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                               CATALOGUE

                                  OF

                          VALUABLE PAINTINGS

                                  AND

                             WATER COLORS

                             MOSTLY OF THE

                          MODERN DUTCH SCHOOL

                              FORMING THE

                          PRIVATE COLLECTION

                                  OF

                        A. AUGUSTUS HEALY, ESQ.

                               BROOKLYN

                   TO BE DISPOSED OF AT UNRESTRICTED
                              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, MGRS.
                            NEW YORK: 1907




                      Press of J. J. Little & Co.
                         Astor Place, New York




CONDITIONS OF SALE


1. _The highest Bidder to be the Buyer, and if any dispute arise
between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately
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 judgment, likely
to affect the Sale injuriously._

3. _The Purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to pay 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 Expense 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 responsible
if the lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but they will be
left at the sole risk of the Purchaser_.

5. While the undersigned will not hold themselves responsible for 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 it is
represented to be, use every effort on their part to furnish proof to
the contrary; failing in which, the object or objects in question 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 attending the same. This Condition is without
prejudice to the right of the Auctioneer to enforce the contract 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._

  THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS.
  THOMAS E. KIRBY, AUCTIONEER.




ARTISTS REPRESENTED AND

THEIR WORKS


  CATALOGUE
  NUMBERS

  ARTZ, DAVID ADOLPHE CONSTANT,
    A Fisherwoman, 20
    Along the River, 22

  BASTERT, NICOLAAS,
    Winter in Breukelen, Holland, 3
    Apple Blossoms, 25
    The White Sail, 69
    A River View in Holland, 84

  BELLONI, G.,
    Incoming Sea, 24
    An Italian Garden, 92
    The Harbor at Genoa, 93

  BLAKELOCK, RALPH ALBERT,
    Gypsy Encampment, 54

  BLOMMERS, BERNARDUS JOHANNES,
    A Dutch Fisherman, 71

  BOSBOOM, JOHANNES,
    Castle by the Sea, 4
    The Village Canal, 8

  BOUDIN, LOUIS EUGÈNE,
    Port de St. Valery, 58
    Unloading the Catch, 61
    Trouville, 65

  BROWN, JOHN LEWIS,
    The Falconers, 30

  CAZIN, JEAN CHARLES,
    The Artist’s Studio--Boulogne, 31
    Le Dernier Quartier, 60

  COROT, JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE,
    The Bather, 38

  DAUBIGNY, CHARLES FRANÇOIS,
    Banks of the Marne, 50
    A Showery Day in Spring, 57
    Springtime, 83

  DE BOCK, THEOPHIL H.,
    The Pool in the Pasture, 45
    Near the Dunes, 64
    A Country Road, 68
    Autumn, 72

  DU CHATTEL, FREDERICUS JACOBUS,
    Canal in Holland, 19

  DUPRÉ, JULES,
    The Edge of a Forest, 35

  FISHER, J. G.,
    A Village Road, 26

  GABRIEL, PAUL JOSEPH CONSTANTINE,
    In the Cornfield, 89

  GÉRICAULT, JEAN LOUIS ANDRÉ THÉODORE,
    Stable Interior, 43

  HARPIGNIES, HENRI,
    French Landscape, 9
    A Distant Village, 33
    The Birches, 47
    A Summer Day, 49

  HASSAM, CHILDE,
    Fifth Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street--Spring Morning, 56

  HERVIER, L.,
    The Fishing Boat, 23

  HONRATH, THEODORE,
    Ploughing, 63

  INNESS, GEORGE, N.A.,
    A Medfield Farm--Massachusetts, 39

  ISRAËLS, JOSEF,
    A Pensive Sewer, 11
    Old Age, 13
    Waiting for His Master, 52
    A Dutch Interior, 75
    An Old Man Walking, 79

  JACQUE, CHARLES ÉMILE,
    Watering the Horses, 37

  KEVER, JACOB SIMON HENDRIK,
    In the Orchard, 62
    The Little Nursemaid, 67
    Amusing the Baby, 70
    Playmates, 78

  KNAUS, LUDWIG,
    A Happy Fräulein, 42

  LA FARGE, JOHN, N.A.,
    Autumn, 21

  MARIS, JACOB,
    View of Dordrecht, 18
    Scheveningen, 32
    Holland Landscape, 34

  MARIS, WILLEM,
    Cows in Pasture, 15
    Under the Willows, 86

  MAUVE, ANTON,
    The Peasant’s Home, 10
    Cow in Sunlight, 28
    Cows in Pasture, 29

  McCORD, GEORGE HERBERT, A.N.A.,
    Evening in the Harbor, 90

  MESDAG, HENDRIK WILLEM,
    Early Morning, 66
    The Fishing Fleet, 88

  MILESI, A.,
    A Market Scene in Venice, 94

  MURPHY, J. FRANCIS, N.A.,
    Sunset after the Storm, 48
    A Hillside Pasture, 55

  NAKKEN, WILLEM CAREL,
    Building the Rick, 76

  NEUHUYS, ALBERT,
    Among the Flowers, 16
    Sunlight, 80

  OFFERMANS, TONY,
    The Cobbler, 2

  POGGENBEEK, GEORGE,
    Early Evening, 1
    Holland Meadow--Spring, 12
    Dutch Meadows, 46

  ROELOFS, WILLEM,
    Summer in Holland, 51
    A Farm in Holland, 74
    Pasture near the Dunes, 87

  ROOSENBOOM, MRS. MARGARETHA VOGEL,
    Peonies, 5
    Peonies, 6

  ROUSSEAU, THÉODORE,
    The Plain of Barbizon at Twilight, 53

  SARTORI, G.,
    A Canal in Venice, 91

  STEEN, JAN HAVICKSZ,
    The Merry Couple, 44

  TER MEULEN, FRANÇOIS PIETER,
    A Shepherd and His Flock--Winter, 81

  TROYON, CONSTANT,
    The Old Farmhouse, 36
    The Ferry, 82

  VOLLON, ANTON,
    Still Life, 59

  VROLYK, JOHANNES MARTINUS,
    A Pasture in Holland, 7
    Landscape and Cattle, 77

  WATELIN, E.,
    Cows in Pasture, 73

  WEISSENBRUCH, JOHANNES HENDRIK,
    A Heath in Holland, 14
    A Summer Day in Holland, 17
    A Dutch Pasture, 41

  WIJSMULLER, J. H.,
    The Street Market, 27
    The Lock in Winter, 85

  WYANT, ALEXANDER H., N.A.,
    The Mountain Road, 40




                               CATALOGUE

                          SALE FRIDAY EVENING

                          FEBRUARY 15TH, 1907

                          AT MENDELSSOHN HALL

                   FORTIETH STREET, EAST OF BROADWAY

                  BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 8.15 O’CLOCK


                             WATER COLORS




WATER COLORS


Nº 1

George Poggenbeek

DUTCH: 1853-1903

_EARLY EVENING_

Water Color

_Height, 15½ inches; width, 11½ inches_


A low cottage, near which stand two leafless trees, their straggling
branches extending out of the picture, is the prominent object in the
composition, and is silhouetted against a quiet sky. In the foreground
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 a small bushes. The glow of
lamplight in the cottage window, which is partly screened by an opaque
curtain, indicates that twilight is near.

  _Signed at the lower left_, G. POGGENBEEK.




Nº 2

Tony Offermans

DUTCH: 1854-

_THE COBBLER_

Water Color

_Height, 18 inches; width, 13 inches_


An old Dutch cobbler, pipe in mouth, sits in a low chair near a window
under which is his cobbler’s bench with various tools, 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.




Nº 3

Nicolaas Bastert

DUTCH: 1854-

_WINTER IN BREUKELEN--HOLLAND_

Water Color

_Height, 11 inches; length, 17½ inches_


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.

  _Signed at the lower left_, N. BASTERT.




Nº 4

Johannes Bosboom

DUTCH: 1817-1891

_CASTLE BY THE SEA_

Water Color

_Height, 11 inches; width, 8½ 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_, BOSBOOM, ’61.




Nº 5

Margaretha Vogel Roosenboom

DUTCH: 1843-1898

_PEONIES_

Water Color

_Height, 12 inches; length, 20 inches_


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_, MARGT. ROOSENBOOM.




Nº 6

Margaretha Vogel Roosenboom

DUTCH: 1843-1898

_PEONIES_

Water Color

_Height, 27½ inches; width, 19½ inches_


A great 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_,
  MARGT. VOGEL ROOSENBOOM.




Nº 7

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 cattle. 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 8

Johannes Bosboom

DUTCH: 1817-1891

_THE VILLAGE CANAL_

Water Color

_Height, 9 inches; length, 13 inches_


A quiet waterway, extending from the left foreground diagonally to
the right, is bordered 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. BOSBOOM.




Nº 9

Henri Harpignies

FRENCH: 1819-

_FRENCH LANDSCAPE_

Water Color

_Height, 8½ inches; length, 12 inches_


This 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 silhouette against a luminous sky, and
on the right rounded trees crown the steep declivity 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=ARPIGNIES, ’92.




Nº 10

Anton Mauve

DUTCH: 1838-1888

_THE PEASANT’S HOME_

Water Color

_Height, 12 inches; width, 8½ inches_


An old Dutch peasant in rough garments, wooden shoes and with an apron
tied around his waist, is engaged in sweeping the ground 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 distance by a grove of slender trees.

  _Signed at the lower right_, A. MAUVE.




Nº 11

Josef Israëls

DUTCH: 1824-

_A PENSIVE SEWER_

Water Color

_Height, 13 inches; width, 8 inches_


A young 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_, JOSEF ISRAËLS.




Nº 12

George Poggenbeek

DUTCH: 1853-1903

_HOLLAND MEADOW--SPRING_

Water Color

_Height, 10½ inches; length, 16½ 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. POGGENBEEK.




Nº 13

Josef Israëls

DUTCH: 1824-

_OLD AGE_

Water Color

_Height, 13 inches; width, 10 inches_


An old peasant woman, wearing a white linen cap, an ample cloak with
high collar 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_, JOSEF ISRAËLS.




Nº 14

Johannes Hendrik Weissenbruch

DUTCH: 1824-1903

_A HEATH IN HOLLAND_

Water Color

_Height, 11 inches; length, 19 inches_


A great 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 break
the irregular surface of the great pasture. Three cows are wandering
across 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. WEISSENBRUCH.




Nº 15

Willem Maris

DUTCH: 1844-

_COWS IN PASTURE_

Water Color

_Height, 14½ inches; length, 21½ 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 the broad open pasture where other cattle are feeding, and
where, in the distance, the familiar forms of windmills rise against
the sky.

  _Signed at the lower left_, WILLEM MARIS.




Nº 16

Albert Neuhuys

DUTCH: 1844-

_AMONG THE FLOWERS_

Water Color

_Height, 28 inches; width, 16½ inches_


A lady (the artist’s wife) in outdoor costume, consisting of a brown
skirt and sleeveless 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_, ALB. NEUHUYS.




Nº 17

Johannes Hendrik Weissenbruch

DUTCH: 1824-1903

_A SUMMER DAY IN HOLLAND_

Water Color

_Height, 21½ inches; width, 13½ 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. WEISSENBRUCH.




Nº 18

Jacob Maris

DUTCH: 1837-1899

_VIEW OF DORDRECHT_

Water Color

_Height, 17½ inches; length, 22½ inches_


This is a view across a broad canal in the populous Dutch town, showing
a number of bluff-bowed vessels alongside the quay, and beyond are a
number of houses alternating with clumps of trees, dominated by a lofty
church tower. The sky is filled with luminous summer sunlit clouds.

  _Signed at the lower left_, J. MARIS.




Nº 19

Fredericus Jacobus du Chattel

DUTCH: 1856-

_CANAL IN HOLLAND_

Water Color

_Height, 29 inches; width, 19½ inches_


A narrow canal extends in rapidly diminishing 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 country 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_, FRED. J. DU CHATTEL.




Nº 20

David Adolphe Constant Artz

DUTCH: 1837-1890

_A FISHERWOMAN_

Water Color

_Height, 29½ inches; width, 20½ inches_


The 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_, ARTZ.




OIL PAINTINGS




OIL PAINTINGS


Nº 21

John La Farge, N.A.

AMERICAN: 1835-

_AUTUMN_

_Height, 8½ inches; length, 11½ inches_


This is a study of an open grove of large trees, showing two great
rough tree trunks rising out of the picture in the foreground, and
beyond an open rank of other trees, with a glimpse of a pond and
distant hillsides farther away, and a glowing autumn sky.

  THOMAS B. CLARKE _Collection, New York, 1899_.




Nº 22

David Adolphe Constant Artz

DUTCH: 1837-1900

_ALONG THE RIVER_

_Height, 10 inches; length, 15½ inches_


Beyond a quiet expanse of water which extends 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.

  _Signed at the lower right_, ARTZ.




Nº 23

L. Hervier

FRENCH

_THE FISHING BOAT_

_Height, 13¾ inches; width, 10¾ inches_


In the foreground, drawn up on the beach, is a small roughly
constructed fishing boat with a single mast and lowered sail,
apparently 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.




Nº 24

Georgio Belloni

ITALIAN

Contemporary

_INCOMING SEA_

_Height, 11½ 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
luminous lines in the water, is a line of breakers on the edge of the
sea, beyond which the sails of a few fishing vessels gleam in the
sunlight and break the level of the high horizon.

  _Signed at the lower left_, GB.




Nº 25

Nicolaas Bastert

DUTCH: 1854-

_APPLE BLOSSOMS_

_Height, 13½ inches; length, 20 inches_


In the near foreground in a flower-grown sward are three fruit trees in
full blossom, their flower-laden branches almost concealing 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 here and there by strong
sunlight, are seen a farm-house and farm buildings among trees in full
foliage.

  _Signed at the lower left_, N. BASTERT.




Nº 26

J. G. Fisher

AMERICAN

_A VILLAGE ROAD_

_Height, 14 inches; length, 19 inches_


A broad 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 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. FISHER.




Nº 27

J. H. Wijsmuller

DUTCH: 1855-

_THE STREET MARKET_

_Height, 17 inches; width, 12½ 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
perspective 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 façades 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
leafless trees.

  _Signed at the lower right_, J. H. WIJSMULLER.




Nº 28

Anton Mauve

DUTCH: 1838-1888

_COW IN SUNLIGHT_

_Height, 10½ inches; length, 16½ inches_


A dun-colored cow, spotted with white, is 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. MAUVE.




Nº 29

Anton Mauve

DUTCH: 1838-1888

_COWS IN PASTURE_

_Height, 10¼ inches; length, 13½ inches_


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 bordered by
a hedge with a row of slender trees, showing a gate leading into a
field beyond. On the right is the steep roof of a farm building rising
above the surrounding trees, and in the horizon against a sunlit sky is
suggested a second farm-house similarly situated.

  _Signed at the lower right_, A. MAUVE.




Nº 30

John Lewis Brown

FRENCH: 1829-1890

_THE FALCONERS_

_Height, 9½ 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
attendant 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 upon the landscape.

  _Signed at the lower right_,
  JOHN LEWIS BROWN, 1875.




Nº 31

Jean Charles Cazin

FRENCH: 1840-1900

_THE ARTIST’S STUDIO--BOULOGNE_

_Height, 5½ inches; length, 8½ inches_


From a rounded hilltop in the foreground, 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 with a 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 DELMONICO _Collection, New York_, 1905.




Nº 32

Jacob Maris

DUTCH: 1837-1899

_SCHEVENINGEN_

_Height, 7½ inches; length, 13½ inches_


It is a breezy day at this famous Dutch watering place and fishing
village, and a line 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. MARIS.




Nº 33

Henri Harpignies

FRENCH: 1819-

_A DISTANT VILLAGE_

_Height, 9½ 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,
dominated by a church with a lofty spire. The sky is covered with a
luminous haze in which sunlit scuds are drifting, and the full light of
a midday summer sun falls upon the landscape.

  _Signed at the lower left_, =h’h=ARPIGNIES.




Nº 34

Jacob Maris

DUTCH: 1837-1899

_HOLLAND LANDSCAPE_

_Height, 8½ 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. MARIS.

  _Collection of the late_ GEORGE I. SENEY,
  _New York_, 1894.




Nº 35

Jules Dupré

FRENCH: 1811-1889

_THE EDGE OF A FOREST_

_Height, 9½ inches; length, 14½ 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_, JULES DUPRÉ.

  _Collection of the late_ GEORGE I. SENEY,
  _New York_, 1894.




Nº 36

Constant Troyon

FRENCH: 1810-1865

_THE OLD FARMHOUSE_

_Height, 9 inches; length, 12½ inches_


In the foreground on the left is a whitewashed roughly thatched
cottage, the gable touched by the sunlight as well as the side of a
lean-to hovel. To the right of the cottage 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.

  _Signed at the lower right_, C. T.




Nº 37

Charles Émile Jacque

FRENCH: 1813-1894

_WATERING THE HORSES_

_Height, 8½ inches; length, 11 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_, CH. JACQUE.




Nº 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.




Nº 39

George Inness, N.A.

AMERICAN: 1825-1894

_A MEDFIELD FARM--MASSACHUSETTS_

_Height, 8¾ inches; length, 13¾ inches_


In the foreground three tall elm trees, growing in a stone wall, rise
out of the picture, 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 concealed 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 distance, is a vista to
a distant horizon across a pleasant wooded country.

  _Signed at the lower right_, G. INNESS.




Nº 40

Alexander H. Wyant, N.A.

AMERICAN: 1836-1892

_THE MOUNTAIN ROAD_

_Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches_


In the left foreground a well-worn country road leads along the crest
of a hill in rapidly diminishing perspective to the middle distance,
where it disappears among the trees, and apparently descends into a
wooded 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.

  THOMAS B. CLARKE _Collection, New York_, 1899.




Nº 41

Johannes Hendrik Weissenbruch

DUTCH: 1824-1903

_A DUTCH PASTURE_

_Height, 8 inches; length, 16 inches_


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 foreground 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. WEISSENBRUCH.




Nº 42

Ludwig Knaus

GERMAN: 1829-

_A HAPPY FRÄULEIN_

_Height, 14 inches; width, 11½ inches_


The 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 forehead 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.




Nº 43

J. L. A. T. Géricault

FRENCH: 1791-1824

_STABLE INTERIOR_

_Height, 13¼ inches; width, 10½ inches_


A study 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_, GÉRICAULT.




Nº 44

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_, JSTEEN.

  _Collection of_ P. C. HANFORD, _New York_, 1902.




Nº 45

Theophil H. de Bock

DUTCH: 1850-1904

_THE POOL IN THE PASTURE_

_Height, 9¾ inches; length, 19¼ 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_, TH. DE BOCK.




Nº 46

George Poggenbeek

DUTCH: 1853-1903

_DUTCH MEADOWS_

_Height, 11½ inches; length, 19½ 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 foreground, the light of the sky, and near it, on 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.




Nº 47

Henri Harpignies

FRENCH: 1819-

_THE BIRCHES_

_Height, 19 inches; width, 16 inches_


A clump 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’h=ARPIGNIES, 1863.

  _From_ ARNOLD & TRIPP, _Paris_.




Nº 48

J. Francis Murphy, N.A.

AMERICAN: 1853-

_SUNSET AFTER THE STORM_

_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, irregular 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 MURPHY.




Nº 49

Henri Harpignies

FRENCH: 1819-

_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,
underneath 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 wooded
hills forms the horizon line against a simple luminous sky.

  _Signed at the lower right_, =h’h=ARPIGNIES, ’90.

  _From_ ARNOLD & TRIPP, _Paris_.

  _Collection of_ A. BLUMENSTIEL, _New York_, 1906.




Nº 50

Charles François Daubigny

FRENCH: 1817-1878

_BANKS OF THE MARNE_

_Height, 13½ inches; length, 22½ 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 covered 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_, DAUBIGNY, 1877.

  _Collection of_ HENRY T. COX, 1902.




Nº 51

Willem Roelofs

DUTCH: 1814-1894

_SUMMER IN HOLLAND_

_Height, 12½ inches; length, 20 inches_


A peasant is driving a flock of sheep and a single cow along a broad,
broken country 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 beyond the
cottages.

  _Signed at the lower right_, W. ROELOFS.




Nº 52

Josef Israëls

DUTCH: 1824-

_WAITING FOR HIS MASTER_

_Height, 17½ inches; width, 11½ inches_


In the foreground stands a rude armchair with a rush bottom, on which
are piled various articles of clothing and a workman’s basket. Near
the chair, on the right, lies a spotted dog asleep, and beyond, on the
hearth of a hooded fireplace, gleams the ruddy flame of a small fire.

  _Signed at the lower left_, JOSEF ISRAËLS.




Nº 53

Théodore Rousseau

FRENCH: 1812-1867

_THE PLAIN OF BARBIZON AT TWILIGHT_

_Height, 14½ inches; length, 21 inches_


The sun has disappeared below the horizon 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
irregular 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.




Nº 54

Ralph Albert Blakelock

AMERICAN: 1847-

_GYPSY ENCAMPMENT_

_Height, 14½ 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 sky.

  _Signed at the lower right_, R. A. BLAKELOCK.




Nº 55

J. Francis Murphy, N.A.

American: 1853-

_A HILLSIDE PASTURE_

_Height, 16 inches; length, 22½ 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 coppice 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 sunlight breaks
well up toward the zenith.

  _Signed at the lower right_,
  J. FRANCIS MURPHY, 1901.

  _Collection of_ H. WOOD SULLIVAN,
  _New York_, 1903.




Nº 56

Childe Hassam

AMERICAN: 1859-

_FIFTH AVENUE AND FIFTY-SIXTH STREET--SPRING MORNING_

_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 façades
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_, CHILDE HASSAM, 1900.

  _Collection of_ H. WOOD SULLIVAN,
  _New York_, 1903.




Nº 57

Charles François Daubigny

FRENCH: 1817-1878

_A SHOWERY DAY IN SPRING_

_Height, 15 inches; length, 26½ 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_, DAUBIGNY, ’76.




Nº 58

Louis Eugène Boudin

FRENCH: 1824-1898

_PORT DE ST. VALERY_

_Height, 18 inches; width, 14½ inches_


It 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 expanse of water extends to the
middle distance, 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.

  _Signed at the lower left_, ST. VALERY, E. BOUDIN.




Nº 59

Anton Vollon

FRENCH: 1833-1890

_STILL LIFE_

_Height, 24¼ inches; width, 17 inches_

A barrel sawn in two, a large iron kettle, a long-handled iron
frying-pan, and a rough cask standing on the ground in the sunlight
near the corner of a whitewashed 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 different articles are
strongly contrasted in light, shadow and texture.

  _Signed at the lower left_, A. VOLLON.




Nº 60

Jean Charles Cazin

FRENCH: 1840-1900

_LE DERNIER QUARTIER_

_Height, 25½ inches; width, 21 inches_


Beyond 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 upper part of the sky an irregular mass of vapor is accentuated by
the glow of moonlight, and in the windows of a low cottage overhung by
trees is the warm gleam of lamplight, suggesting the rapid approach of
darkness.

  _Signed at the lower right_, J. C. CAZIN.

  _Collection of_ HENRY T. COX, _New York_, 1902.




Nº 61

Louis Eugène Boudin

FRENCH: 1824-1898

_UNLOADING THE CATCH_

_Height, 14 inches; length, 23 inches_


A number of large fishing boats have been left on the sandy beach by
the receding 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 shimmering 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_, E. BOUDIN, ’86.




Nº 62

Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever

DUTCH: 1854-

_IN THE ORCHARDS_

_Height, 15½ inches; length, 19½ inches._


A Dutch maiden, seated in strong sunlight on a wooden bench in an open
orchard, 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 violets which she has just gathered.
Beyond the group, in the background, is suggested an orchard filled
with small trees in late spring foliage.

  _Signed at the lower left_, KEVER.




Nº 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 adjusting 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.

  _Signed at the lower right_, THEO. HONRATH.




Nº 64

Theophil H. de Bock

DUTCH: 1850-1904

_NEAR THE DUNES_

_Height, 12½ 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 beyond, 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 concentrated on a large cumulus in the
middle of the composition.

  _Signed at the lower left_, TH. DE BOCK.




Nº 65

Louis Eugène Boudin

FRENCH: 1824-1898

_TROUVILLE_

_Height, 14 inches; length, 23 inches_


This is a view of the harbor of the famous watering-place on the
Normandy coast, showing the broad estuary upon which the town is
situated, with the lofty façades 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.

  _Signed at the lower left_,
  E. BOUDIN, TROUVILLE, ’97.




Nº 66

Hendrik Willem Mesdag

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 at some Dutch fishing
port. Various members of the crew are standing at the stern, watching
two of their companions wading toward the vessel, with the water up to
their hips. The shimmering waves of the quiet sea lead the eye away
to the distant horizon, the line of which is broken by a few fishing
craft. Light 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. MESDAG.

  _Collection of the late_ GEORGE I. SENEY,
  _New York_, 1894.




Nº 67

Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever

DUTCH: 1854-

_THE LITTLE NURSEMAID_

_Height, 19½ inches; width, 15½ inches_


A little 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 infant’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 68

Theophil H. de Bock

DUTCH: 1850-1904

_A COUNTRY ROAD_

_Height, 14½ inches; length, 22½ inches_


A sandy 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 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_, TH. DE BOCK.




Nº 69

Nicolaas Bastert

DUTCH: 1854-

_THE WHITE SAIL_

_Height, 16 inches; length, 23½ inches_


The motive of this picture was found on a quiet waterway somewhere in
the Netherlands, where a broad, placid stream flows smoothly between
the low banks in a level, well-wooded country. In the middle 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. BASTERT.




Nº 70

Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever

DUTCH: 1854-

_AMUSING THE BABY_

_Height, 18 inches; length, 21 inches_


A little 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 background on
the left is suggested a fireplace with a few glowing embers, and on the
right is a tall rush-bottomed kitchen chair.

  _Signed at the lower right_, KEVER.




Nº 71

Bernardus Johannes Blommers

DUTCH: 1844-

_A DUTCH FISHERMAN_

_Height, 28 inches; width, 17½ inches_


This is the full-length figure of a young Dutch fisherman, holding
under his right arm a basket, his left arm akimbo, looking 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, carrying on his back a large basket
of fish.

  _Signed at the lower right_, BLOMMERS.




Nº 72

Theophil H. de Bock

DUTCH: 1850-1904

_AUTUMN_

_Height, 16 inches; length, 23½ inches_


From the right foreground a broad muddy road, deeply rutted by the
farmers’ carts, extends away in perspective to the distance, 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
between the great cumulus clouds which cover the sky. A peasant woman
is driving 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_, TH. DE BOCK.




Nº 73

E. Watelin

DUTCH

_COWS IN PASTURE_

_Height, 21½ inches; length, 25½ 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 scattered
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. WATELIN.




Nº 74

Willem Roelofs

DUTCH: 1822-1897

_A FARM IN HOLLAND_

_Height, 18½ 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 building, 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. ROELOFS.

  _Collection of the late_ GEORGE I. SENEY,
  _New York_, 1894.




Nº 75

Josef Israëls

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.

  _Signed at the lower left_, JOSEF ISRAËLS.

  _Collection of_ A. DISBECKER, _New York_, 1898.




Nº 76

Willem Carel Nakken

DUTCH: 1835-

_BUILDING THE RICK_

_Height, 20½ inches; length, 30 inches_


In the left foreground is a partly constructed 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 landscape is in full
sunlight and the sky is nearly covered by soft luminous clouds.

  _Signed at the lower left_, W. C. NAKKEN.




Nº 77

Jonannes Martinus Vrolyk

DUTCH: 1846-1894

_LANDSCAPE AND CATTLE_

_Height, 21½ inches; length, 34 inches_


In a shallow pool which extends diagonally 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 distance
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.




Nº 78

Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever

DUTCH: 1854-

_PLAYMATES_

_Height, 23 inches; length, 31½ inches_


A little Dutch girl, with a young child in her charge, is seated in
the sunlight upon the rich grass of an orchard, and near them stands
a white goat, which a lad is fastening to a stake by a cord. The warm
light of midsummer falls upon the group, touching here and there the
figures of the children and the goat, flecking the blossoms and leaves
of the fruit trees in the background, and making strong contrasts of
light and shade on the richly growing grass under the trees.

  _Signed at the lower right_, KEVER.




Nº 79

Josef Israëls

DUTCH: 1824-

_AN OLD MAN WALKING_

_Height, 33½ inches; width, 23 inches_


This 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_, JOSEF ISRAËLS.




Nº 80

Albert Neuhuys

DUTCH: 1844-

SUNLIGHT

_Height, 33½ 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 under which the child
sits, crops the herbage. In the gloom of the cottage interior is seen
the mother, in characteristic costume. Strong sunlight touches the
foliage of the 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 NEUHUYS F.




Nº 81

François Pieter Ter Meulen

DUTCH: 1843-

_A SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK--WINTER_

_Height, 24 inches; length, 36½ inches_


An old shepherd, half surrounded by his sheep, is leading his flock
along a snow-covered road over the brow of a hill, presumably 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, 25½ inches; length, 32 inches_


In the foreground a large flat ferryboat, carrying a horse and cart,
several peasants and four cows, has just reached the landing on a low
muddy shore, and a horseman and two cows, which have apparently just
left the boat, are seen on a sloping 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 sunset, and the disk of the full
moon is seen high in the simple quiet sky.

  _Inscribed at the lower left_, VENTE TROYON.




Nº 83

Charles François Daubigny

FRENCH: 1817-1878

_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 another tree. The light in the sky is concentrated near the
middle of the composition, 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 DAUBIGNY.




Nº 84

Nicolaas Bastert

DUTCH: 1854-

_A RIVER VIEW IN HOLLAND_

_Height, 25½ inches; length, 38½ 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 leaving the shore
at a rude landing near the farmhouse, and in the distance a number of
peasants are seen at work in a cultivated field, their white garments
gleaming 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. BASTERT.




Nº 85

J. H. Wijsmuller

DUTCH: 1855-

_THE LOCK IN WINTER_

_Height, 26½ inches; length, 40 inches_


A broad 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 surrounded by tall, leafless trees growing out of the
low snow-covered canal bank. The sun has already set, and the glow of
evening is concentrated at the horizon, where a few clouds gather, and
is, together with the houses, trees and other objects, reflected in the
quiet waters of the canal.

  _Signed at the lower right_, J. H. WIJSMULLER.




Nº 86

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 summer 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 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 mysterious
distance under a lofty summer sky with great drifting sun-tipped cumuli.

  _Signed at the lower right_, WILLEM MARIS.




Nº 87

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, suggesting a quiet day in full midsummer.

  _Signed at the lower left_, W. ROELOFS.




Nº 88

Hendrik Willem Mesdag

DUTCH: 1831-

_THE FISHING FLEET_

_Height, 24½ 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 fishermen 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 shimmering 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. MESDAG, 1874.




Nº 89

Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel

DUTCH: 1828-

_IN THE CORNFIELD_

_Height, 26 inches; length, 40 inches_


A broad 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.

  _Signed at the lower left_, GABRIEL.




Nº 90

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
distance, 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 disappearing 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. MCCORD, A.N.A.

  _Collection of_ GEORGE N. TYNER, _New York_, 1901.




Nº 91

G. Sartori

ITALIAN

_A CANAL IN VENICE_

_Height, 27½ inches; length, 39½ inches_


A broad 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 fishing 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 heavens, 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. SARTORI.




Nº 92

Georgio Belloni

ITALIAN

Contemporary

_AN ITALIAN GARDEN_

_Height, 27 inches; length, 40 inches_


This is a view across a sloping, richly cultivated 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
foreground, on their way down to the shade of fruit trees on the slope
below, a nursemaid is directing the steps of a small child between
the rows of artichokes. The warm southern sun strikes full upon the
landscape, throwing the foreground into luminous shadow, and broadly
illuminating the hillside beyond and the rolling masses of cumuli which
appear over its crest.

  _Signed at the lower right_, GBELLONI.




Nº 93

Georgio Belloni

ITALIAN

Contemporary

_THE HARBOR AT GENOA_

_Height, 29½ 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
scattered over the water. A peasant in a blue blouse sits patiently
fishing on the edge of the quay in the foreground, watching a small
boat as it approaches the landing. The sky is covered with drifting
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_, GBELLONI.




Nº 94

A. Milesi

ITALIAN

Contemporary

_A MARKET SCENE IN VENICE_

_Height, 30½ inches; length, 41 inches_


This 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. MILESI, VENEZIA, 1894.

  AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION,
  MANAGERS.

  THOMAS E. KIRBY,
  AUCTIONEER.




  Transcriber's Notes:

  A catalogue number of 81 has been added to the index entry
  for TER MEULEN.

  Italics are shown thus: _sloping_.

  Variations in spelling and hyphenation are retained.

  Perceived typographical errors have been changed.



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