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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us Italian painters were pupils. He is wellrepresented in Florence with pictures and frescos in thePitti and Uffizi galleries, the Academy, and the churchesof S. Annunziata, S. Gaetano and Oginssanti, as well as inthe Poggio Imperiale. Quite primitive in conception andrendering, this circular panel is most interesting in the com-position of the Virgin kneeling before the Holy Child, who,quite nude, reclines on the ground. Beside Him the infantSt. John holding a cross, and in the background, in front ofa stable, leaning on a saddle, is Joseph. To the left a formallandscape stretches away, showing a valley and many trees.One cannot but be impressed with the earnestness of thepainter and the loving care bestowed on every detail, thethoughtful, maternal expression on the face of the Mother,and the infantile purity of the Son of Man. There is awonderful charm throughout the picture, and time has giventhe added attraction of great mellowness. Now in the collection of Mr. Dudley L. Pickrnan.
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THE HOLY : No. J-3.SIR WILLIAM BEECHY. 1753—J 839.Portrait of a Lady in White. Height, 30 inches. Width, 25 inches. WHEN George III. was King, among his favorite por-trait painters was Sir William Beechy, who received alsothe favor of that monarchs consort, Queen Charlotte, andwas made her official artist. In this capacity he spent muchtime at Windsor as instructor to the princesses. For this por-trait Beechy had for a model a handsome English girl, whosefresh face is set off by a simple white gown. A dark laceshawl has dropped down and is caught over her arms. Abouther brown hair is a blue ribbon, and in her hands a sheet ofmusic. To the left is an arbor, over which trails honey-suckle, and the background is a summer sky. No. 14 PAULUS MOREELSRJ57J—1638. Portrait of Madame Van Tromp* Height, 50 inches. Width, 40 inches. MOREELSE, one of the famous painters of Holland, washighly appreciated in his native town of Utrecht, wherehe was high in political circles and a painter of the p

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