FINE N 17621 .W9 I CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FINE ARTS LIBRARY PHOTOGRAPHS OF PORTRAITS. WORCESTER ART SOCIETY. DATE DUE QAYLORD PRINTED IN U.SA CATALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHS OF OLD PORTRAITS OWNED BY THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRAEY. EXHIBITED BY THE WORCESTER ART SOCIETY GALLERY OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY JUNE 6, 189-2. CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 1924 102 156 621 WORCESTER, MASS. PRINTED BY CHAS. HAMILTON, 311 MAIN STREET, 1892. f\l ^^tswo5^ ITALIAN SCHOOLS. TUSCAN AND UMBRIAN. GIOTTO DI BONDONE (1276-1337). Giotto was the first artist to free blmself from the formal style of Byzantine art, and to give action and expression to his fibres. 1. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). This portrait of the great Italian poet is in a fresco painted on a wall of the Chapel of the Bargello, or Palace of the PodestJl, Florence, about 1300. It is mentioned by Vasari as the first successful attempt at portraiture after the revival of art. It was covered with whitewash for many years, and was discovered in 1840. MASACCIO (1401-1428). Masacclo first practiced the modelling of forms, and succeeded in the art of raising his flgures.f rom the flat surface. 2. Portrait of an Old Man. Uffi^i^ Florence. PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA (1416-1492), He first established the rules of perspective. 3. Federigo di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and Battista Sforza, his wife. These portraits are executed "with the utmost pre- cision of drawing and minuteness and softness of meth- od." (Kugler.) XJffizi, Florence. MELOZZO DA FORLI (1438-1494.) He was an architect as well as a painter, and is noted for his skill In per- spective. 4 4. Sixtus IV. giving audience to Platina. Sixtus IV., Pope from 1471 to U84, founded the Vatican library, and made Platina librarian. Sixtus IV. seated, Platina kneeling, Cardinals Pletro Biaria and Guiliano della Rovere in background between the Pope and Platina. A fresco transferred to canvas, painted 1475-80. Vatican, Borne. SANDRO BOTTICELLI (1447-1510). His pictures show miicli imagination and poetic feeling. He represents motion in a wonderful manner. 5. Lucrezia Tornabuoni. Staedel Museum^ Frankfort, DOMENICO GHIRLANDAJO (1449-1494). Gbirlandajo introduced many portraits of contemporaries into his pictures. They are dignified figures in the costume of their time. 6. Portraits of Marsilio Ficini, Cristofano Landino, Gentile de' Benchi Bishop of Arezzo, and Politian tutor to the children of Lorenzo de' Medici, and Canon of Florence. Detail of a fresco. Church of S. Maria XoveJla, Florence. 7. Francesco Pitti nei Tornabuoni. Church of S. Maria Novella, Florence. 8. Francesco Sassetti. Church of S. Trinita, Florence. 9. Neri Corsi, wife of Francesco Sassetti. Church of S. Trinita, Florence. FRANCESCO FRANCIA (1450-1517). His portraits are distinguislied by their clear outline and minuteness of detail. 10. The Evangelist Scappi. Uffizi, Florence. LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519). Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, physiologist, author and musician. He was so fastidious lu art that lie left only half a dozen pictures, but they are among the most noted In the world. 11. Mona Lisa. A beautiful Neapolitan, the tMrd wife of Zanobl Gio- condo. Leonardo was four years in painting lier portrait, and, it is said, that he always had some one sing or play to her as she sat to him that she might retain her sweet ex- pression. This picture was sold to Francis I. for four thousand golden crowns (about §9,000), an enormous sum in those days. ' Loume, Paris. FRA BARTOLOMMEO (1475-1517). The best col orist o£ the Florentine School. His plctnres have machdlgQityaad noble feeling. 12. Savonarola (1462-1498). The great Dominican preacher and reformer. Museum of St. Mark, Florence. RAPHAEL SANZIO (1483-1520). Raphael "represents a refinement of feeUng and form unattaiaed before, and unequalled since his time." (Kugler.) 13. Portrait of Raphael. Painted for his friends in Urbino about 1506, and left with them as a souvenir. Uffizi, Florence. .14. Julius II. Pope from 1503 to 1513. The warlike Pope who was the patron of Raphael and Michael Angelo. Uffizi, Florence. 15. Cartoon for the portrait of Julius II. Observe the rows of pinholes for transferring the out- line to canvas. Corsini Palace, Florence.. 16. Leo X. and his Secretaries, Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, and Cardinal de Rossi. Giovanni de' Medici, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was Pope under the title of Leo X. from 1513 to 1521. Painted about 1518. Pitti. Florence. 17. Giuliano de' Medici. Duke of JSTemours, and son of Lorenzo de' Medici. The photograph is from a copy of a lost original in the collec- tion of the late Grand Duchess Marie of Russia. Quarto, near Florence. 18. Cardinal Bibiena (1470-1520). Diplomatist and patron of art; author of " Calandra," the earliest comedy in prose written for the Italian stage. Raphael was to have married his niece. Pitti, Floi-ence. 19. Portrait of a Cardinal. Perhaps Ca;rdinal Cibo, a nephew of Leo X. Frado, Madrid. 20. Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529). Man of letters, diplomatist and soldier. Author of " Del Cortigiano," a treatise on the duties of a courtier, which is one of the classics of the sixteenth century. Portrait painted 1516. Louvre, Paris. 21. An Old Man. Said to be a portrait of Jacopo Sannazaro (1458-1530), an Italian poet of noble family, the author of "Arcadia." Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 22. Phedralnghirami (1470-1516). Tommaso Inghirami, called Phedra and sometimes Cicero from his profound knowledge of Latin, a politician and scholar. He was made Librarian of the Vatlca-n by Julius II., and later Secretary of the Sacred College. This por- trait was ordered by Leo X. Pitti, Florence. 23. Giovanna of Arragon. The daughter of Ferdinand of Arragon, Duke of Mont- alto, and the wife of Ascanio Colonna. This portrait was ordered by Cardinal Bibiena as a present to Francis I. Painted 1518, partly by Giulio Romano. Louvre, Paris. •24. Bindo Altoviti. A Florentine banker, and a friend of Raphael. Painted in Rome 1512. Pinakothek, Munich. 25. Portrait of a Youth. Louvre, Paris. 26. The Violin Player. A study from tlie picture in the Sciarra Colonna Palace, Rome. Academy of St. Luke, Borne. 27. Angiolo Doni. Painted about 1504. PitU, Florence. 28. Maddalena Strozzi Doni. This portrait shows the influence of Leonardo. Pitti, Florence. 29. Portrait of a Lady. - Uffizi, Florence. 30. The Fornarina. Formerly thought to be a portrait of Raphael's mistress. Barberini Palace, Some. ANDREA DEL SARTO (1486-1531). His execution was so flue that he was eaUed by the ItaUans "The faultless painter." He was a master of chiaroscuro, and his coloring: is peculiarly rich. 31. Portrait of Andrea del Sarto. National Gallery, London. 32. Lucretia Fede. The wife of Andrea del Sarto, and the model for most of Ms pictures. Prado, Madrid. 33. Lucretia Fede. Windsor Castle. VENETIAN. GIOVANNI BELLINI (1428-1516). '* The mighty Venetian master, who alone of all the painters of Italy united purity of reliffious aim with perfection of artistical power," (Kuskin.) 34. The Doge Leonardo Loredano. Doge from 1501 to 1521. Under his rule Venice was one of the great powers of Europe. National Gallery, London. ANDREA IWANTEGNA (1431-1506). Mantegna's power in drawing the human figure is almost unrivalled. His works show the influ^ce of antique art. \ 35. Elizabeth, wife of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro. Uffizi, Florence. TITIAN (1477-1576). Titian, cailed " the divine," is supreme as a colorist. "It is his gioi*yto offer nothing over-prominent, and to lieep in ali things the middle path of per- fection." (Cook's Handbook). 36. Portrait of Titian. . Painted probably about 1562. Prado, Madrid. 37. Laviuia, daughter of Titian. In dress of wMte silk. She married Cornelio Sarcinelli of Sarravelle in 1556, and died in 1560. Boyal Gallery, Dresden. 38. Lavinia, daughter of Titian. In green velvet dress. Painted about 1558. Soyal Gallery, Dresden. 39. Salome carrying the head of John the Baptist. Said to be a portrait of Titian's daughter. Prado, Madrid. 40. Charles V. on the field of Miihlberg. Battle fonght 1547. Before its restoration this was con- sidered the finest equestrian portrait in the world. Prado, Mad-lid. 41. The Empress, Dona Isabella of Portugal. Wife of the Emperor, Charles V. Prado, Madrid. 42. Philip II. King of Spain from 1556 to 1598. This portrait, painted at Augsburg in 1550, when Philip was twenty-four years old, was sent to England in 1553, when Charles V. pre- ferred the suit of Philip to Mary Tudor, Queen of England. Prado, Madrid. 9 43. Mary of Arragon, and her husband Gen. Davalos, Marquis del Vasto (1502-1546). Davalos was a Generalof the Emperor Charles V., and the patron of poets and artists. Louvre, Paris. 44. The Address of G-en. Davalos to his Soldiers. Painted about 1541. Francesco Ferrente, the son of Davalos, holds his father's helmet. Prado, Madrid. 45. Alphonzo I., Duke of Ferrara. This portrait was greatly admired by Michael Angelo. Prado, Madrid. 46. Alphonzo I., Duke of Ferrara, and Laura de' Dianti. Painted about 1530. Louvre, Paris. 47. Catharine Cornaro. A Venetian lady of rank, who married James II., King of Cyprus. Uffizi, Florence. 48. The Duchess of Drbino. Bleonora Gonzaga, sister of the Duke of Mantua, and ' wife of Francesco Maria deUa Rovere, Duke of Urbino, man of letters and a nephew of Pope .Tulius II. Uffizi, Florence. 49. Paul III. Pope from 1534: to 1549. He excommtmicated King Henry VIII. in 1535: Hermitac/e, St. Petersburg. 50. Cardinal Antonio Pallaviciui. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 51. Francis I. King of France from 1515 to 1547. Louvre, Paris. 52. Portrait called " The Man with the Glove." Louvre, Paris. 53. Portrait of an Unknown Man. Louvre, Paris. 10 54. PietroAretino (1492-1557). The celebrated Italian poet and satirist. Pitti, Florence. 55. Ippolito de' Medici. Cardinal and soldier, a son of Guiliano de' Medici. Pitti, Florence. 56. Portrait of a Lady. Called " La Bella di Tltiano." Fitti, Florence. 57. An Unknown Man. Pitti, Florence. PARIS BORDONE (1500-1570). A pupil of Titian. He was in great vogue as a lady's portrait painter, and was invited to France to paint the ladies of the Court. 58. Portrait of a Lady. A young girl of tlie Brignole family of Genoa, aged eighteen, according to the inscription. National CfaJlei-y, London. IL MORETTO (1498-1555). "His portraits art distinguished by their poetic insight, and by the silvei*y tone of their coloring. Most of his works are in Brescia. 59. An Italian Nobleman. Count Sciarra Martinengo Cesaresco, of a noble Bres- cian family which is distinguished at the present day. He died fighting in France in the campaign which ended in the defeat of the Huguenots at the battle of Moncontour, in 1569. National Gallery, London. 60. An ItaliaiT Nobleman. National Gallery, London. MORONI (1525-1578). Titian said of liim that iio better face painter existed, and Morelll says, " No portrait painter ever placed the human face upon canvas with more fidelity, altliougli Ills portraits have all a more or less prosaic look." 61. An Italian Ecclesiastic. Lndovico cli Terzi, Canon of Bergamo. . National Gallery^ London. 11 62. A Lawyer. National Gallery, London. 63. A Tailor. National Gallery, London. 64. A Dominican Lay-Brother. Staedel Museum, Frankfort. 66. Giovanni Antonio Pantera. Author of a poem called "La Monarchia di Cristo," wMch was dedicated to Francis I. and published 1535. Uffisi, Florence. 66. Portrait of an Unknown Man. Uffizi, Florence. PAOLO VERONESE (1528-1588). He painted the Venice of his time with all its material magnificence and pride of lite. 67. Tiie Family of Darius. Alexander the Great receiving the submission of the Persian King Darius. The figures are portraits of the Pisani family. Mr. Ruskin calls this picture "the most precious Paul Veronese in the world." • National Gallery., London. 68. Madonna with portraits of the Cocina family. Royal Gallery, Dresden. TINTORETTO (1518-1594). The last great artist of the Venetian Scliool. He is the most imaginative of painters, but his execution is very unequal. 69. Portrait of Tintoretto. , Louvre, Paris. 70. The Venetian General, Sebastiano Veniero. Doge from 1576 to 1578, and commander of the fleet at the battle of Lepanto, 1572. Prado, Madrid. 71. Portrait of an Unknown Man. Prado, Madrid. 72. Portrait of a Warrior. Prado, Madrid. 73. Portrait of a Young Lady. Prado, Madrid. 74. Portrait of an Unknown Man. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 12 SPANISH SCHOOL. ALONSO SANCHEZ COELLO (7-1590). Tbe first distinguished pox'irait painter of Spain. 75. The Infanta Isabel-Clara-Eugenie. Daughter of Philip II. and -wife of the Archduke Albert of Austria. JPrado, Madrid. 76. A Princess of the House of Austria. Prado, Madrid. JUAN PANTOJA DE LA CRUZ (1551-1609). A pupil of Coello whom be succeeded as court painter to PliHIp II. His drawing Is good and his style reraarkahle for care and finisli. 77. Philip II. King of Spain from 1556 to 1598. Portrait painted wlien Philip was about sixty years old. Prado, Madrid. VELASQUEZ (1599-1660). " VelasQuez is emphatically a painter of men ; liis color is faithful but subdued. Tor truth aud life conferring power he carries everything before him." (Ford). "What we are all aitempting to do' with great labor, Velasquez does at once." (Sir Joshua Reynolds.) 78. Philip IV. King of Spain from 1621 to 1665. Prado, Madrid. 79. Philip IV. In a shoothig dress. Prado, Madrid. 80. Equestrian Portrait of Queen Isabella de Bourbon. Daughter of Henry IV. of France, a,nd first ■wife of Philip IV. of Spain. Prado, Madrid. 81. Prince Don Balthazar Charles. Son of Philip IV. Painted when he was six years old. Prado, Madrid. 82. Equestrian Portrait of Prince Don Balthazar Charles. Prado, Madrid. 13 83. " Las Meninas," or The Maids of Honor. Velasquez is painting the portrait of the little Princess Margarita Maria, daughter of Philip IV. ; the dwarfs Barbola and Pertusato are playing with dog; in back- ground, Don Joseph Nieto, the Queen's quartermaster. Painted, 1656. ._ Prado, Madrid. 84. Prince Don Ferdinand of Austria. A brother of Philip IV. Prado, Madrid. 85. The Infanta Dona Maria. Queen of Hungary and sister of Philip IV. Prado, Madrid. 86. The Duke of Olivarez (1587-1643) . Prime Minister of Philip IV. Painted about 1G13. Hermitage, St. Petershurij. 87. Equestrian portrait of the Duke of Olivarez. Prado, Madrid. 88. Portrait of a Sculptor. Probably Alonso Cano (1(501-1667), painter, sculptor, and architect. Called the " Michael Angelo of Spain." Prado, Madrid. 89. Don Antonio. An English dwarf of Philip IV. with a mastifF. Ruskin says of the dogs of Velasquez, "He has made some of them nearly as grand as his surly Kings." Prado, Madrid. 90. Portrait of an old man called "iEsop." Prado, Madrid. 91. Head of ^sop. Prado, Madrid. 92. Old man called "Menippus." Prado, Madrid. 93. Portrait of a Woman. Prado, Madrid. 94. The Surrender of Breda (1625) . Picture known as "Las Lanzas." The Marquis of Spinola is receiving the keys of the fortress of Breda «» 14 from the Governor, Justin of Nassau. Portrait of Velasquez at right with plumed hat. "This is perhaps the finest picture of Velasquez." (Ford). Frado, Madrid. 95. Pope Innocent X. Jean Baptiste Pamflli, Pope from 1644 to 165.5. This is a study for the portrait in the Pamflli Doria Palace, Home, which was carried through the streets in triumphal procession when it was finished. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. SCHOOLS OF GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS. HANS MEMLING (About 1425-1495), Mcmling painted with earnest feeling, and careful finish of detail. His color is good, but very thin. 96- The Man with a Red Cap. Staedel Museum ^Frankfort. ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528), DiirerV drawing is full of life and character, and Ills color lias a peculiar brill- iancy. He was sometimes fantastic, but he had a most earnest feeling in art. 97. Portrait of Albreeht Diirer. According to the inscription this portrait was painted when the artist was twenty-six years old. Dated 1498. Uffizi, Florence. GEORGE PENCZ (1500-1550). A pupil of Diirer. His portraits are distiDgulshed for freedom of dr^wlD;; and warm coloring. 98, Erasmus (1467-1536). The great scholar and theologian. Windsor Castle, 15 HANS HOLBEIN. THE YOUNGER (1497-1543). His porti-alts possess a close adherence to nature, a dignified repo&e, and careful attention to detail. He was for many years in tlie service of Henry VIII.. 99. Portrait of Hans Holbein. Painted when lie was forty-five years old. Uffisi, Florence. 100. The Wife and two Children of Hans Holbein. Dated 1526. Gallery, Basle. 101. Henry VIII. King of England from 1509 to 1547. Windsor Castle. 102. Anne Boleyn. Second wife of Henry VIII., beheaded 1536. Gallery CuartorysM, Paris. 103. Anne of Cleves. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Died 1557. Louvre, Paris. 104. Portrait of a Princess. Christina of Denmark, widow of the Duke of Milan. Painted when she was sixteen for Henry VIII. who sought her in marriage after the death of Jane Seymore. yational Gallery, London. 105. Hubert Morett. Goldsmith of Henry VIII. Painted 1538. lioyal Gallery, Dresden. 106. Robert Cheseman. Falconer of .Henry VIII., aged forty-eight. Painted 1533. Museum, The Hague. 107. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk (1488-1554). Lord High Marshal and Treasurer of England, and the uncle of Anne Boleyn. Windsor Castle. 108. Dr. Stokesley. 16 Bishop of London in 1530. Waagen says of this picture " It has an unusual softness; one of Holbein's finest por- traits." Windsor Castle. lOU. William Warham (1460-1632). Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor. Louvre, l\iris. 110. Sir Henry Guildford. Windsor Castle- 111. Sir Eichard Southwell. Master of Artillery under Queen Elizabeth. Louvre, Paris. 112. Sir George of Cornwall. Staedel Museum, Frankfort. 113. Sir Thomas More (1480-beheaded 1635). Lord Chancellor, and the author of " Utopia." Gallery Gzartoryski, Paris. 114. Erasmus (1467-1536). Scholar and theologian. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 115. Erasmus. Louvre, Paris. 116. Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531). The great Swiss reformer. JJfflzi, Florence. 117. Don John of Austria. Natural son of Charles V., distinguished in the service of Philip II. Gallery Czartoryski, Paris. 118. Portrait of a Man and a Child. Staedel Museum, Frankfort. 119. Sir Thomas and his son John Godsalua. Dated 1528. Sotjal Gallery, Dresden. 120. Boniface Amerbach. A friend of Holbein, who made the collection of his pictures which is at Basle. Gallery, Basle. 17 121. A Lady of the Family of Offenburg. Gallery, Basle. 122. 'Jean Frobeii, Printer. Gallery, Basle. 123. Jacque Meier. Burgomaster of Basle. ffaJleri/, Basle. 124. Dorothde Kannengiesser. The wife of Jacque Meier. Gallery, Basle. 125. A Young Woman. Museum, The Hague. 126. An Old Man. Prado, Madrid. 127. An Unknown Man. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 128. An Unknown Man. Uffizi, Florence. SIR ANTONIO MORE (1512-1578). More. Moro or Mor, succeeded Holbein as the principal portrait painter in Eng- land. He was in the service of Queen Mary of England, and also of Charles V. and Philip II. of Spain. 129. Portrait of Mary Tudor. Queen of England from 1653 to 1558, called " Bloody Mary," Prddo, Madrid. WIICHEL JANSZOON VAN MIEREVELT (1567-1641). His portraits present a faithful portrayal of character. 130. William I. of Orange (1633-1584). Called " The Silent." The founder of the Dutch Ke- publlc. Museum, The Hague. 131. William I. of Orange. Gallery, Amsterdam:, PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640). A great colorlst, and an artist of immense power. 132. Portrait of Rubens. Uffizi, Florence. 18 133. Isabella Brant. The first wife of Rubens, died 1626. Museum, The Hague. 134. Helena Fourment. The second wife of Rubens. He married her in 1630, when she was sixteen. Museum, The Hague. 135. Helena Fourment. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 136. The two sons of Rubens. lAechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. 137. Rubens with his brother, Justus Lipsius and Hugo Grotius. Justus Lipsius (1547-1606) was a celebrated philologist and critic. Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) was a great theo- logian and jurist. Pitti, Florence. 138. Michiel Ophovius. A Dominican 'Bishop of Bois-le-Duc, and said to have been the confessor of Rubens. Museum, The Hague. 139. Philip IV. King of Spain from 1621 to 1665. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 140. Elizabeth of France, Queen of Spain. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 141. Anna Maria, Archduchess of Austria. Wife of Louis XIII. of France. Gallery, Amsterdam. 142. The " Chapeau de Paille." A portrait of Mile. Lunden. She refused to sit to Rubens, but he painted her in a garden without her knowl- edge. The head is painted in reflected light. This is a copy by Rubens of his original portrait. National G-aUcnj, London. 19 143. Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). History. and genre painter. Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. 144. An Unknown Man. Royal Gallery., Dresden. 145. A Man putting on his gloves. Royal Gallery, Dresden. 146. Portrait of a Lady and Child. In the background the coat of arms of the family of van de Wouvere, Herren von Heembeck. Boyal Gallery, Dresden. 147. An Old Lady. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. FRANS HALS (1580-1666). " KTo one either before or after him ever attained the marvellous exactness with which he places flesh tints in juxtaposition. No artist ever manipulated his brush with such firmness, freedom and life." (Havard.) 148. Frans Hals and his second Wife, Lysbeth Reyniers. Gallery, Amsterdam. 149. A Dutch Lady. Painted probably in 1638. Staedel Museum, Frankfort. 150. Banquet of the Officers of the Company of Archers of St. George. Dated 1616. Museum, Haalem. 151. Officers and Sergeants of the Company of Archers of St. George. Figure No. 19, in background at left, is a portrait of Frans Hals. Painted 1639. Museum, Haalem. 152. Reunion of the Officers of the Company of Archers of St. Adrian. Painted 1630. Museum, Haalem. SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641). A pupil of Rubens, and essentially the pa,inter of princes. His portraits are dis- tingulslied by their courtly ffrace and elegance. 20 153. Portrait of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Louvre, Paris. 154. Charles T. King of England from 1625 to 1649. The gentleman holding the bridle of the horse is said to be the Marquis of Hamilton. Painted about 1635. Louvre, Paris. 155. Charles I. Three views of Head. Painted for Bernini, who was to' to make a bust of the King. , Windsor Castle. 156. Henrietta Maria. "Wife of Charles I., King of England. Boyal (TOllerii, Dresden. 157. Henrietta Maria. This is one of three pictures of the Queen painted by "Van Dyck for Bernini to model from. Windsor Crmtle. 158. The Children of Charles I. Centre, Charles II., on his right, Elizabeth and Maria, left, Anne and James. Dated 1637. Windsor CastJe. 159. Three Children of Charles I. Charles, James and Maria. Boyal fraVcnj, Dresden. 160. Charles II. Painted when he was eleven years old. Windsor Castle. 161. William II. of Nassau and the Princess Maria. "William II., Prince of Orange, married Maria Henrietta Stuart, daughter of Charles t.. King of England. Painted in 1641. ■ Gallery, Amsterdam. 162. William II. of Nassau. Governor of the Netherlands from 1647' to 1650. Hermitac/e, St. Pete rsbnrg . 21 163. Dixkeof Richmond (1612-1655). James Stuart. A devoted adherent of Charles I. Louvre, Paris. 164. William Laud. Minister of Charles'!., and Archbishop of Canterbury. Born 1573, beheaded 1645. Portrait dated 1638. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 165. luigo Jones (1572-1652). Architect under James I. and Charles I. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 166. Lord Philip Wharton. Painted when he was about nineteen. He was impris- oned in the Tower because he would not recognize the long parliament. Portrait dated 1632. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 167. George and Francis Villiers. Sons of the Duke of Buckingham. Dated 1635. Windsor Castle. 168. Cornelius van der Geest. An amateur in art, and a friend of Kubens and Van Dyck. In point of execution this is considered one of the finest portraits in the world. Mr. "Watts, R. A., speaks of it as the portrait " from which the modern student will learn more than from any I am acquainted with." National Gallery, London. 169. Thomas Parr (1483-1635). Celebrated for his longevity. This portrait was painted in his one hvtndred and fifty-first year. Royal Gallerij, Dresden. 170. Portrait of Rubens (1577-1640). This is said to have been the favorite picture of Sir Joshua Reynolds to whom it formerly belonged. National OaUery, London. 22 171. Franz Snyders (1579-1657). A celebrated animal painter. Leichtensiein Gallery, Vienna. 172. Franz Snyders and his Family. Animal painter, and a friend of Rubens and Van Dyck. His wife was Marguerite de Vos, sister of the artists Cornelius and Paul de Vos. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 173. Caspar Grayer (1585-1669). A painter of Biblical subjects. Liechtenstein ffallei-y, Vienna, 174. Count John of Nassau. A brother of William of Orange. Liechtenstein (luUery, Vienna. 175. N. Bosschaert. Treasurer of the city of Antwerp. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 176. The Archduke Ferdinand of Austria (1503-1564). The brother of Charles V., whom he succeeded as Em- peror of Germany. Liechtenstein Gfalleri/, Vienna. 177. Marie-Louise de Tassis. A lady of Antwerp. Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. 178. An Ecclesiastic of the Tassis Family. Liechtenstein Oallery, Vienna. 179. Portrait of a Lady. Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. 180. Portrait of a Young Man. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 181. Charles-Louis, Duke of Bavaria (1617-1680), and his brother Robert, Duke of Cumberland (1619- 1682). Louvre, Paris. 182. Jean Grusset Richardot (1540-1609), and his Son. Richardot was President of the Privy Council of the Netherlands. Louvre, Paris. 23 183. Portrait of a Gentleman and Child. Louvre, Paris. 184. Portrait of a Lady and her daughter. Thought to be the wife of a brother of Rubens. Louvre, Paris. 185. Beatrice de Cusance, Princess of Cante Croix. Windsor Castle. PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674). His portraits are nobly conceived and higlily flnislied. ■ 186. Portrait of Philippe de Champaigne. In the background is a view of the city of Brussels where the artist was born. Dated 1668. Louvre, Paris. 187. Armand-Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (1585- 1642). Cardinal and minister of state under Louis XIII. Louvre, Paris. REMBRANDT VAN RYN (1607-1669). Kembrandt was the great master of the school of Chiaroscuro, His lights and shadows are sharply opposed, often producing startling effects. 188. Portrait of Rembrandt. Dated 1633. Louvre, Paris. 189. Portrait of Rembrandt. Dated 1634. Lmiorr;, Paris. 190. Portrait of Rembrandt. Dated 1640. ycttioiml Gallery, London. 191. Portrait of Rembrandt. Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. 192. Saske Van Dylenburgh. The first wife of Rembrandt. Dated 1641. Boyal G'lVerij, Dresden. 193. Rembrandt and his wife. Boyal Gallery, Dresden. 194. The Mother of Rembrandt (1589-1640) . Neeltgen Willemsdotter van Zugbrouck, the daughter of a baker of Leyden. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 24 195. The Mother of Eembrandt (detail). Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 196. The Mother of Rembrandt. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 197. The Eabbi Manasseh Ben Israel. A friend of Rembrandt. Dated 1645. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 198. The Calligrapher Lieven Willemszon Van Copenol. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 199. An Unknown Man. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 200. A Turk. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 201. A Young Man. Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 202. A Woman. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 203. An Unknown Man. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 204. An Old Jew. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 205. A Jew. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 206. An Unknown Man. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 207. A Young Woman. Dated 1656. Hermitage, St. Petersburg\ 208. An Unknown Man. Boyal 0-allery, Dresden. 209. An Old Man. Dated 1654. Boyal Gallery, Dresden, 210. Elizabeth Jacobs Bas. Widow of Admiral Jochem Hendriksz Swartenlioiit (1570-1649). Gallery, Amsterdam. 211. A Youth. Museum, The Hague, 212. An Old Man. Dated 1638. Louvre, Paris. 25 213. A Woman. Louvre, Paris. 214. A Jewish Rabbi. National Gallery, London. 215. A Lady. Dated 1641. Buckingham Palace. 216. A Shipbuilder and his Wife. One of the most celebrated of Rembrandt's pictures. Dated 1633. "The momentary action, truth of the heads, and clearness of the full, bright sunlight render it ex- tremely attractive." (Waagen). Buckingham Palace. 217. The Lesson in Anatomy. Painted in 1632 for the Guild of Surgeons at Amsterdam. Portraits -of Prof. Nicolaas Pieterszoon Tulp and his pupils. Museum, The Hague. 218. Portraits of the Directors of the ' Guild of Cloth- makers. Picture called the Syndics, painted 1661. Centre, por- trait of Jan Six, Burgomaster of Amsterdam from 1691 to 1702, Gallery, Amsterdam. 219. The Night Watch. The company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq going out to Are at a mark. Portraits of Capt. Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Euitenberg centre, flagbearer Jan Visser Cornelissen, drummer Jan van Kampoort and others. Dated 1642. This picture is considered the masterpiece of Rembrandt. G-allery,. Amsterdam. BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST (161S-1670). His pictures ra uch-resemble those of Frans Hals. 220. Banquet of the Civic Guard of Amsterdam. A banquet in commemoration of the Peace of West- phalia in 1618. Sir Joshua Reynolds says of this picture, "It is perhaps the first picture of portraits in the world, comprehending more of those qualities vphich make a perfect portrait than any other I have seen." Gallery, Amsterdam. 26 FRENCH SCHOOL. JEAN CLOUET (about 1485-1541). His portraits resemble those of the Flemish School. 221. Catharine de Medici (1519-1589). "Wife of Henry II. and regent of France during the minority of her son Charles IX. Gallenj Czartoryski, Paris. FRANCOIS CLOUET (about 1500-1572), 9 Painter and Valet de Chambre to Francis I. 222. Charles IX. King of France from 1560 to 1574. Louvre, Paris. 223. Elizabeth of Austria. The wife of Charles IX., King of France. Louvre, Paris. ELIZABETH-LOUISE VIGEE LE BRUN (1755-1842). Her portraits have much grace and sweetness. 224. Mme. Le Brun and her daughter. Louvre, Paris, ENGLISH SCHOOL. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792). First president of the Royal Academy. Buskin says of him, ^'Considered as a painter of individuality in the human form and mind, I think him the prince of portrait painters." 225.. Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Painted in 1775. Uffizi, Florence. 226. George IV., as Prince of Wales (1762-1830). National Gallery, London. 27 227. Dr. SamuelJohnson (1709-1784). Author and Lexicographer. This portrait was painted for Mr. Thrale in 1772, when Johnson was sixty-three years old. National Gallery, London. 228. Lord Heathfleld (1718-1790). General George Augustus Elliot was raised to the peer- age as Lord Heathfleld for his successful defence of Gibraltar against France and Spain. He holds in his hand the keys of the fortress of Gibraltar. National Gallery, London. 229. George Huddesford and John Codrington. Rev. George Huddesford (1750-1809), a pupil of Sir Joshua Eeynolds, and his friend John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde (1754-1801), a poet. Xatianal Gallery, London. 230. Heads of Angels. Poi;traits in diflferent views of a daughter of Lord William Gordon. National Gallery, London. THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788). " Gainsborouffh is the purest colorist of the whole EDgllsli Scliool. . . . His forms are ffrand, simple, ideal. ... He never loses sight of his picture as a whole." (Ruskin). 231. Portrait of George III. King of England from 1760 to 1810, when he became in- sane and his son was appointed regent. Windsor Castle. 232. Queen Charlotte. Wife of George III. and a daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Windsor Castle. 233. George, Prince of "Wales. Afterwards George IV. Windsor Castle. 234. The Princess Charlotte. Daughter of George III., and Queen of Wiirtemberg. Windsor Castle. 28 235. The Princess Elizabeth. Daughter of George III. Windsor Castle. 236. Prince Augustus Frederick.* Son of George III. Windsor Castle. 237. Three Daughters of George III. Buckingham Palace. 238. Edward Orpin. Parish Clerk of Bradford in Wiltshire.- National Gallery, London. 239. Mrs. Siddons (1755-1831). fainted when the great English actress was in her twen- ty-ninth year, and at the height of her fame. Said to be a most excellent likeness. National Gallery, Lotidon. ANGELICA KAUFMANN (1741-1807). An artist who was extremely popular iu hei* day. 240. Portrait of Angelica Kaufmann. Uffizi^ Florence.