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Title: Notable paintings by masters of the early English, Dutch, Flemish and French schools
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association American Art Association
Subjects: Blakeslee, Theron J., -1914 T.J. Blakeslee
Publisher: American Art Assocation
Contributing Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digitizing Sponsor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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delicate and chaste. It represents a lady seated in areclining position upon a sofa, supporting herself upon herright elbow. She wears a loose white robe, open at the neck todisclose the contour of a finely moulded throat, and confinedbelow the bust by a narrow crimson ribbon. A pink scarf isthrown over one shoulder and falls to the floor, the curvewhich it assumes following and accentuating the gracefullines of the figure and the rounded limbs, the outline of whichcan be seen beneath the soft clinging material of her dress.A pet dog sits beside her on the sofa, and a jewel box and amuslin dress are on a table near at hand. Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. Formerly in possession of Messrs. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.,London. Beechey was a great favorite with the royal family, and was for manyyears instructor to the princesses. The most famous painting of thisartist is perhaps the great George III Reviewing His Troops, whichis now at Hampton Court, and for which he was knighted.
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No. 74 JEAN JOUVENET 1644—1717 VERTUMNUS VISITING POMONA IN THE GUISE OF AN OLD WOMAN An incident from the mythical story of the nymph Pomona,who devoted so much time to her fruit trees that she had noneto spare for her lovers. Vertumnus, her most ardent admirer,visited her one day in the guise of an old woman, and drawingan allegory from the vine growing upon the tree and the use-lessness of one without the other, persuaded her to unite her-self with him. The scene shows a garden surrounded with fine trees infull foliage. On the left Pomona leans upon a pedestal, herpruning knife in her hand. She is clad in a classic robe ofyellow, girt at the waist by a broad blue sash. Close by, Ver-tumnus, in the likeness of an old woman, a scarlet cloak thrownover her blue dress, stands leaning on a staff. His outstretchedright hand points to the vine entwined upon the oak tree overPomonas head, while the latter makes a deprecatory gesturewith her left hand. Behind Vertumnus is a small cupid ho

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