. The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists. the minuteness of execution does not take away fromthe pathos of that group whose centre is the sick here is story enough for even a Preraphaelite,though dealing with the sorrows of daily life wouldprobably not interest those who see poetry and feelingonly in the myths of the past. At the Grocery is one of Dous smaller pictures, meas-uring fourteen inches in height by ten and a ha
. The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists. the minuteness of execution does not take away fromthe pathos of that group whose centre is the sick here is story enough for even a Preraphaelite,though dealing with the sorrows of daily life wouldprobably not interest those who see poetry and feelingonly in the myths of the past. At the Grocery is one of Dous smaller pictures, meas-uring fourteen inches in height by ten and a half inwidth. Considering the size of this panel it is amazingto see how much is within it. The picture is bounded bythe lines of the big open window which has a widecurve at the top like a Romanesque arch. Runningdiagonally backward from its wide sill is the counter atthe right of which is the mistress of the shop. Oppositeher are two customers and in the background among theshadows a boy is seen carrying a jar before him. Ofthe two customers the one in front is an old womansitting at the counter reckoning the amount of the variouspieces of silver spread out before her, and the other is. THE DROPSICAL WOMANBy Gerard Dou Salles fllf. to JfffW. »»s a gay young girl in kerchief and cap. She has drawnher left hand through the handle of her big basket andleans slightly on it as she looks up smiling at the shop-keeper who is weighing her purchase on the scales sheholds. On the window-ledge before these are a bunch ofcarrots, some onions, and a large earthen jar, and onthe side of the opening above hangs a basket of are well-filled shelves and farther back variousgrocery belongings appear dimly among the , the finish of workmanship, the polish, the atten-tion to every scrap of detail is carried to its limit. But,once more, the people are what really hold the does the eye linger on the fresh young maid, atwhom the awkward boy is gazing so f
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