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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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No. 56.SIR GODFREY KNELLER. 1646—*723-Portrait of Lord Temple. Height, 50 inches. Width, 40 inches. KNELLER was the fashionable portrait painter of his dayin England, though he was born in Lubeck, and was a pupilof Rembrandt and Bol. He gained the patronage of thegreat Duke of Monmouth, and enjoyed the favor of CharlesII. He painted no less than ten sovereigns, among themLouis XIV. and Peter the Great. He was court painter toCharles II., James II., William III., Queen Anne, andGeorge I. Lord Temple in this canvas, in a wine-coloredrobe, lace necktie, and curled wig, leans against a carvedpillar. Full sleeves of white come out beneath the dress,and the hands are painted with loving care, as, indeed, is theentire picture. To the left a green curtain is looped againstthe background. From the collection of the Countess of Lindsay.Now owned by Dr. J. E. Stillwell, New York.
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No. 57.PETER FRANSZ DE GREBBER. 1600—1665.A Violinist. Height, 32 inches. Width, 26 inches. THE Museum of Haarlem has, among other pictures bythis painter, The Emperor Barbarossa, u The Patriarch ofHaarlem, and Jacobs Sons Bringing to him JosephsCoat ; and the Dresden Gallery contains much of his work.This painting represents a young man playing on the violin,singing at the same time; the arms are bare, as is the chest,and the painting of the former is skilfully done. The hairand the background are dark; throughout there is a seriousattention to the large masses, which are put in with unusualfrankness and precision. No. 58-FRANS POURBUS (THE YOUNGER). 1569—1622.Archduchess Isabella. Height, 36 inches. Width, 28 inches. In 1611 Pourbus was appointed court painter to Mariede Medici. He was also painter to the Duke of Mantua, andaccompanied Eleanor of Mantua, sister of Marie de Medici,in her progress through France. Perhaps never has this distinguished painter attacked amore difficul

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