. International studio. ough whose courtesy the Inter-national Studio reproduces it), and Mr. Klein-berger at once restored to the picture its original attribution, in which step he was backed by therecognized experts in early Flemish art. Everything that is characteristic of JanMabuse, both as an artist and as a man, is to befound in this work. Its supreme elegance, par-ticularly in the marvellous painting of the hands,the brilliant palette, the impeccably smooth sur-face, the incisive outlines, are all here to sign it asa Mabuse. And the gorgeously ornate costumeof Le Gentilhomme is a reflec
. International studio. ough whose courtesy the Inter-national Studio reproduces it), and Mr. Klein-berger at once restored to the picture its original attribution, in which step he was backed by therecognized experts in early Flemish art. Everything that is characteristic of JanMabuse, both as an artist and as a man, is to befound in this work. Its supreme elegance, par-ticularly in the marvellous painting of the hands,the brilliant palette, the impeccably smooth sur-face, the incisive outlines, are all here to sign it asa Mabuse. And the gorgeously ornate costumeof Le Gentilhomme is a reflection of thepainters personal taste in dress, for there is anexisting record of the predilection of Mabuse forclothes, splendid even for the first half of thesixteenth century. The character of the laceitself shows another marked tendency of Mabuse,to give to his men a Socratic cast of countenance,a mannerism he shares with Quentin Matsys. AUGUST 1922 Jour forty-seven inceRnAcionAL SMM© ^Pkilcidelpkia Acquires Rave Work. .1
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