Catalogue -OF- bi2 the ©lb ^IDasters, IN THE POSSESSION OF Xeatbam, jEeq*, 61ottcc0tersbire. SALE OF MiaEKDJKiN TAKiv.y^^ Miserdeu Park, Cirencester, belonging to Mr. Arthur William lieatham, has been sold by Messrs. Knight, Frank, and Rutley to Mr. Xoel H. WUls. The old Elizabethan house stands in a thickly-wooded park, which is intersected by the liiver I^Yome. It was 'garrisoned by Cromwell during the Civil War, and Iclo&e by are the ruins of a cfustle built by Musard, a [Norman baron, and destroyed during the Wars of the 'Roses. The property extends to 2,370 acres, and Ifhere arc 700 acres of woodland. Two advowsons and three manors go with the (istate. Catalogue, 1898. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015^ https://archive.org/details/catalogueofoilpaOOunse 7 Over the fire place. Landscape Girl with fish at a window The drunkard disturbed Small landscape with tower . Small landscape with trees . fMoucHERON and *"|A. Vanderveld. Van Tol. ... Bega. Rubens. Wynants. 3' Bfnino IRoom. On either side of large Picture over Sideboard, Portrait of Louis XIV. ... Mignard. (Guildhall^ i8g8). Portrait of Sheridan... Gainsborough. Opposite the fire place. The Lock (large sketch for picture in National Gallery) ... Constable. \j iHfiMi >.^;v-^, 6 jfirst Bcawina IRoom. Over door dividing rooms. Female Head Procaccini. Head of an Evangelist ... Domenichino. Portrait of a Burgomaster Van der Helst. On the side of the room opposite fire place. Right of the door on entering room, small Pictures, Man with dog ... ... ...Drawer Landscape ... Wynants. Holy Family Solimena. ( This Picture belonged to my father ; engraved in the Gallerie de Poullain, Paris^ 1781). Sea piece W. Van der Veld. Over the door. Joseph Vernet. 7 On ike wall opposite the fire place. Centre picture, Pilate washing his hands ... De Guelder, Pupil of Rembrandt, On each Side, Portrait of a man in armour (painted in Spain) Rubens. Portrait of his second wife ... Rubens. Placed immediately underneath are seven pictures, four small ones and three larger ; the three larger are — Skating scene ... A. Cuyp. Landscape J* Ruysdael. Landscape ... ... ... J. Ruysdael. (Exhibited at Leeds ^ 1868^ Guildhall^ i8gs). The four smaller pictures are — St. Ann teaching the Virgin to read (sketch) ... Murillo. Portrait of his mother ... D. Teniers, 8 Conversation Standard bearer ... D. Teniers. A. DE VOYS. 4 fc. The three larger pictures below are — St. John — Miracle of the Chalice (sketch) MuRiLLO. I CL-cl The sleeping boy Velasquez. ^^^-^ { 4Ct<^^ f'i^rij/w the collection of M. Dumerge. Leeds ^ 1868,) Lady's portrait Van Dyck. On the same side of the rooMy over the Ebony Cabinet are — Large Landscape, Villa of Hadrian at Tivoli R. Wilson. (From Bicknell Collection). The three smaller pictures are — Girl with pinks at a window ...Van Tol. Virgin and Child Albano. Landscape Deckar. 9 On the side of the room on which is the fire place are — Over fire placey centre picture — St John the Baptist ... Spagnoletto.*^ (Brought from Spain by Marquis of Wellesley). Immediately over this picture is — Virgin and child C. Maratti. On each side of the large picture are- Virgin in devotion... ... Sasso Ferrato. River landscape Van Goyen. (Guildhall^ i8gs)' Worship of the shepherds (sketch) Paul Veronese. ( I possess tht original engravings same size ). Woman's portrait... ... ... A. Cuyp. Landscape |Moucheron and ^ y LiNGELBACH. Elijah and the Angel (sketch) ... Rubens. lO On either side of the fire place are small pictures. Boors drinking D. Teniers. The Watchman D. Teniers. On the same side of the room^ but nearer to the Window, are — The ferry boat N. Berghem. \^A^i^ Immediately underneath are — Cherubs embracing Schedone. ^<^Ac Profile portrait Vincenzio Catena. |«JU '^'^^^ Schedone. \y \iX. • On either side of tortoise-shell cabinet are — ^ >A Portrait of Nell Gwyn ... Netcher. U Xy Bacchanals Cignani. On the other side of pictures over fire place are — Virgin and Child (large picture) Procaccini. Portrait of old man Slingelandt. (Guildhall, i8gs). II Virgin and child in Antwerp Cathedral ScHOREL after Q. Matsys. Conversation Brekelenkamp. Underneath, Marriage of Constantine (sketch on panel) Rubens. Two fruit pieces ... ... De Heem. (Guildhall^ i8gs)» Seconb drawing IRoom. Over fire place. The Storm Approaching ... N. Berghem. \i^^^%<6^im ( Formerly in the possession of Lady Palmerston^ and known C ^ ^ as " The Palmerston Berghem:') 34 I^S^^ Smith's Catalogue Raisonne No. ^4, Guildhallj iSgS' Above this picture. The Church Triumphant . . . School of Rubens. I O fa kcAc \ M 12 On either side of the Berghem, Portrait of a young man Gentile. (From Prince Jerome Bonaparte's collection.) Portrait of his Father ... (Guildhall^ i8g8). Greuze. Below these two pictures. Boors carousing The money-changer ... (Guildhall, iSgs)- ... D. Teniers. .. Van Boonen. On the right of the fire place. Portrait of Ann Hyde ... Sir P. Lely. Mars crowned by Venus (sketch) ...Rubens. St. Cecilia ... Small landscape Bernardino Luini. / v On the left of the fire place. An old woman N. BERGHEM.I^^r^4^fiii(lj ... De Guelder. a A/iw Nymphs finding the body of Leander A. Sacchi. 13 Portrait of one of the Medici ... Francia. K/.V (From Prinze Jerome Bonaparte's Collection). J Landscape Over the door. '9 ... Breemburg. Old man s portrait (Guildhall, zSgs)* N. Maes. 0« the door, Antwerp Cathedral ... Pe Lorme and J . ^ Lingelbach. , , (Northwick Collection, Guildhall, i8gs). River scene Van der Capella. (Guildhall, iSgsh On the same or East side of the room, but quite away from fire place^ on the right. Venice — Grand Canal and Dogana Canaletti. !r)|K)l Miracle of St. Petronilla ... Guercino. | <^|S» ^♦^{•^J Small landscape ... Claude Lorraine. 14 On right side of North window. ^ m^j^O^ Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria Hahnemann (Court Painter) Virgin and Child and St. John.. A del Sarto. * 94«' (GiusHniani Collection,) ^ C*5^* Portrait of a young man ... Velasquez. Alexander the Great Unknown. On left side of North window. ^ Portrait of a Cardinal ... Velasquez. . t . Landscape with figures and sheep ) {}y 1^ K iS-i . Caspar Poussin. Death of the Virgin (sketch)... Guido Ri£.mACU^ S4A^U3$] West side of room^ on left of large window, Man in meditation P. di Mola. Large landscape with figures ... Verboom. < filic (iJOj On either side of this picture — , '^^^^ KS'^t.J White Horse Wouwerman. Hurdy-gurdy player ... IsAac Ostade. 15 Same side of room on right of large window. David with the head of Goliath Venetian School. Battle piece Salvator RosA.1#r4 i*^^ On the same wall as the screen, near the door. Burgomaster (circular) ... A. Ostade. Portrait of a gentleman reading Gonzales Coques. Courtship D. Teniers. Venus (sketch) Rubens. On the screen. Peg Woffington ... Sir J. Reynolds. (From the Northcote Callection). School children and mother... Brekelenkamp. Landscape Jan Asselyn. Garrick Gainsborough. St. Carlo Borromeo praying for 1 Schutz a?^i the people in the plague ... Jde Seghers. Small landscape, Tivoli ... Caspar Poussin. i6 Cordbot. Bathsheba ... Ploughing (sketch) Landscape ... Tintoretto. Gainsborough. Orizonti. \9!r^ S^Ul [i^j Corrfbor upstairs^ Drawings by the Old Masters, from the Collection of Samuel Rogers. Murder of the Innocents (sketch) School of Raphael. Female Head ... Rubens. ^ I Man ascending steps, School of Athens Raphael (double sketch). Holy Family... Correggio. Portrait of himself ... ... A. del Sarto. ^9^^ St. Cecilia (blue) Murillo. 17 Virgin and Child (pen) ... A. Durer. IjV*^ K^^CJ («t) King Joram, Sistine Chapel Michael Angelo. (Engraved in Otley^s School of Design,) ^ Satan and the Angel ... Guido Reni. Annunciation Rembrandt. . Savot^ Si Coles, Steam press, Citencester* 'A