid colors withminiature-like refinement. The eyes are olive-gray, sur-rounded by wrinkles; the nose is long, slender and aqui-line, and the crimson underlip has the protrusion char-acteristic of the Hapsburg lineage. In the upper leftcorner of the olive-green background appear armorialbearings, enclosing the castles of No. 21MADONNA AND CHILD BY PIERO DI COSIMO (DI LORENZO) PIEHO DI COSIMO (DI LORENZO) Italian (Florentine): 1462—about 1521 No. 21—MADONNA AND CHILD (Panel)Height, - + /4 indie*; width, 20 inches Against an evening sky of primrose hue, the beautifulhead of Madonna is seen, turning to the right, as shestands beside a scarlet-topped table, on which stands thenude figure of the Infant Christ. He gently grasps alittle bird, and nestles up to His Mothers body, whileshe joins her hands In prayer. Pier headdress is com-posed of a gossamer white veil over a silk drapery ofsilvery wine-colored tones, which is knotted over the earsand falls to the shoulder. The blue mantle is turnedback, like lapels across the bosom, revealing the yellow-gold lining, which also shows in the folds around theelbow. Her robe is of crimson velvet, gathered into tucksby the neck-band, which is embroidered with gold diaper,and by the ban
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