recs ¥ ON} ee i \p \¢ yf x ~ ed Oa ey eS ee ee, n Ae of more than $80 received for the ninety-four paintings comprising the A. A. Healy collection, ‘sold at Mendelssohn Hall last week by | — ‘Thomas E. Kirby of the American cee ‘Association. The highest price for a single picture was $7,900, paid by C. J. Peabody for a Daubigny, “Banks of the Marne,” after spirited bidding. The next high- est price was $6,000, also paid for a Daubigny, by Carl de Silva. A third Daubigny brought $1,100. Four pice | tures by Maris, “View of Dordrecht,” “Scheveningen,” “Holland Landscape” and “Under. the Willows,” brought an average of more than $2,700 each, while four paintings by Israels averaged $1,325 each. The bidding throughout was brisk and at times spirited, especially in the case of Daubigny’s “Banks of the Marne,” which was bid up from $400 to $7,900. The pictures sold, with title, artist’s name, buyer and price follow: WATER COLORS. ‘“‘Harly Evening.’’ Poggenbeek; EH. M. Gaines.... $95 “The Cobbler,’’ Offermans; C. Klackner........ 90 “Winter in Holland,’’ Bastert; Col. Woodward.. 75 “Castle by the Sea,’’ J. Bosboom; Col. Woodward 175 ““Peonies,’’ Mrs. M. Roosenboom; Col. Woodward. 150 ‘*Peonies,’’ Mrs. Rosenboom; G. Towne........ 180 ‘Pasture in Holland,’ J. M. Vrolyk; J. B. | e146 (10) | LSet sed: Got cacdoo odo abba oad 200 Village Canal,’’ Bosboom; Carll De Silva...... 180 Trench Landseape,’’ Harpignies; Hugo Reisinger 200 Peasant’s Home,’’ A. Mauve; Knoedler & Co.... 700 “A Pensive Sewer,’’ J. Israel; P. W. Rouse.... 925 “Holland Meadow—Spring,’’ G. Poggenbeek; Col. W GOOG WAT. aie 6c Fotis tre ue le eiele Woeceer Tone ne nen neneeeana 250 “Old Age,’’ J. Israels; Hugo Reisinger......... 875 ‘“‘A Heath in Holland,”’ J. H. Weissenbruch; C. W. Kraushaar 2.60. Ge ee eee » 625 “Cows in Pasture,’’ W. Maris; J. Gehme........ 875 “Among the Flowers,’’ A. Neuhuys; Knoedler : ek 0 Wen Ee St SRC GS oh sos deo 175 | “Summer Day in Holland,’’ J. H. Weissenbruch; Knoedler ’& Co. ..n..00. 20 sles seh ee eee 525 “View of Dordrecht,’’. Maris; Scott & Fowles.. 2,600 | “Canal in Holland,’’ F. ee arts TES Saree 600 ‘““A Fisherwoman,”’ D. C. tz; . H. Gottlieb 400 oi PAINTINGS. ’ ‘‘Autumn,’’ John: a*Rarge 72s 475 “Along? the River; D.. Ao CaeATtznseresi eerie 110 ‘“‘Fishing Boat,’’ L. Hervier; Col. Woodward.... 60 | ‘“‘Incoming Sea,’’ G: Bellont; O. Olivotti ........ 60 ‘‘Apple Blossoms,’’ N. Bastert; Frank Healy.... 200 | “Village Road,’’ J. G. Fisher; G. G. Hess...... 210 “Street Market,’’ J. H. Wijsmuller; V. Rodisi.. 130 “Cow in Sunlight,’’ A. Mauve; Col. Woodward... 400 ‘“‘Cows is Pasture,’’ A. Mauve; Sterling........ 200 ‘“‘The Faleoners,’’ J. L. Brown, Caril De Silva.. 300 | ‘“‘Artist’s Studio—Boulogne,’’ Cazin; J. Oehme... 275 “Seheveningen,’’ J. Maris; Col. Woodward....... 875 “Distant Village,’’ Harpignies; Knoedler ........ 800 | “Holland Landscape,’ J. Maris; F. Healy..... 1,000 “Hdge of Korest,!?’ J; Dupre; Sterling @.. 2... 825 | “Old Farmhouse,’’ Troyon; J. L. Newborg...... ‘ 725 “Watering” Horses; Jacque 7 soy meee eae 800 “The Bather,’’ Corot; Sterling Cr ao I IIIS SOs ary 5 wee v g fcie ce es os igs oe cae cis s a |«puteh. Pasture,’’ J. H. ai ticce cir nen: Cc. W. MRIRRRCRS ICID? Oe A cs, Skier os wes « aces Sieuviives cee 8 “A Happy Fraulein,’’ L. Knaus; Fishel, “Adler ASE Soh CUTE c I ey G E CROE e ie Bio ‘Stable Interior,’’ Gericault; Mr. Ferguson cesar hey: WO ‘The Merry Counle,’’ Jan Steen; J. Lawrence. 38, “Pool in the Pasture,’’ T. de Bock; Knoedler & CC i CC ee ee ee ey Co. “Dutch Meadows, oe Poggenbeck: C. W. Kraushaar “The Birches,’’ Harpignies; Nathan Allen..... 2,100: “Sunset after Storm,’’ J. Francis Murphy; W. J. COMTERCHIES SSeS Oe RG Mae ates DD rect aera 330° “A Summer Day.’’ Harpignies; E. McMillan... 2,000 ae of the Marne,’’ Daubigny; C. J. is CC eS ET EAN MRIS Teco aceyno? «cles Yo. ols dls co Secs Ste oC ROe oe “Waiting for His Master, > ~Israels! °s..0 < H, Mesdag; J. Epstine....... 700 “In the Cornfield,’’ R. ce Gabriel; Scott & Fowles 500 ‘Avening in» Harbor,’’ G. H. McCord; Hmerson TNE We) Cie, SER, Bae Sid Ser Belpre Re a a 800 “Canal in Venice,’’ G. Sartori: P. L. Shelleus. 250 ‘Ttalian Garden,”’ a Belloni; A. Olivotti........ 250 “Harbor at Genoa,’’ G. Belloni; A. Olivotti .... 250 ‘“‘Market Sicene, Venice,’’ A. Milesi; Col. Wood- ward Reece cece rece tence te tee e eee neces 225 crema: IO | : t | } 1 | | a ’ ( - ‘ & rt ; y } tte ae Po canes one RARER Tee “The Artist's nai caw ee J Cazin; J. Dohme. oes canes ea : “Scheveningen,’’ Jacob Sots “A Distant Village,” Henri Sia ‘“WWolland Landscape,"’ Jacob bagasse “The Edge of a Forest,” Jules I “The Old Farmhouse,’* Co Newborg) .....2+5: Mira reas... 3: “Watering the Horses, m ’ Charles ] 7 cd Bather,’’ Jean Baptiste Camille Sverere sere + e186 SASS eee ae te rene “Medfield Farm——Massachusetts,’’ N. SAGs Ve RE ERE thd is hh - - ner Scie Sohveartes ee ' er & ic Beet sade 5 As ah “s ‘Dutch Pasture,” Johannes H Bedi Wiehe bruch? cS. WwW. Kraus. ausee?. regi eee . b adewsn “<’ Happy Frdéuicin,’’ Ludwig Liege in Adler & Sohwarts..e. cde sceads eee tang ee ee a ‘ “Stable Interior,’ J. L, A, T. Géricault; ae Ferguson eeeeaee PMO Ne sce as BSS 4 ‘a te wert Meng Couple,” Jan Havicksz Steen; J. Law~ x ope Pool ‘in the Past? “inh a ek ¢ i Knoedler & C8 se oes Segeanbnane he “Dutch Meadows,’' Poggenbeck; c jSraushaar pesiepremeria ge Gn "The Birches,” Henri ; Natha “Sunset after the Storm," Francis Mur / N. ASS , W. ae CUES Aas eas ee ee “A Summer Day,” Henri Harplgntes HB. lan soe Oo tee LEYS ‘0 ae wee ee ee “Summer in Holland,” lem Teena Bathaway ewe 8 ee prefs ee tee CNC 210 “Waiting for His Master,” ‘Josef Isras a “The Plain of Barbizon at eth gore Rousseau Pe SURO SEL SEN AB SE RE RS eb bh 800 525 7,000 NOs eure aes ee urs, “Gypsy neamament, “Ralph. Albert Blakelock; Je R. Andrews. Bh aro eye ha hes 2 ee bets ccen esters. A” Hillside Pasture,” J. Francis Mi ¥ eT PW Te Curtic. 1.40 Bice SGA ee habe Mantas aap nn ae oad Rav” “Fifth Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street—Spring ~ Morning,’ Chilie nlassam; Alexander Morton...» 625 ‘cA. Showery Day in. Spring,” Frangols Daubigny ; Carl De Silver. ccccee sweeter ger seeeres 6,000 ae de St. Valery,’ Louis Hugéne Boudin; Hugo | 5 eee eaves earner aeee NS ed ah le eiemigre sige mea wp MOry “Stilt Tite, id “Anton Vollon; “Wnoedler.....-.s0215 Pte oe -T9 Dernier Quartier,’ Jean Charles Cazin; ‘Knoed— er wee ee ewe a i fu 6-9 eee oN RA A a Se Se Eee 4,500 “400 325 675 ‘650 25 400 ler : “Unloading the Catch, (oe Louis Hugene Pores t Hugo Retsinger. . * ee es whe ag Ae Oe ASE ‘In the Orchards,’’ “Tacob ‘Simon Hendrik rik Kever; — - EKnoedler ....<++: Sie eR RR ee oth aos ee \“Ploughing,’’ Theodore “Honrath; William Sitten— ham Sore Cc be at Ye hg Aaah a Ciena Molec the Dunes,’” Theovhil &z. de MRS Ble ww lene ea eo 69 8 ee peers karan “frouviile," Louis ‘Wugéne ‘pons. te ie ee Ao TUSKI we ee le mie (0-0 ere ae PAE ES 0 oe Morning,” Hendrik Willem ‘Mesaag; W ~ a “Tha Little Nursemaid, ae Faced” ‘Simon \Hendrik - Kever; A. Chester Beatty... nec eee Mi eg tie ac a Lo Country Road,'’ Theophil ge de Bock; Knoed- 628 POW METER ToT Wy Yar Be SOS TATE pila hed st tay Dh PUA rer ic M5 at a ee oy OR “The White Sall,’’ ‘Nicolaas Bastert; Colonel Wood- WANE) fuk ce owldia Wile Oe ene gn sir Rae UN ets a “Amusing the Baby, J acob gimon "Hendrik Ke- ver; Knoedler).....- BNE S Sue Okara eae ath n eee “A Dutch Fisherman,” Bernardus Johannes Blom- — _. mers; Arthur Tooth. . sirens aly ak © Bate ack ale Ge pels Ranta “Autumn,"’ Theophil ri ‘de Bock; M. H. Lehman. 1, “Cows in Pasture,’” EB. Watelin; ‘WN. W. Hu Lea.. “A Farm in Holland,’* Willem 2B ‘Colonel Robert H. Woodward ..,.+.- each as Ae “A Putch Interlor,’’ Josef Israéls; ‘Arthur Tooth,. 2,600 “Building the Rick,’ Willem Carl Nakken; H, D. | Babeoe eden ee wee ee 7 BOON Pe SLY ahah wee \e “Landscape and Cattle, % Johannes Martinus Vro- ee BR. Wi Pudley. 1. ow eke wey po he ee aa 450. Nye aymates,’” on *Simen Hendrik Kever; sBetacarel o “Ay Old Man Walking,’’ Josef Tsragls; wa = “Sunlight,” Albert Neuhuys; Cail ler ARAMA te ES ig ce ende © sone ine ml mgies aes Aa ad “s Shepherd and Tine Ses Pieter Ter Meulan; J. Epstine YS SE tena be “phe. Ferry,’ Constant Troyon; i og eb oe) ae “Springtime,’* Charles bags t Da fgny; Colonel © Woodward. efaiitikecs ws Sap cee ae Ry wits ay. pHs ere ae 1,100 aa J Ens rt Batablas: foe $75,- were many well-known artists. Z yut the pictures were not of their works, and the plist! was $7,900, nase “The Banks of the. ald $6,000 for. bactnee| wery Day in Spring,’ Qo. $3,100 for ‘t Under Dap ey ‘Maris. ‘The $3,000, and the Maris, Kly from $1,000 up to $3,000. A} rG the, ptotures will go back te | ‘de g bid in by Col, Robert Pmerson MoMillin was an- ‘well known at the art sales. | nall Mauves were interesting, the ‘of that artist having prought uc large prices within the last few ’ e were studies, 4 single figure e, “ Cow in Sunlight,’ and the other. dscape, “Cows in Pasture.” These » purchases from the widow of. the st, and brought last night, respective- | and_$200. A Troyon,, es ic Ferry, ds Fie SS EE eda ; PRIVATE COLLECTION A. AUGUSTUS HEALY, ESQ BROOKLYN i i i | q f t i r F fF UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE : AT MENDELSSOHN HALL | ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15rx BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 8.15 O'CLOCK i 4 CATALOGUE OF AND | VALUABLE PAINTINGS WATER COLORS MOSTLY OF THE MODERN DUTCH SCHOOL FORMING THE PRIVATE COLLECTION A. AUGUSTUS HEALY, ESQ. TO BE DISPOSED OF AT UNRESTRICTED j PUBLIC SALE ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15 AT MENDELSSOHN HALL FORTIETH STREET, EAST OF BROADWAY ‘THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY OF THE - AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Mars. NEW YORK :1907 Press of J. J. Little & C Astor Place, New York _ Oo. CONDITIONS OF SALE d 1. The highest Bidder to be the Buyer, andif any dispute arise __ between two or more Bidders, the Lot soin dispute shall be immedi- ately put up again and re-sold. 2. The Auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid which is _ merely a nominal or fractional advance, and therefore, in his judg- __ ment, likely to affect the Sale injuriously. 3. The Purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to pay I down a cash deposit, or the whole of the Purchase-money, if required, in default of which the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. 4. The Lots to be taken away at the Buyer's Hxupense and Risk within twenty-four hours from the conclusion of the Sale, and the remainder of the Purchase-money to be absolutely paid, or otherwise settled for to the satisfaction of the Auctioneer, on or before delivery; in default of which the undersigned will not hold themselves respon- a Tint Elman ae ae" sible if the lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but they Cpe be left at the sole risk of the Purchaser. | 5. While the undersigned will not hold themselves Paesoucinie is _ the correctness of the description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and make no Warranty whatever, they will, upon receiving previous to date of Sale trustworthy expert ' opinion in writing that any Painting or other Work of Art is not _- what itis represented to be, use every effort on their part to furnish proof to the contrary; failing in which, the object or objects in ques- tion will be sold subject to the declaration of the aforesaid expert, he being liable to the Owner or Owners thereof, for damage or injury occasioned thereby. 6. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can, on any account, be removed during the Sale. 7. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions, the money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited; all Lots uncleared within one day from conclusion of Sale shall be re-sold by public or private sale, without further notice, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulter at this Sale, together with all charges atiending the same. This Condition 48 without prejudice to the right of the Auctioneer to enforce the con- tract made at this Sale, without such re-sale, if he thinks fit. 8. The undersigned are in no manner connected with the business of the cartage or packing and shipping of purchases, and although they will afford to purchasers every facility for employing careful carriers and packers, they will not hold themselves responsible for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such services. Tot AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers. THOMAS E. KIRBY, AvcrTIonzEER, ARTISTS REPRESENTED AND THEIR WORKS CATALOGUE ae NUMBERS | ARTZ, Davin ApotPHE Constant, A Fisherwoman 20 - Along the River 92 BASTERT, Nicoraas Winter in Breukelen, Holland 3 i Apple Blossoms 25 4 The White Sail . 69 : A River View in Holland 84 _ BELLONI, G, | , Incoming Sea 24, : : An Italian Garden 92 i The Harbor at Genoa 93 | _ BLAKELOCK, Rate Axzert, Gypsy Encampment 54 BLOMMERS, Bernarpus JoHANNEs, A Dutch Fisherman 71 BOSBOOM, JoHannes, i Castle by the Sea A Poy The Village Canal 8 BOUDIN, Louis EvcEne, _ Port de St. Valery 58 Unloading the Catch 61 Trouville 65 CATALOGUE — NUMBERS BROWN, Joun Lewis, The Falconers 30 CAZIN, Jean CHartes, The Artist’s Studio—Boulogne 31 Le Dernier Quartier 60 COROT, Jean Baptiste CamiLze, The Bather 38 DAUBIGNY, Cuartes Francois, Banks of the Marne 50 A Showery Day in Spring 57 Springtime 83 De BOCK, Tuerornui H., The Pool in the Pasture A5 Near the Dunes 64 A Country Road 68 Autumn 72 Du CHATTEL, Frepericus J aconvus, Canal in Holland 19 DUPRE, J ULES, The Edge of a Forest 35 FISHER, J. G., | A Village Road 26 GABRIEL, Pavut Josepu Consrantine, In the Cornfield 89 GE RICAULT, Jean Louis ANDRE THEODORE, Stable Interior 43 CATALOGUE a NUMBERS -HARPIGNIES, Henn, _ French Landscape 9 A Distant Village 33 The Birches AT A Summer Day 49 - HASSAM, Cur, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street— Spring Morning | HERVIER, L., The Fishing Boat SHONRATH, Turonorr, Ploughing - INNESS, Gerorce, N.A., 7 EST areas ie re A Medfield Farm—Massachusetts ISRAELS, Joser, A Pensive Sewer Old Age Waiting for His Master A Dutch Interior An Old Man Walking MO ACQUE, Cranixs: Kure, Watering the Horses i KEVER, Jacos Simon HeEnonrik, He In the Orchard The Little Nursemaid Amusing the Baby Playmates KNAUS, Lupwice, A Happy Fraulein 56 23 63 39 42 LA FARGE, Joun, N.A., Autumn “MARIS, Jacos, View of Dordrecht Scheveningen Holland Landscape MARIS, Witem, Cows in Pasture Under the Willows MAUVE, Anton, The Peasant’s Home Cow in Sunlight Cows in Pasture McCORD, Georcrt HeErpert, A.N.A., Evening in the Harbor MESDAG, HENprRIK WILLEM, Early Morning The Fishing Fleet MILESI, A., A Market: Scene in Venice MURPHY, J. Francis, N.A., Sunset after the Storm A Hillside Pasture NAKKEN, WIititem CareEt, Building the Rick NEUHUYS, Atsert, Among the Flowers Sunlight CATALOGUE NUMBERS _ OFFERMANS, Tory, The Cobbler POGGENBEEK, Georce, Early Evening Holland Meadow—Spring Dutch Meadows ROELOFS, Wittem, Summer in Holland A Farm in Holland Pasture near the Dunes ROOSENBOOM, Mrs. MarcaretHaA VOGEL, Peonies j Peonies ROUSSEAU, Tutonore, The Plain of Barbizon at Twilight SARTORI, G., A Canal in Venice STEEN, Jan Havicxsz, The Merry Couple TER MEULEN, Francois PIETER, A Shepherd and His Flock—Winter TROYON, Constant, The Old Farmhouse The Ferry VOLLON, Anton, Still Life VROLYK, Jonannes Martinus, A Pasture in Holland Landscape and Cattle 2 53 91 44 36 59 717 WATELIN, E., Cows in Pasture WEISSENBRUCH, Jowannes HENpRIK, A Heath in Holland A Summer Day in Holland A Dutch Pasture WIJSMULLER, J. H., The Street Market The Lock in Winter WYANT, Arexanver H., N.A., The Mountain Road 40 «CATALOGUE SALE FRIDAY EVENING : FEBRUARY 15rx, 1907 x es AT MENDELSSOHN HALL FortietH Street, East or Broapway _ BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 8.15 o’cLOcK WATER COLORS eserersry Se ae PRY TI WATER COLORS NO. 1 George Poggenbeek DUTCH: 1853—1903 fy EARLY TENS Dr ie Vu f Water Colo VA ed Height, 151, inches; width, 111/, inches : A Low cottage, near which stand two leaf- : less trees, their straggling branches ex- _ tending out of the picture, is the prominent | object in the composition, and is silhou- _ etted against a quiet sky. In the fore- : ground on the left are small wooden coops and the roof of an outbuilding, and on the | right is a path bordered by a row of small bushes. The glow of lamplight in the ' cottage window, which is partly screened i by an opaque curtain, indicates that twi- light is near. Signed at the lower left, G. PoccENBEEK. No. 2 Tony Offermans DUTCH: 1854— THE CO B R f< f | J Water Color Ki ee Heighi, 18 inches; width, 19 Suches An oxtp Dutch cobbler, pipe in mouth, sits in a low chair near a window under which ~ is his cobbler’s bench with various tools, ae engaged in repairing a shoe which he holds _ on the leather apron on his lap. The figure is lighted by a narrow window, the casements of which are thrown open, and a petroleum lamp with a tin shade hangs from a beam over the cobbler’s head. Signed at the lower right, 'T. OFFERMANS. 3 NO. Nicolaas Bastert ia DUTCH: 1854— | WINTER IN BREUKELEN— es 0) HOLLAND 4 | ae ae ; Wate ire y Prerdes ahs ff Height, 11 inches; length, 17% inches oe A Heavy fall of snow is on the ground and the winding hedge-bordered village street, which leads from the foreground around to the right between low cottages, is broken _ by the single track of a cart which is seen proceeding along toward the houses. On the left a row of pollarded trees grows along what is apparently a canal, now covered with ice, and on the opposite bank stands a farm building and a row of trees in winter foliage. 4 Signed at the lower left, N. Bastert. NO. 4 Johannes Bosboom DUTCH: 1817—1891 é ¢ CASTLE BY LEE FN, a Water Color Height, 11 inches; width, 81, inches In a broad, open street or market-place in a small fishing village in Holland stands a lofty stone building with a corner tower, evidently the relics of bygone grandeur. Alongside, and contrasting strongly with it, is a low cottage with red-tiled roof, and beyond it are other cottages at the foot of a dune, over the crest of which is seen the mast of a fishing vessel. A few figures are grouped in the shade of the tower and a woman is walking toward the foreground in the sunlight. Signed at the lower left, Bossoom, ’61. | | | ‘ No. y Margaretha ‘Vogel Roosenboom PEONIES. Water Color Height, 12 inches; length, 20 inches 5 Two large white peonies in full blossom, and others in bud, have been carelessly thrown upon a stone bench in strong light from the upper left. The background is a broken tone of gray. Signed at the lower right, Maret. RoosENnBoom. N°. 6 Margaretha Vogel Roosenboom DUTCH: 184341898 ht i we PEONIES Water Color Height, 271, inches; width, 191% inches A a@reEaT bunch of pink and yellow peonies, some in full blossom, some in bud, are arranged with their leaves in a low glass jar on a stone bench and are strongly lighted from the upper left. The background is a broken tone of gray. Signed at the lower right, Marcr. VoceLt Roos—ENBOOM. - Johannes Martinus Vrolyk DUTCH: 1846—1896 A PASTURE IN HOLLAND Water Color Height, 21 inches; length, 30 inches In the foreground a brown and white cow is browsing on the rough herbage of a broad pasture, and near her stands a peasant in a blue blouse. The pasture is bounded on the right by an irregular hedge of small trees, and on the left, in the middle distance, are seen approaching a cow and calf, and several other catile. The view extends across the broad, irregular pasture to a_ distant horizon, softened by the delicate mist of summer. The sky is nearly covered by luminous clouds, and a few birds flutter above the trees. Signed at the lower right, JAN VROLYK. NO. § | Johannes Bosboom DUTCH: 1817—1891 THE VILLAGE CANAL Water Color Height, 9 inches; length, 13 inches A QUIET waterway, extending from the left 4 foreground diagonally to the right, is bor- | dered on either side by broad, level quays. On the left, lofty buildings with red-tiled roofs rise against the sky, and on either side of the | canal grow great rank trees in full foliage, | and through an opening between them is a glimpse of a sunlit building. The figures of women, in characteristic white caps, are seen here and there, one of them engaged in washing clothes on the far side of the canal. Signed at the lower right, J. Bossoom. Henri Harpignies FRENCH: 1819— FRENCH LANDSCAPE Water Color Height, 81%, inches; length, 12 inches Tuis is a view across an open valley, broken by a roadway and irregular pools of water, to distant tree-covered slopes. On the left, irregular masses of foliage are in strong sil- houette against a luminous sky, and on the right rounded trees crown the steep de- clivity of a low hill. Near the foreground a few slender poplars grow on a low bank - between a sandy road and a pool of water which reflects the light of the sky at the zenith. | Signed at the lower left, h’h arvicniss, ’92. = a s “a ee iS al eam Dp iy Ad al No. 10 Anton Mauve DUTCH: 1838—1888 a ar re eae a THE PEASANT’S HOME Water Color Height, 12 inches; width, 814 inches An old Dutch peasant in rough garments, wooden shoes and with an apron tied around _ ! his waist, is engaged in sweeping the ground a with a rough besom, near the corner of an old board hovel. A barrel partly filled with sticks stands near him, and beyond is suggested a grassy field bounded in the dis- tance by a grove of slender trees} * Josef Israels DUTCH: 1824— A PENSIVE SEWER ~~. Water Color | Height, 13 inches; width, 8 inches _ A youne Dutch peasant woman is seated in a low kitchen chair near a latticed window, engaged in sewing upon a white garment, _and while intent upon her work, her thoughts are evidently far away. She wears a white cap, a pink jacket and a black petticoat, and the figure is strongly lighted from the window , on the left. Signed at the lower left, Joser IsraxEts. George Poggenbeek DUTCH: 1853—1903 HOLLAND MEADOW—SPRING Water Color Height, 1014, inches; length, 161, inches From the right foreground a narrow canal, partly choked by a rank growth of reeds and rushes, crosses diagonally a broad, marshy — meadow in which two spotted cows are lying on the grass and where pollarded willows grow. In the distance between the trees is a glimpse of a blue hillside far away, and a few sunlit clouds float in the summer sky. Signed at the lower left, G. PoeceNBEEK. N° 13 Josef Israéls DUTCH: 1824— DED AGE og ace? ‘ Sigil Ae oe ait “waa eae Le HY 4 Wwtrowavater Color kore ia Height, 13 inches; width, 10 inches “a An old peasant woman, wearing a white i linen cap, an ample cloak with high collar 4 over her shoulders and around her neck, and a black petticoat, sits in a low kitchen ' chair in front of a small fire on the hearth, _ warming her extended trembling hands, evidently enjoying the luxury of the fire. Signed at the lower left, Joser IsraEts. fs, * i: ‘Aa 5 tty she "1 NO. 1 4 Johannes Hendrik Weissenbruch DUTCH: 1824—1903 A HEATH IN FONE. ‘| 4 Water Color Height, 11 inches; length, 19 ches A crear building, roughly thatched, with a _ door and window in its gable end, and its — ridge irregular and broken, stands in an , open waste. Four slender trees grow near — the building, and are the only ones which 4 break the irregular surface of the great q pasture. Three cows are wandering across a the field toward the building, apparently — seeking shelter for the night. A few birds — flutter high in the sky above, and the light | of the setting sun is concentrated near the © horizon and behind the rude structure. Signed at the lower left, J. H. WxtsseNsRucH. — : NO 15 — Willem Maris a ie DUTCH: 1844— | COWS IN PASTURE Water Color Height, 144, inches ; length, 211, inches | ‘ ; : ‘Two cows, one black, spotted with white, and the other dun-colored with a white face, _ stand near a pool in the foreground, browsing | on the reeds and coarse grass which grow -— there. Beyond them the view extends across a | : _ the broad open pasture where other cattle ae ° ° e | are feeding, and where, in the distance, the ie eye ° ° ° e | | familiar forms of windmills rise against the | sky. , Signed at the lower left, Wu1em Maris. | Yas ' f : E we 4 j 6 it se ys i ie ion Sige? 0: | be ek. = Vee | doa wa, f va Pott * Se tk ale | NO 16 Albert Neuhuys DUTCH: 1844— AMONG THE FLOWERS Water Color Height, 28 inches; width, 161% inches A wapy (the artist’s wife) in outdoor cos- tume, consisting of a brown skirt and sleeve- less jacket over a black bodice and petticoat, and a turban-like hat, stands in a conservatory surrounded by chrysanthemums, plucking some of the delicately colored blossoms. The figure is lighted from the upper right, and in the background is suggested the glass roof of the conservatory with a mass of flowering plants. Signed at the lower right, Ars. NEuHUYs. | NO. 1% Johannes Hendrik Weissenbruch \ DUTCH: 1824—1903 A SUMMER DAY IN HOLLAND Water Color Height, 211% inches; width, 131, inches Four spotted cattle, watched by a small boy in a blue blouse, broad white trousers, black cap and wooden shoes, are resting, partly in sunlight and partly in shadow, near a sandy road which leads from the foreground to a lofty straw stack in the distance overhung by tall trees in heavy foliage. The full summer sun falls upon the landscape, casting a broken shadow upon the middle distance and illuminating the great masses of vapor which fill the sky. Signed at the lower right, J. H. WetsseENnBRUCH. Spt pen orem . NO. 18 — Jacob Maris DUTCH: 1837—1899 VIEW OF DORDRECHT Water Color Height, 171% inches; length, 221, inches bluff-bowed vessels alongside the quay, and beyond are a number of houses alternating church tower. The sky is filled with lumi- nous summer sunlit clouds. Signed at the lower left, J. Maris. pa th a A I Ee he TS an I FN Tuis is a view across a broad canal in the ~ populous Dutch town, showing a number of | ug with clumps of trees, dominated by a lofty — ‘e i ay NS 19 | | Ie deticus Jacobus du Chattel DUTCH: 1856— CANAL IN HOLLAND Water Color Height, 29 inches; width, 19¥, inches A NARROW canal extends in rapidly dimin- ishing perspective from the foreground to the middle distance, where it is bounded by a meadow. ‘The low banks of the canal are fringed with water-weeds, and on the left tall trees grow on either side of a coun- try road. The calm waters, along which two swallows skim in rapid flight, reflect the luminous tones of the quiet evening sky, together with the forms of the lofty trees that grow along the bank. Signed at the lower left, Frev. J. pu CHarre., , { : J | Ly FH ~F £83 NO. 20 David Adolphe Constant Artz DUTCH: 1837—1890 A FISHERWOMAN ~ Shy le Water Color. Height, 291%, inches; width, 201%, inches Tue life-sized head and shoulders of an old Dutch fisherwoman, her thin gray hair straggling out from underneath her neatly ironed white cap and her hands lying idly in her lap. Her face is in three-quarters view to the right, strongly lighted from the upper left, and bears a placid expression, which, however, tells the story of struggle in life. Signed at the upper right, Arrz. OIL PAINTINGS - = = el ato se OIL PAINTINGS NO. 21 John La Farge, N.A. AMERICAN: 1835— ) AUTUMN | - Height, 81% inches; length, 111% inches rising’ out of the picture in the foreground, B and beyond an open rank of other trees, with a glimpse of a pond and distant hillsides far- _ ther away, and a glowing autumn sky. _ Tuomas B. Crarxe Collection, New York, 1899. 3347 0: nant \ | NO. 22 David Adolphe Constant Artz DUTCH: 1837—1900 Pe ee ee ALONG THE RIVER Height, 10 inches; length, 151, inches BEYOND a quiet expanse of water which ex- tends across the foreground is seen a broken muddy shore, gently sloping up to a fringe of low bushes, beyond which an irregular rank of poplar and other trees forms an irregular horizon line against a sky filled with rolling storm clouds touched here and there by brilliant sunlight. a oe oa aad Sere ae arias a Signed at the lower right, Arrz. i N9 23 L. Hervier FRENCH THE FISHING BOAT Height, 13% inches; width, 103%, inches In the foreground, drawn up on the beach, is a small roughly constructed fishing boat with a single mast and lowered sail, appar- ently just landed after a good catch of skate, for the small cockpit is half filled with fish. A large one lies on the sand near the boat, and beyond, on the shingle-covered shore, -stands a fisherwoman near a pile of fish, holding another large one in her hand. _ Following the line of a beach which sweeps away to the extreme distance, broken only by a single craft left high and dry by the tide, is a row of steep-roofed thatched cottages, touched here and there by a strong shaft of sunlight which breaks through the rolling storm clouds covering the sky. Signed at the lower left, Hervier, ’47. Georgio Belloni ee ITALIAN ‘ fer 3 Contemporary INCOMING SEA Height, 111/, inches; length, 16 inches THis is a view across a broad expanse of water, showing in the foreground a shoal with gently breaking waves in a succession _ of small combers, and farther away, beyond _ narrow sandy banks which show in lumi- nous lines in the water, is a line of breakers on the edge of the sea, beyond which the sails D of a few fishing vessels gleam in the sun- i light and break the level of the high horizon. Signed at the lower left, & 25 Nicolaas Bastert DUTCH: 1854— APPLE Be oe OMS Height, 13% aahey: length, 20 inches In the near foreground in a flower - grown sward are three fruit trees in full blossom, — their flower-laden branches almost conceal- ing the sky and extending out of the picture at the top. Beyond the trees, on the far side of a low wattled fence which is flecked a here and there by strong sunlight, are seen a a farm-house and farm buildings among _ trees in full foliage. a Signed at the lower left, N. Basrert. Sy eee ee ston ein at t a we se a aR re ES aR SY Tg SS a aa ae N® 26 J. G. Fisher AMERICAN A VILLAGE ROAD | Height, 14 inches; length, 19 inches — 1 A Broap road, partly overgrown by grass — and extending across the foreground, leads . between stone cottages with thatched roofs — to an opening under overhanging trees in the © distance. Three cows are walking along 4 the road in the sunlight, apparently on their — way to the pasture just outside the confines — of the village. | Signed at the lower right, J. G. Fisuer. NO 27% J. H. Wijsmuller DUTCH: 1855— THE STREET MARKET Height, 17 inches; width, 12% inches ' In a small square in a large Dutch town the usual market is being held, and crowds of people are assembled around the booths in the shadow of the houses in a narrow street, which, on the left, extends away in perspec- tive past the corner of a large brick church which raises a lofty cupola above a steep roof against the sky. The sunlight falls upon the scene from the left, accentuating the facades and gables of the houses along the street and the front of a small public building which stands under the very eaves of the church, overhung by a clump of leaf- less trees. Signed at the lower right, J. H. Wissmutier. NO. 28 Anton Mauve DUTCH: 1838—1888 COW IN SUNLIGHT Height, 1014 inches; length, 161, inches A DUN-COLORED cow, spotted with white, is a standing in full sunlight in a broad pasture bounded by a rank of trees in the distance. _ She is facing to the right, with her head — somewhat lowered and her ears thrown back, and is in strong effect of full sunlight from — the upper right, the face, fore legs and fore ~ shoulders being in luminous shadow. Signed at the lower right, A. Matve. q 29 Anton Mauve DUTCH: 1838—1888 COWS IN PASTURE Height, 1014, inches; length, 13% inches a Two cows, one red and white and the other -dun-colored, are standing in the sunlight in the corner of a rich pasture which is bor- dered by a hedge with a row of slender trees, fi : showing a gate leading into a field beyond. y _ On the right is the steep roof of a farm build- i) _ ing rising above the surrounding trees, and ee Bes horizon against a sunlit sky is suggested | i asecond farm-house similarly situated. _ Ne Signed at the lower right, A. Mavve. NO. John Lewis Brown FRENCH: 1829—1890 THE FALCONERS Height, 914 inches; width, 7 inches In an open glade in a great park or forest a small party of mounted falconers have been — enjoying their hunt. One of them, who has been riding a white horse, has dismounted, and is conversing with a friend, apparently — the host of the occasion, who, with a gesture © of authority, is giving directions about the © hunt. Beyond the horsemen stands an at- tendant in gay livery, carrying three of the hooded birds upon a perch, and behind the ~ group a clump of trees in dense foliage rises | high against a clouded sky through which the sunlight bursts and falls strongly RoE 4 the landscape. | Signed at the lower right, JOHN LEWIS ot 1875. oo ‘at Jean Charles Cazin FRENCH: 1840—1900 31 THE ARTIST’S STUDIO ; —BOULOGNE Height, 51% inches; length, 81% inches From a rounded hilltop in the foreground, i - which is covered with rankly growing reeds and low bushes, the vista extends across a rolling country to the horizon, where the level line of the sea meets the sky. In the distance, on the left, a coppice in autumn foliage covers the hillside, and on the right the slopes are broken by patches of cultivated land. A few low, drifting clouds contrast witha high stratum of cirri, through rifts in which is seen the soft luminous summer sky. Signed at the lower left, J. C. Cazin. L. Crist Detmonico Collection, New York, 1905. Lf G 7 Fa i is cA: [tcoky Jacob Maris DUTCH: 1837—1899 b 7 Ste SCHEVENINGEN “yer Height, 11% inches; length, 131% hes Ir is a breezy day at this famous Dutch — watering place and fishing village, and a line e ‘e of breakers tumbles on the shallow beach and dashes over the hulls of fishing vessels \ which, with partly lowered sails, are awaiting _ the fall of the tide. In the foreground on the _ left is a group of fisher folk, with ladies and | gentlemen. Great sunlit cumuli drift across the sky, which is reflected here and there in the shallow pools in the sand. Signed at the lower right, J. Manis. iy ent d ‘VILLAGE Height, 91, inches; length, 15 inches From the left foreground a deep and narrow river leads away, between grassy banks, to the middle distance, where it is crossed by a stone bridge with a single arch. Beyond the bridge, which is flanked on the right by an irregular hedge, and on the left by scattered clumps of trees and bushes, is a vista across a meadow to a distant village, domi- nated by a church with a lofty spire. The sky is covered with a luminous haze in which landscape. sunlit scuds are drifting, and the full light of a midday summer sun falls upon the Signed at the lower left, h’hanriex iLES. P i AY itd , ¥ A ( ; a ey ue ae sa Fo wen OP ai i Te af nae : ‘ ce Olle 4 iE - MS ? oy if : { Ry -™,. i ins ; ie m & 4 hi NO 34 Jacob Maris DUTCH: 1837—1899 HOLLAND LANDSCAPE Height, 81, inches; length, 14 inches A ROLLING tract of rough land extends \ away to the horizon, where the sky line is formed by bare hilltops, broken here and there by the branches of leafless trees which grow along a muddy road winding from the right foreground around to the left. A cart drawn by a white horse, accompanied by a peasant, approaches along the road. Large masses of sunlit vapor nearly cover the blue of the sky. Signed at the lower left, J. Manis. 34 /@a Collection of the late Grorce I. SENey, New York, 1894. a eee ee ee eas A SS oe te ee ee ae TW Oe eR Oe iS, EC Tie Jt gt ; NO. a . ; } if rie } ow" y i! Dupré FRENCH: 1811—1889 THE EDGE OF A FOREST Height, 914 inches; length, 1414 inches A FEW cows are seen in a small open glade in a large forest, two of them near a large ledge of rock which rises out of the coarse grass on the top of a slight elevation in the left foreground, and two others are drinking in a shallow pool under the trees on the right. A rank of densely growing trees extends across the picture in the middle distance in strong contrast against the luminous blue of the summer sky, in which small lazily floating cumuli are strongly touched by the sunlight, which accentuates the slender trunk of a tree in the middle of the composition, and glints here and there upon the animals, the rock and the grass. Signed at the lower left, Jutes Dupre. Collection of the late Grorce I. SENEY, | New York, 1894. A We nl EY Ae ac7 bought Af the Yaltt is Lite Xt (705 $f U2 + ied te AA. Mealy ALIA A (4-25 ™ Constant Troyon FRENCH: 1810—1865 { THE OLD FARMHOUSE Height, 9 inches; length, 121, inches Se = In the foreground on the left is a white- washed roughly thatched cottage, the gable touched by the sunlight as well as the side “ of a lean-to hovel. To the right of the cot- | tage a number of small fruit trees with gnarled and twisted trunks and branches grow near a straw stack, and beneath them in the sunlight stands the figure of a peasant woman who-has apparently been hanging her clothes to dry upon a rough sapling fence. ‘The cottage and the trees are in contrast against a simple, quiet, but luminous sky. The near foreground and the distance, in which is suggested a clump of trees, are in full sunlight. OTE: ES LET |. IO aire Signed at the lower right, C. T. silt Charles Emile Jacque FRENCH: 1813—1894 WATERING THE /HORSES Height, 814 inches; length, 1l inches In the foreground, strongly illuminated by full sunshine,. three horses stand near a shallow pool of water, the nearest one white, the other two gray and brown respectively. On the latter sits a peasant wearing a blue blouse and holding a whip in his hand. In the distance the open field is bounded by an irregular hedge of trees of various sorts, extending nearly to the top of the picture. Signed at the lower left, Cu. Jacque. HAL “Yi, od \ 38 Jean Baptiste Camille Corot FRENCH: 1796—1875 — THE BATHER Height, 10 inches; width, 8 inches A PARTLY draped female figure is seated upon a rock, her head turned away and resting upon her left hand, the left elbow being supported upon her right thigh. A black mantle is draped across one knee, and contrasts strongly with the flesh and a white garment which is spread upon the rock. In the background. is suggested a tree trunk and a mass of foliage, and the figure is in strong effect of light from the upper right. Signed at the lower right, Corot. ox. = iia at Ne 2 eee) “Sipe bi George Inness, N.A. AMERICAN: 1825—1894 A MEDFIELD FARM —M ASSACHUSETTS Height, 8%, inches; length, 13%, inches In the foreground three tall elm trees, growing in a stone wall, rise out of the pic- ture, and beyond them, across an enclosed sunlit meadow where a few cows are feeding, is seen on the left the whitewashed gable of a farmhouse, which is almost entirely con- cealed by lofty rounded trees in rich summer foliage, and which, in strong effect of light and shade, rise high against a cloudy sky. Through an opening in the rank of great trees, which extends across the middle dis- tance, is a vista to a distant horizon across a pleasant wooded country. Signed at the lower right, G. InnEss. os | Z hb LS by rte Fa “ag 4 . vy. f NO: 40 Alexander H. Wyant, N.A. AMERICAN: 1836—1892 | THE MOUNTAIN ROAD | Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inehes } | In the left foreground a well-worn country | road leads along the crest of a hill in rapidly © diminishing perspective to the middle dis-— | tance, where it disappears among the trees, ; i" and apparently descends into a wooded 4 vale at the foot of the hill. Beyond the | vale on the right is a broad broken hillside, | with here and there trees and cultivated | fields, and from the summit of one of the elevations a wreath of white smoke drifts away. ‘The sky is covered with luminous | gray clouds, the sunlight struggling to break through here and there, and a few spots of blue show half way to the zenith. Signed at the lower left, A. H. Wyant. 4 3 (© Tomas B. CrarKe Collection, New York, 1899. NO 41 ' Johannes endeil Weissenbruch DUTCH: 1824—1903 _ A DUTCH PASTURE ‘Height, 8 inches; length, 16 inches 4 A BROAD level pasture, in which a few black and white cattle are feeding, extends from the foreground to the distance, where the horizon line is formed by an irregular row _ of trees, broken by a windmill and the roofs of farm buildings. From the right fore- _ ground a narrow canal runs under a foot bridge, and, reflecting the strong sunlight from the sky, breaks the green expanse of the meadow in a diagonal line to the left. Through rifts in the low floating clouds a warm summer sunlight bursts forth and floods the landscape. Signed at the lower left, J. H. Weiss—ENBRUCH. f = vA Ne ‘i rh to : Me an ge ? . “. . a z i) x ag } " y ‘ NO. 42 Ludwig Knaus GERMAN: 1829— A HAPPY FRAULEIN Height, 14 inches; width, 1114, inches Tue head and shoulders of a fair-haired young German maiden, the body in profile, the head in three-quarters view to the left, slightly inclined, and the eyes turned toward the spectator. Her wavy hair, tinged with auburn, is brushed back from her fore- head and tied in a small knot at the top. — ] Her left arm is bare and her hand held to her bosom, and the flesh is in contrast against a short-sleeved black velvet bodice, trimmed with lace, which falls over the upper arm.’ The background is a graded tone of gray green. Signed at the lower left, L. Knaus, 1899. Jj. L. A. T. Géricault FRENCH: 1791—1824 _ STABLE INTERIOR Height, 134, inches; width, 101, inches A srupy of two short-tailed iron gray horses, standing side by side in stalls, their feet buried to the fetlocks in the straw litter. The heads of the animals are not shown, and the blankets which they wear have been folded over their fore quarters. Signed at the lower right, Gértcauuy. \ 1 NV: Jan Havicksz Steen DUTCH: 1626—1679 THE MERRY COUPLE Height, 11 inches; width, 9 inches — In a rustic interior in Holland a peasant girl is seated, holding in her lap a pewter — porringer, resting her right elbow on a barrel. Beside her sits her peasant lover, playing some prank at which both are heartily laughing. In the gloom of the interior in the background are seen a hooded chimney-place with a fire on the hearth, and a curtained bed. A square-shouldered gin bottle and a thick pancake stand on the head of the barrel beside the girl, and various articles of domestic use are hung in the fireplace and on the walls. Signed at the upper right, Green. us coin ~ Collection of P. C. Hanrorv, New York, 1902. utes AA Meaty . ms f dq i { a it d NO. 45_ - Theophil H. de Bock DUTCH: 1850—1904 ‘THE POOL IN THE PASTURE Height, 9%, inches; length, 19, inches A SHALLOW pool in which grow rushes and water weeds extends across the foreground to the middle distance, where it is bounded by the low, broken bank of a meadow, against which are clumps of tall reeds and where a skiff, with a single figure in a blue blouse, is moored to a stake. Beyond the meadow on the left rises a sand hill, crowned with poplars and other trees, and on the right is the corner of a large wood growing on a grass covered slope, with here and there patches of sand and outcropping ledges. ‘The sky is covered with a mass of luminous vapor. Signed at the lower right, Tu. DE Bock. mr peewee : 5 8 Bat yf folaas Be 14 % Eh a ae q ta ae on a) Seer em = i i rt i i i | : a Sha PERT. rey DUTCH MEADOWS Height, 11144 inches; length, 191, inches THE motive for this picture was found in the broad pasture meadows of Holland, where narrow canals run through the land, and here and there trees break the monotony of the surface and the grass is dotted with feeding cattle. A narrow ditch, partly filled with growing rushes, reflects, in the fore- ian Foe ii ground, the light of the sky, and near it, on — i. the right, a few black and white Dutch cows are lying on the grass. Beyond, in the middle distance, the gleam of water shows the line of a canal, and on the right a lofty tree, dominating a row of pollarded willows, rises high against the sky, which is filled with quietly drifting cumuli. Signed at the lower left, G. PoGGENBEEK. fed ie ne a Bia a ee ee we oo ae ftp Tea ‘i ‘ oN I i : “a From Arnot & Tripp, Paris. (\ mi NO. 4% Henri Harpignies FRENCH: 1819— THE BIRCHES Height, 19 inches; width, 16 inches A cuiumpP of graceful, slender white birches grow on a grassy bank near a narrow path in a broken park-like country, where open glades alternate with huge trees in heavy foliage. On the right great beeches rise out of the picture and are in contrast against a quiet, cloudy summer sky. The foreground is in modified shadow, and the sunlight falls upon the middle distance, glinting on the silvery stems of the trees and accentuating the broad masses of the foliage and the grass. Signed at the lower left, h’harpicnies, 1863. Sea cay ; pia ey J. Francis Murphy, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— ae e . SUNSET AFTER nes Height, 12 inches; length, 19 inches A’sToRM has just swept over a level tract of land, broken here and there by trees and — bushes, and the sun, already near the horizon, _ is sending through the clouds a vivid gleam — of light. In the foreground a narrow, irregu- _ lar pool of water reflects the concentrated — sunlight, and near it a single tree, with slender stem and dense rounded foliage, — forms a strong contrast, accentuating - the focus of the composition. Signed at the lower right, J. Francis Murrny. ahs No. 49 Henri Harpignies FRENCH: 1819— ig ys , A SUMMER DAY — Height, 15 inches; length, 22 inches From the right foreground a deep, placid stream leads diagonally to the left between low grass-covered meadows, and disappears in the middle distance. Overhanging the water, in the left foreground, are two sturdy old trees, one of them with lopped branches, the other with a tall columnar trunk, rising out of the picture. In the shadow, under- neath the nearer tree, is seated a young lady reading a book and evidently enjoying the cool shade. Beyond, in the middle distance, is a succession of cultivated fields divided by hedges, with a single farm building, and here __ and there isolated trees. A range of low i wooded hills forms the horizon line against a simple luminous sky. Se ST re r Signed at the lower right, W’harrienirs, ‘ae f < be) i s pt % Ph ie Prom Arnow & Trier, Paris. "Ripa wal wat Lh bey Collection of A. BuumenstiEL, New York, 1906. / ge: Oo WA Mine ‘ ws Sia . ; te ry a 4 hee ’ t A o . 2 we , ‘ = * east 4 c , is " ~ Charles Francois Daubigny FRENCH: 1817—1878 | BANKS OF THE MARNE Height, 131, inches; length, 221%, inches EXTENDING across the foreground a quiet sheet of water, its surface broken by the reflections of trees beyond and the tones of the soft summer sky, extends away to the right to the middle distance, where it is bounded by a grassy slope partly cov- ered by low trees. On the left rises a steep bank, crowned by a rank of poplars and lilies, and water weeds and rushes grow in profusion along the shore. A skiff with two occupants floats near the point of the bank, where a fisherman stands apparently waiting to enter the boat. Beyond, the view extends over a wooded country to a distant hillside which forms the horizon, and the lofty sky is covered with a thin veil of luminous mist with scattered low-drifting clouds. Signed at the lower left, Davsicny, mee JO ? Collection of Henry T. shy ¥ mel I fy A Popa é ae tin 7 His ertemg IAXX “Aw f. TAL Lek . Willem Roelofs DUTCH: 1814—1894 SUMMER IN HOLLAND Height, 121, inches; length, 20 inches A PEASANT is driving a flock of sheep and a single cow along a broad, broken coun- try road, which winds from the middle distance around to the foreground. On either side of the road grow tall elms and other trees, and beyond the flock of sheep, in a passage of full sunlight, stand several thatched cottages along the grass-grown road. The sky is filled with luminous summer clouds, and the haze of early morning softens the distant rank of trees : which extends across the composition be- , yond the cottages. : 2 Signed at the lower right, W. Roe ors. 52 Josef Israéls. + = DUTCH: pe fa geee WAITING ree” IS MASTER Height, 174, inches; width, ny, inches In the foreground stands a rude arm- a chair with a rush bottom, on which are — piled various articles of clothing and a x workman’s basket. Near the chair, on | the right, lies a spotted dog asleep, and — beyond, on the hearth of a hooded fire- — place, gleams the ruddy flame of a small — fire. ag = © Oe ae ad Oe Signed at the lower left, Joser Israiits. i Rae se (Orie ne =) TWILI GH T Height, 144, inches; length, 21 inches Tue sun has disappeared below the hori- zon and the sky is glowing with ruddy, reflected light, touching the edges of the high-floating clouds and sending a warm glow over the landscape. The motive was found in a flat country, where the horizon is almost as level as the sea, and the ir- regular ground is broken here and there by rocks, bushes and small pools of water, and by sparsely growing trees. In the left foreground, near a stunted oak tree which grows alongside a muddy road, are dimly suggested in the gloom of twilight figures of peasants with horses and a cart, and on the right a small pool of water reflects the glow of the sky. Signed at the lower left, TH. R. =i ees = - Ue fave ee ae (iy NO. 54 Ralph Albert Blakelock EM Agee ae avy, . GYPSY ENC. 4M MENT Height, 144% inches; length, 25 inches In the foreground, seated near a fire which she is attending, crouches a young girl, and on the right two companions, engaged in earnest conversation, are seated on a grassy bank under a clump of moderate-sized trees. The foreground is glowing with warm, modified sunlight, which mystifies the distance and extends over the mass of clouds which covers the Signed at the lower right, R. A. BuaKEtock. & ; Fig J. Francis Murphy, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— a A HILLSIDE PASTURE Height, 16 inches; length, 221%, inches From a broad marsh in the foreground, where narrow, irregular pools of water reflect the light of the sky, the ground rises in a gentle slope to a rounded hill in the distance, which is broken by a cop- pice on the summit, and here and there small trees are scattered over the irregular surface. In the middle distance, on the right, a group of slender birches raise their leafless branches against the sky, which is covered with a mass of gray clouds, through which a shaft of sun- light breaks well up toward the zenith. Signed at the lower right, J. Francis Murpuy, 1901. Collection of H. Woop Sutuivayn, ANG New York, 1903. ~«< Wes f iat is: ( GA Moots NO. 56 Childe Hassam AMERICAN: 1859— FIFTH AVENUE AND FIFTY- @& SIXTH STREET—SPRING MORN- ING (a Height, 22 inches; width, 20 inches On the right a broad sidewalk, overhung — by trees, is crowded with people in spring garments, prominent among them young ladies, one of whom, in a yellow dress, leads a small pet dog. On the left, across the street, on which are seen the familiar omnibus, a number of private carriages and a white-garbed street cleaner, rise the lofty facades of residences, dominated by a church spire which extends out of the picture at the top. A flood of sunshine illuminates the sky, the spire and the upper parts of the buildings. | Signed at the lower right, Cu1tpE Hassam, 1900. 9) ‘ a4 go 4) Collection of H. Woop Svuttivan, 5 New York, 1903. ¥ df A - has Charles Francois Daubigny FRENCH: 1817—1878 A SHOWERY DAY IN SPRING Height, 15 inches; length, 2614 inches A Quiet river sweeps around in a gentle curve from the foreground to the right, and along the shore, at the foot of grassy slopes which bound the river, are rows of stakes and poles, suggesting their use as fishing traps. On the left, rising above a thickly growing mass of reeds and rushes, stands a sturdy oak tree, its rounded top rising against a luminous sky filled with thin drifting clouds, catching here and there the diffused light from the sun. Farther away the horizon is formed by the irregular outline of a range of low hills, broken here and there by clumps of trees and farm buildings. The tones of the sky are repeated in the quiet surface of the water, which is broken only by the reflected light on the ripples of the current. Signed at the lower left, Davusicny, 776. Louis Eugene Boudin FRENCH: 1824—1898 PORT DE ST. VALERY Height, 18 inches; width, 1414, inches Ir is low water in a narrow estuary. In the foreground on the left various small boats are stranded at the end of a wharf, alongside of which lies a bark with furled sails, apparently discharging her cargo. From the right foreground a placid ex- panse of water extends to the middle dis- tance, where it is bounded by the houses of a small port and a low grass-covered bank crowned by a row of small trees. The sky is covered with thin, rolling masses of vapor, showing here and there small spots of blue, and the landscape is in an effect of broad, diffused sunlight. Stgned at the lower left, St. Vatery, E. Bounty. Cee Gs bry htt fs Bb Tacrnm& Fret vee ji /4 72 Ltd A # ie AAH d-2 BF gel wet . i fe a 59 Anton Vollon FRENCH: 1833—1890 STILL LIFE Height, 2414, inches; width, 17 inches A BARREL sawn in two, a large iron ket- tle, a long-handled iron frying-pan, and a rough cask standing on the ground in the sunlight near the corner of a white- washed building, the door of which is seen on the right of the composition. On the left is suggested a narrow passageway in the gloom of a deep shadow. The dif- ferent articles are strongly contrasted in light, shadow and texture. Signed at the lower left, A. VoLuon. Tees Saar fh Sah cana EN tO he Nal aimee, ERT Taps coe ion SO aren ee gee Pe jen Charles Cazin FRENCH: 1840—1900 LE DERNIER QUARTIER Height, 254%, inches; width, 21 inches Bryonp a grassy field, which extends across the foreground, are seen a number of cottages, with lofty tiled roofs, on either side of a large clump of trees, and in the sky the crescent of the moon is just appearing from behind a small cloud which floats near the horizon. In the up- per part of the sky an irregular mass of vapor is accentuated by the glow of moon- light, and in the windows of a low cottage overhung by trees is the warm gleam of lamplight, suggesting the rapid appre of darkness. Signed at the lower right, J. C. Cazin. 4G C Collection of Henry T. Cox, New York, 1902. Ries AH Hy gardenia OP UCAN Hee aE KAN Stee aa Pl AL [fbf AML Louis Eugene Boudin FRENCH: 1824—1898 UNLOADING THE CATCH Height, 14 inches; length, 23 inches been left on the sandy beach by the re- ceding tide, and the fisher folk are busy unloading one of them into a one-horse cart which has been backed up to her side. Three fisherwomen are seated on the beach near by, and another one, with a small child, stands near the edge of _ the water alongside the horse, which patiently awaits his load. A few sunlit clouds drift high in the sky and the shim- mering expanse of water is flooded by sunlight, the horizon line being nearly lost in the warm glow. In the foreground shallow pools of water in the sand reflect the sky and the masts and hulls of the boats. Signed at the lower right, KE. Boupin, ’86. 2. 24 ee ‘ In Ae ef N° 62 Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever DUTCH: 1854— IN THE ORCHARDS Height, 151, inches; length, 1914 inches. A Dutcu maiden, seated in strong sun- light on a wooden bench in an open or- chard, is engaged in sewing on a white garment, at the same time watching a fair- haired little girl who, seated in the grass at her feet, is arranging a bunch of vio- lets which she has just gathered. Beyond the group, in the background, is sug- gested an orchard filled with small trees in late spring foliage. | Signed at the lower left, Krever. ¥ ieee See 63 Theodore Honrath DUTCH PLOUGHING Height, 18 inches; width, 13 inches In the foreground a peasant is stooping over a rude plough, which is drawn by a single horse, apparently engaged in ad- justing the plough shaft, and beyond him a partly cultivated field, in which are seen figures here and there, extends away to the extreme distance, where a few poplars grow and a windmill localizes the scene. The sky is covered with low drifting masses of clouds threatening rain, and near the zenith the sun struggles to break through the vapor. 4 Signed at the lower right, Turo, Honratu. i = sighiye pee. 4 Theophil H. de Bi DUTCH: 1850 NEAR THE DUNES Height, 121, inches; length, 23 inches — In the foreground is a rough tract of land near the edge of a wood, where trees ~ have been felled and the bare trunks are — lying on the grass. In the middle distance ~ a single cottage, with whitewashed gable, stands near a rank of lofty trees which mark the corner of the forest, and be- yond, in strong sunlight, is a row of sand dunes, forming an irregular skyline against soft summer clouds which cover ~ the sky, the light of the brilliant sun being a concentrated on a large cumulus in the: a middle of the composition. Signed at the lower left, Tu. p—E Bock. N° 65 — Louis Eugene Boudin FRENCH: 1824—1898 TROUVILLE Height, 14 inches; length, 23 inches ‘Twas is a view of the harbor of the fa- : - mous watering-place on the Normandy coast, showing the broad estuary upon : which the town is situated, with the lofty _ fagades and roofs of the buildings ranged : along a busy quay on the right, and on the left the curved line of a gently sloping grassy bank at the water’s edge, with various boats moored near the shore or drawn up on the beach. Beyond, across a road, on which are several figures, are ; seen a lofty residence, workshops and the sails of a fishing sloop in silhouette against the quiet luminous sky, which is covered with a thin stratum of summer, clouds. 259 iid Mealy V1 oe No. 66 _ Hendrik Willem Mesdag i DUTCH: 1831— EARLY MORNING Height, 20 inches; width, 16 inches In the near foreground a Dutch fishing — | boat is anchored in the shallow, gently — rippling water near the beach, presumably al at some Dutch fishing port. Various mem- — bers of the crew are standing at the stern, E watching two of their companions wading ~ toward the vessel, with the water up to — their hips. The shimmering waves of 7 the quiet sea lead the eye away to the — distant horizon, the line of which is ; | broken by afew fishing craft. Light Pg clouds drift upward toward the zenith, — | tinged with the rosy light of dawn, and here and there a few sea-gulls flutter high above the water. Signed at the lower right, H. W. Mespas. Collection of the late Grorce I. Seney, E New York, 1894; ‘ Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever DUTCH: 185 A fan THE LITTLE Pencmiar Height, 191% inches; width, 151, inches A .LirtLe peasant girl, seated in a high kitchen chair, her feet resting on a foot stove, is holding a young child in her lap, at whom she gazes tenderly, while the in- fant’s attention is fixed on a black and white kitten lapping milk from an earthen dish on the roughly tiled floor near the chair. To the right of the figures, in the background, is a kitchen table with an earthen pipkin on it. Signed at the lower right, Kever. } NO. A ah he +, Bock DUTCH: 1850—1904 A COUNTRY ROAD Height, 1414 inches; length, 224% inches A saNnpy road in which the wagons have © made deep ruts, curving away from the — middle foreground, is lost between low ~ grassy banks near a cottage in the middle © distance, where a single figure is seen. On either side of the road are low, broken | slopes, partly covered with grass, and on the summits of these slopes, on either side, grow large trees with heavy foliage, which are in strong contrast against a sky filled 4 with gently floating sunlit summer clouds. | Beyond the cottage is a view across a level meadow to a distant low horizon. Signed at the lower right, Tu. p—E Bocx. N°. 69 Nicolaas Bastert — | DUTCH: 1854— i THE WHITE SAIL ! Height, 16 inches; length, 234 inches % Tue motive of this picture was found on a quiet waterway somewhere in the Neth- __erlands, where a broad, placid stream flows smoothly between the low banks in | a level, well-wooded country. In the mid- dle distance is a sailing craft with a single : mast, the sails bellying in the gentle breeze, and reflected, together with the sunlit clouds which drift across the sky, in the quiet waters of the stream. Signed at the lower right, N. Basrert. WO Jacob Simon Hendrik ate DUTCH: 1854— AMUSING THE BABY Height, 18 inches; length, 21 inches A uirtLE Dutch boy is seated on the ~ roughly tiled floor of a cottage, clasping to his side a young child, who gazes in admiration at a tiny doll with which the boy is trying to amuse her. In the back- — ground on the left is suggested a fire-_ place with a few glowing embers, and on > the right is a tall rush-bottomed kitchen _ chair. a Signed at the lower right, Keven. , Bernardus Johannes Blommers DUTCH: 1844— A DUTCH FISHERMAN Height, 28 inches; width, 111/, inches 3 Tuis is the full-length figure of a young Dutch fisherman, holding under his right ‘arm a basket, his left arm akimbo, look- ing down at a pile of fish which he has just thrown on the sandy beach at his bare feet. Beyond him are seen the water rippling on the shoal, and the hulls and the lower parts of sails of fishing vessels rising out of the top of the picture. Wading in water up to his arm-pits, a second fisherman struggles to the shore, earrying on his back a large basket of fish. Signed at the lower right, BLommers. MK. 06 ¢ bra ght Jo, Qt. ElL. Ki AOL GY ed~ Fine NG. NO. 72 | Theophil H. de Bock DUTCH: 1850—1904 AUTUMN: > GS Height, 16 inches; length, 231, inches From the right foreground a broad muddy road, deeply rutted by the farmers’ carts, — extends away in perspective to the dis- tance, mostly in shadow from a rank of lofty trees overhanging a narrow canal _ on the left, but touched here and there by a shaft of sunlight which flashes be- tween the great cumulus clouds which © cover the sky. A peasant woman is driv- ing a herd of cows along the road toward | the distance, and on the right of the group a lofty tree, in autumn foliage and with straggling dead branches, grows on the edge of a broad meadow which extends ~ away to the remote distance, where a line of low hills forms the horizon. Signed at the lower left, Tu. pE Bock. DUTCH COWS IN PASTURE Height, 211% inches; length, 251 inches In the foreground a white and brown cow stands hoof deep in a pool of water, just about to drink, and a second animal, farther away, is apparently anxious to join the rest of the herd, which is scat- tered over the rough pasture beyond. On the left a clump of birch trees rise out of the picture, and on the right the vista extends to distant wooded hilltops under a summer sky. Signed at the lower right, E. WatTeEtin. Willem Roelofs DUTCH: 1822—1897 A FARM IN HOLLAND Height, 181, inches; length, 29 inches In the foreground a narrow foot-bridge spans a canal between two wooden piers, and near it stands a thatched hovel partly surrounded by low trees. Scattered over the meadow on the far side of the canal are several peasant women, engaged in cultivating the land, and farther away a line of low trees, with a single farm build- ing, forms the horizon. The sky is partly covered by thin drifting clouds, touched here and there by the sunlight. Signed at the lower left, W. Roe ors. ZL (OQ Collection of the late Groncr I. Seney, tc Of Neale New York, 1894. < \ ees if eu ig i it 4 ; . : ‘ : : ; 4 = F ; " Fates : a 2 eal od é | a. F j i : va a é a ‘ é Pe 5 _ 4 3 ¥ 8 . nie see eae ant ea a Reta 2 ; N % 5 4 ie i e 4 ey, gy 9 Josef Israels DUTCH: 1824— A DUTCH INTERIOR Height, 20 inches; length, 28 inches An old Dutch vrouw, knitting in hand, is seated in a simple cottage interior near a table under a broad window, gazing with interest at a cat which is drinking milk from a shallow earthen basin on the floor. The window is partly covered by thin lace curtains, a tray with tea things stands on the table, and the bonnet of the old woman occupies the seat of a chair on the left. A flood of diffused light from the broad window enters the room, accentuates the objects here and there and fills the shadows with warm reflections. Le ne ET ey ANT LT Oe! TS ee Oe Ve Oy eey Signed at the lower left, Joser Israkts. Collection of A. Dissecker, New York, 1898. LOG, i) re os ,£73~ AA, Healy | i ll A ii / Oe ie freheeti,, | a Bg C Up tA | ree Marwh 76 Oa a aes tan I eg oe No. 46 Willem Carel Nakken DUTCH: 1835— BUILDING THE RICK Height, 201, inches; length, 30 inches In the left foreground is a partly con-— structed rick, on the top of which are — two farmers, engaged in arranging the — sheaves, while a third is handing them > from a two-wheeled cart near by, which — is drawn by three sturdy farm horses. In the shadow of the rick sits a woman with her faithful dog, and on the right in the distance is a wide field, bounded by © a line of low rounded trees. The land- scape is in full sunlight and the sky is nearly covered by soft luminous clouds. Signed at the lower left, W. C. NAxKKEN. | ( H i NO. 7% Jonannes Martinus Vrolyk DUTCH: 1846—1994 LANDSCAPE AND CATTLE Height, 214, inches; length, 34 inches In a shallow pool which extends diago- nally across the foreground to the left three spotted cows stand knee deep, two of them drinking, and beyond, scattered over a broad, level meadow, bounded in the dis- tance on the right by a large coppice, are other cattle, attended by a single peasant. The sky is covered by luminous clouds, and the warm haze of summer extends over the distant landscape. Signed at the lower right, JAN VROLYK FT., ’89. DUTCH: 1854— ; PLAYMATES \ ~ Height, 23 inches; length, 311%, inches in her charge, is seated in the sunlight upon the rich grass of an orchard, and ' 4 near them stands a white goat, which a lad is fastening to a stake by accord. The ~ warm light of midsummer falls upon the ever 2 A uirtLe Dutch girl, with a young child — i a) ay . pee a: group, touching here and there the figures a4 | of the children and the goat, flecking the _ blossoms and leaves of the fruit trees in the background, and making strong con- . trasts of light and shade on the richly — growing grass under the trees. Signed at the lower right, KEveEr. lant pa NO. 79 Josef Israéls DUTCH: 1824— AN OLD MAN WALKING Height, 331, inches; width, 23 inches Tuis is the full-length figure of .an old man, dressed in rather shabby clothes and walking toward the spectator, his left hand resting on a short stick and his right hand extended as if gesticulating. His head is in three-quarters view to the left, strongly lighted from the upper left, and the background is a broken tone of gray. Signed at the lower right, Joser IsraEts. Pad se ate = isco S = = sep a Ne a Fe RE eS ee Albert Neuhuys DUTCH: 1844— SUNLIGHT Height, 33% inches; width, 24 inches In the rich grass near the doorway of a cottage a little Dutch girl is seated, plucking the petals from a bunch of — flowers which she holds in her lap, while a tame goat, tethered to the tree unde which the child sits, crops the herbage In the gloom of the cottage interior i seen the mother, in characteristic costume Strong sunlight touches the foliage of th tree, casts luminous shadows on the wall — of the house, accentuates the figure of — the child, and flecks here and there the ; grass. : Signed at the lower right, ALBERT a tesye PS i wh dalypa® €: Francois Pieter Ter Meulen DUTCH: 1843— A SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK —WINTER Height, 24 inches; length, 361, inches An old shepherd, half surrounded by his sheep, is leading his flock along a snow- covered road over the brow of a hill, pre- sumably toward a distant shelter. The animals, discouraged by the cold, keep _ stolidly on their way, and the sheep dog, following his master, plods along alert, but not active. On the left a rough wooden fence bounds a bit of waste ground, which forms the horizon against a wintry sky glowing with the light of the setting sun. Signed at the lower left, TER MEULEN. NO 82 Constant Troyon FRENCH: 1810—1865 THE FERRY | Height, 254, inches; length, 32 inches In the foreground a large flat ferryboat, a carrying a horse and cart, several peasants and four cows, has just reached the land- ing on a low muddy shore, and a horse- man and two cows, which have apparently just left the boat, are seen on a sloping ‘ 4 | roadway which leads to the village on the bank farther away. On either side the — placid stream are lofty poplars and other trees, partly in sunlight and partly in shadow, and a barge, with a single sail and bearing the French flag, quietly drifts down the stream. The time is early sun- set, and the disk of the full moon is seen high in the simple quiet sky. ; Inscribed at the lower left, VENTE Troyon. aa N° 83 Charles Francois Daubigny FRENCH: 1817—1878 oth SPRINGTIME Height, 26 inches; length, 37 inches In the foreground is the corner of an orchard with several apple trees in full fruit, dominated by a tall beech, which rises with rounded top high against a cloudy sky. On the right the orchard is bounded by a depression which is filled with flowering shrubs, and beyond, the view extends across a cultivated field to a hedge in which stands a poplar and an- other tree. The light in the sky is con- centrated near the middle of the composi- tion, and sunlight falls strongly upon the near foreground, the distant cultivated field, and gleams upon the wings of the birds soaring high above the earth. Inscribed at the lower right, Vente Dausicny. an ic Pee” 7 4 ra ee Nicolaas Bastert DUTCH: 1854— A RIVER VIEW.IN HOLLAND _— Height, 251, inches; length, 381% inches A wHITEWASHED farmhouse stands in a low meadow near a broad canal on the right of the composition, surrounded by pollarded willows and other trees. A small boat with a single oarsman is just leav- ing the shore at a rude landing near the farmhouse, and in the distance a number of peasants are seen at work in a culti- : vated field, their white garments gleaming ny in the sunlight. The quiet waters of the — canal reflect the opposite shore, with its row of poplars and long farm buildings, — and in the immediate foreground the trees and the cottages are mirrored in the still water. Great sunlit cumuli lazily float high up in the clear sky, and are reflected — here and there in the canal. | Signed at the lower left, N. Basrerr. — J. H. Wijsmuller DUTCH: 1855— THE LOCK IN WINTER Height, 264, inches; length, 40 inches A sroap canal in the middle distance is closed by a lock with curious windlasses surmounting the piers on either side. On the left is a row of houses in perspective along a road partly covered by snow, and on the right in the foreground is a double brick farmhouse with out-buildings sur- rounded by tall, leafless trees growing out _ of the low snow-covered canal bank. The sun has already set, and the glow of even- ing is concentrated at the horizon, where a few clouds gather, and is, together with the houses, trees and other objects, re- flected in the quiet waters of the canal. Signed at the lower right, J. H. WissMULLER. Willem Maris DUTCH: 1844— UNDER THE WILLOWS Height, 50 inches; width, 34 inches A row of pollarded willows, with several taller trees rising high against the sum- mer sky, grow upon the low grassy bank of a shallow waterway. A herd of cows, some of them on the bank, others cooling themselves in the water, are watched by Ne a peasant, who stands under the trees, and ~ beyond, down the broad canal, which is half choked with bunches of reeds and water-weeds, a vista extends to a mysteri- ous distance under a lofty summer sky with great drifting sun-tipped cumuli. Signed at the lower right, Wu1emM Maris. me . ta & AY , NO. 8% | Willem Roelofs DUTCH: 1822—1897 PASTURE NEAR THE DUNES Height, 34 inches; length, 55 inches EXTENDING across the foreground, a placid expanse of water reflects the sky, the distant dunes, the deep foliage of trees and the forms of cattle feeding on the pasture beyond. On the left a great clump of sunlit rounded trees raise their lofty crowns against the sky, and in the distance, across a broad marshy meadow, is a level line of sand dunes broken by irregular masses of verdure, terminated on the extreme right by a steep tree-clad slope, and showing beyond it a second line of dunes in the distance. Great rounded sunlit clouds float low in the sky, suggest- ing a quiet day in full midsummer. Signed at the lower left, W. Rortors. Hendrik Willem Mesdag DUTCH: 1831— THE FISHING FLEET Height, 241, inches; length, 52 inches | Near the foreground on the right a large fishing-boat, with sails partly lowered and the nets hoisted to the masthead, is stranded in the shallow water. The fisher- men are unloading the catch, wading through the water and carrying the heavy baskets on their shoulders. To the left, and beyond, other craft are lazily drifting — on the quiet water, which is broken near the shore by long lines of low breakers, and the view extends across the shimmer- ing sea to where the horizon is lost in the summer mist, broken only by the shadows of the shapes of distant vessels. Small scuds drift across the sky, glowing with the warm light of the sun, which is far below the horizon. Signed at the right, H. W. Mespaca, 1874. No. 89 Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel DUTCH: 1828— IN THE CORNFIELD | Height, 26 inches; length, 40 inches A Broap wheat field has been reaped and the corn stacked in a long rank ready for threshing. A cart, upon which two men are loading the sheaves, forms the central object in the composition, and is in strong contrast against a turbulent sunlit sky beyond. On the right of the field is a piece of waste ground bounded by a hedge of low bushes and trees, around which flutters a flock of birds. Great masses of rolling clouds partly cover the sky, their edges touched by the sunlight, their shape and character threatening a succession of wind and rain storms. ENE OE a ee Oa) ee et ee, ee Signed at the lower left, GaBriet. George Herbert McCord, A.N.A. AMERICAN: 1840— EVENING IN THE HARBOR Height, 22 inches; length, 27 inches In the foreground, on the right, a square- rigged vessel and two fore-and-aft craft are moored to a quay, and several small boats with oarsmen float nearby. On the left the estuary extends away to the dis- tance, where the buildings of a hillside town are seen on one side, and a grassy slope with scattered cottages leads down to the water on the other. ‘Two fishing vessels are drifting on the water in the middle distance, their sails glowing with the light of the sun, which is just dis- appearing behind the houses of the town. The warm sunset glow touches the edges of high drifting clouds, which nearly touch the sky, fills the shadows with luminous reflections and is re-echoed in the ripples of the water. Signed at the lower right, G. H. McCorp, A.N.A. \ Collection of Grorce N. Tyner, New York,1901. NO. 91 G. Sartori ITALIAN A CANAL IN VENICE Height, 2717, inches; length, 391, inches A sroap rippling canal leading from the foreground in perspective to the middle distance, passing under a lofty brick bridge with a single span, is narrowed between tall houses, and enters the broad open water beyond. A number of fish- ing boats with colored sails are moored to the banks on either side, and on the quay on the left, in the broad shadow of the sun, which is already low in the heav- ens, are numerous women with white shawls, mantilla-wise over their heads and shoulders, and numerous fishermen near the base of a tall flagstaff. Signed at the lower left, G. Sarrort. NO- ae Georgio Belloni ITALIAN Contemporary AN ITALIAN GARDEN Height, 2% inches; length, 40 inches Tus is a view across a sloping, richly cul- tivated garden, presumably on the Riviera, _ to a broad wooded hillside beyond, where villas and other residences are scattered about among the trees. In the near fore- ground, on their way down to the shade of fruit trees on the slope below, a nursemaid is directing the steps of a small child be- tween the rows of artichokes. The warm southern sun strikes full upon the land- i 4 scape, throwing the foreground into lu- minous shadow, and broadly illuminating the hillside beyond and the rolling masses of cumuli which appear over its crest. Signed at the lower right, Bettont. Georgio Belloni ITALIAN Contemporary THE HARBOR AT GENOA Height, 291, inches; length, 40 inches A BROAD quay with a line of railroad track crosses the composition diagonally from the foreground to the left, and beyond is a view across a wide harbor to a large and prosperous town extending over hillsides from left to right. Along the quay from the left in a wide sweep to the distance are numbers of steam vessels and sailing craft of all sorts and descriptions, and a few steam launches and other boats are seattered over the water. A peasant in a blue blouse sits patiently fishing on the edge of the quay in the foreground, watch- ing a small boat as it approaches the landing. The sky is covered with drift- ing masses of gray clouds, the light on which is concentrated near the horizon on the right, where the towers and roofs of the town are in silhouette against it. Signed at the lower left, QBetiont. NO. 94 A. Milesi | ITALIAN Contemporary A MARKET SCENE IN VENICE Height, 301, inches; length, 41 inches Tus is a study of a characteristic shop in a Venetian street where eatables of every kind are sold. On the left stands on a scaldino a steaming kettle, and near it salt codfish are displayed. Under a rough wooden awning stand barrels full of herring, a suspended chicken, boxes of oranges and other fruit, and standing near the fruit is a young girl, apparently examining the wares or bargaining with the grocery man. Signed at the lower right, A. Miresi, VENEziIA, 1894. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS. THOMAS E. 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