. Illustrated catalogue of the private collection of valuable paintings by the old masters and early English artists formed by the late Leon Hirsch of New York. the spec-tator. The background is a conventional landscape, mainlyof deep brown tone as the interior of a wood, with a glimpseof sky and distant blue highlands at the upper left-hand cornerof the canvas. The lady leans with her left elbow u])on a grass,moss and vine-covered ledge of brown rock, her left hand toy-ing with the ringlets of her pale chestnut curls. She wearspearl ear-drops and a ])earl necklace, and her bright vermiliongow
. Illustrated catalogue of the private collection of valuable paintings by the old masters and early English artists formed by the late Leon Hirsch of New York. the spec-tator. The background is a conventional landscape, mainlyof deep brown tone as the interior of a wood, with a glimpseof sky and distant blue highlands at the upper left-hand cornerof the canvas. The lady leans with her left elbow u])on a grass,moss and vine-covered ledge of brown rock, her left hand toy-ing with the ringlets of her pale chestnut curls. She wearspearl ear-drops and a ])earl necklace, and her bright vermiliongown is caught at the shoulder with a circlet of pearls and atthe corsage with a jeweled clasp. The gown is moderatelylow in the neck, where white lace is disclosed, as it is at theshort sleeves, and the ladys right hand, crossing her breast,catches a white and brown lace scarf which curls from herleft shoulder across her figure. This portrait is of a later i)eriod in the artists life than the Child with Dogin this collection. Dr. Bode endorsed this painting, over his signature, as follows: A real workby N. Maes, of his latter period. Very masterful. h,^:..
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