Identifier: frick-31072001452285 (find matches)
Title: Early English, Dutch and Flemish paintings at the Blakeslee Galleries, 353 Fifth Avenue .. (electronic resource)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Blakeslee Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Frick Art Reference Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council – METRO

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of men. Shownfull face, the subject is a dignified, typical English noble,dressed in a blue coat, with a white neckerchief and wearinga wig. The face stands notably out from a dark back-ground. Painted in 1778. Sir Joshua painted Sir WalterBlackett no less than five times. w No. 38.BERNARD VAN ORLEY. *493—1542. Madonna and Child. Height, 35 inches. Width, 25 inches. A PUPIL of Raphael and a great favorite with his master,court painter to Margaret of Austria, Governess of the Neth-erlands, this renowned Flemish painter was the author ofsome of the most remarkable sacred pictures of his day.Many of them are in the museums of Brussels, Antwerp,Munich, Dresden, and the Hermitage. This canvas is char-acteristic in its beautiful, refined, and sympathetic portrayalof the Holy Mother, who holds on her lap the child Christ.Both in drawing and color the composition is full of ineffablecharm, while the arrangement is graceful and poetic. Now in the collection of Mr. R. C. Johnson. BERNARD VAN
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MADONNA AN1 No. 39.JOHN OPE, RA. \ 76 J—i 807. Portrait of Mr. Templeton. KNOWN as The Cornish Wonder, Opie had a flatteringsuccess in London, where he received academic honors andpainted many distinguished persons. The athletic, strong-faced youth in this portrait is represented with great vigor,and is painted in a virile, certain manner that shows Opiesmastery of his tools. With auburn curly hair growing lux-uriantly and the clear complexion that generally accom-panies it, the young man here represented is thoroughlyBritish and typical of the race. No. 40.MADAME VIGEE LE BRUN. 1755—J 842,Portrait of the Contessa de Savorgnan* Height, 36 inches. Width, 28 inches. THE interesting career of this distinguished French paintergives added iclat to her work; Madame le Brun enjoyinga patronage in France, England, Italy, and Russia that hascome to few men, and absolutely never before or since toany one of her sex. It is said that she painted no less thantwenty-five portraits of Marie Anto

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