. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. TISTR CAMILLE COROT No. 7JEAlSr BAPTI8TE CA^IILLE COKOT 1796—1874THE GLADE: THE GOSSIPS g i/crz^ Height, 23% inches; rvidth, ]()^U inches Three jieasant women standiiijr in the foreground, their arms akimbo and theirheads together, suggest the title of this ])icturc. They have met in a pleasantmeadow where flowering shrubs grow and tall trees cast a grateful shadow in thewarm sunlight. On the right, beyond the group, which is in strong relief of lightand shade, rises a great clum
. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. TISTR CAMILLE COROT No. 7JEAlSr BAPTI8TE CA^IILLE COKOT 1796—1874THE GLADE: THE GOSSIPS g i/crz^ Height, 23% inches; rvidth, ]()^U inches Three jieasant women standiiijr in the foreground, their arms akimbo and theirheads together, suggest the title of this ])icturc. They have met in a pleasantmeadow where flowering shrubs grow and tall trees cast a grateful shadow in thewarm sunlight. On the right, beyond the group, which is in strong relief of lightand shade, rises a great clump of \arious kinds of trees, their foliage flecked bysunlight and their slender branches showing here and there among the lea\es. Onthe lefl a single birch with slender but crooked stem rises out of the picture, andin the distance is an irregular hillside, sloping down to the seashore, where are seena red-roofed whitewashed building and a solitary rounded tree. Large masses ofcumuli fill the sky, which is in broad, full sunlight. -i / /j^-C Signed at (he lower left, from M. Knoedlkk & THE FIRST SHADES OF NIGHT CHARLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGNY No. 8CHAKLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGXY 1817—1878 THE FIRST SHADES OF NIGHT t/ ; Height, IOI4 inches; length, l6V4 inches A quiet i)ool of water, or shallow stream, irregular in shape, extends from the leftforeground to the middle distance under a rank of densely growing trees on theright, and is bordered on the left by a low, broken shore-line, fringed with waterweeds and rushes. In the distance, seen between the large screen of foliage on theright and smaller trees on the left, is a line of steep-roofed buildings, evidently astreet in a populous village. The hour is twilight, and the sun, some distance belowthe horizon, sheds a modified golden glow over the simple sky, which is coveredwith a mass of thin vapor, and touches with ruddy light a few small scuds driftingacross near the zenith. The mirrorlike surface of the water refl
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