. 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. /.n. ^e^ /fiL,^ M^ ^/%-*»«^^. POHTHAir OF A LADY NICHOLAS MAi:s No. 35NICHOLAS MAES Dutch: 1632—1693 j PORTRAIT OF A LADY ^^^^ Height, 27 inches; width, 2234 inches A LADY of somwhat prominent features, affable expressionand ample figure, is portrayed at three-cjuarter length, stand-ing, facing the front, her head turned slightly to the left andher somewhat quizzical blue eyes looking directly at the spec-tator. The background is a con
. 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. /.n. ^e^ /fiL,^ M^ ^/%-*»«^^. POHTHAir OF A LADY NICHOLAS MAi:s No. 35NICHOLAS MAES Dutch: 1632—1693 j PORTRAIT OF A LADY ^^^^ Height, 27 inches; width, 2234 inches A LADY of somwhat prominent features, affable expressionand ample figure, is portrayed at three-cjuarter length, stand-ing, facing the front, her head turned slightly to the left andher somewhat quizzical blue eyes looking directly at 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 slee
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