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Title: De luxe catalogue of notable paintings by Masters of the Early English, Dutch, Flemish and French schools : consigned by T.J. Blakeslee, to be sold at unrestricted public sale at Mendelssohn Hall on ... (April 9th and 10th, 1908) ..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Blakeslee, Theron J., d. 1914 American Art Association
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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in which the interior is by De Hooghand the figures by Palamedes. In a cool, shady room, througha window of which can be seen a group of buildings in a blazeof sunlight, a number of men are seated drinking and watch-ing the progress of a game of backgammon, or tric-trac. Theyare dressed in the costume of the well-to-do Dutch burgessesof the early seventeenth century. Height, 24 inches; length, 34 inches.Collection of M. Charl,es Sedelmeyee, Paris, 1907. No. 88SIB ANTHONY VAX DYCK 1599—1641 WILLIAM LAUD, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY (Replica of Painting in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg) The head and shoulders of a man somewhat past the prime oflife, his hair of an iron gray, and silver streaks showing in hisshort, pointed beard and mustache. A cloak of red silk is castover his shoulders, concealing the arms, the outline of whichcan be indistinctly seen beneath its folds. The face, which is inthree-quarter view to the left, is of an aristocratic type. Height, 23 inches; width, 20 inches.
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No. 89JOHN CONSTABLE, B.A. 1776—1837 HARVEST In this charming landscape, largely constructed with a paletteknife, we have a sweeping view of the rustic English country,with harvesters in a grain field in the foreground. The warm,rich tones of color are resplendent, and the atmospheric skyunites with the golden corn fields to form a scene of greatbeauty Height, £0 mches; width, 18 inches. John Constable, one of the greatest realistic landscape painters ofEngland, was bom in East Bergholt, Suffolk, in 1776. No. 90JOSEF DE BIBEBA 1588—1666CHRIST BLESSING BREAD A HALF-LENGTH picture of the Saviour standing facing thespectator. A long loose robe of red conceals the hues of thefigure, and a green cloak is thrown over his left shoulder. Inhis left hand is a small loaf of bread, which he is blessing withthe outstretched fingers of his right. The head leans upon theleft shoulder, and is inclined slightly forward, the face beinglighted from the left, leaving the right side in a heavy shado

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