. What pictures to see in America. cupantis asleep, we are allowed to look through adoor into the room beyond where is a table anda picture hanging on the wall above it. Wehave the diffused light embracing every ob-ject, which is one of the artists chief charac-teristics. The Turkish rug, blue dishes andgirls costume are carefully noted in every de-tail, but with a breadth of handling far re-moved from any pettiness. How delightfulthese little masterpieces would be as daily com-panions. When Mr. Altman bought VelasquezPhilip IV from the descendants of the orig-inal owners, who bought it from t
. What pictures to see in America. cupantis asleep, we are allowed to look through adoor into the room beyond where is a table anda picture hanging on the wall above it. Wehave the diffused light embracing every ob-ject, which is one of the artists chief charac-teristics. The Turkish rug, blue dishes andgirls costume are carefully noted in every de-tail, but with a breadth of handling far re-moved from any pettiness. How delightfulthese little masterpieces would be as daily com-panions. When Mr. Altman bought VelasquezPhilip IV from the descendants of the orig-inal owners, who bought it from the artist in1624, he received with the picture a documentsigned Diego Velasquez. In this documentthe artist states a certain sum of money andsays, I have received on account of the threeportraits of the king and of Count Olivaresand of Sefior Garceperez, in witness whereofmy signature given at Madrid on the 4th ofDecember, 1624. This seems to relegate theBoston portrait of Philip IV (see Fig. i) tothe place of a replica or a d 53 O o ac . = 3 COo ^», y>^ ?,.? f V ^Kl* /J^^HH^BPf^ A. \ ^^^^-^n^^HP^^^K^T/ V- « > V 1 E. Bir^!^/dVLi ^-^^.. 1^ >.- - ^F* , .. jMMpByfcJIW . 1 ^ XW** •* <A^ iV ^ m r^|Bg»j^f *^^\ ;<tiLi IM \ c ^£:^A ^- j^ i^1*-J^ ^^ :w^*J^ — b ^5 - O<5 3 r- C .1 ^ o
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