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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the valuable paintings and sculptures by the old and modern masters forming the famous Catholina Lambert Collection removed from Belle Vista Castle, Paterson, New Jersey
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Roberts, W. (William), 1862-1940 Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925
Subjects: Lambert, Catholina, -1923 Luini, Bernardino, 1475?-1533?
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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No. 179 THE DEATH OF THE GHAND-FATHER BY JEAN BAPTISTE GRKTJZE 1 JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE French: 1725—1805 ^0 179--THE DEATH OF THE GRANDFATHER ^ . . . . An interior with six figures; the aged grandfather lying at length on his bed, his hands outstretched to receive a young girl who is beingassisted forward by her mother; a boy in red and blue is at the headof the bed; a nun is seen in the background to the right. Canvas: Height, 451^ inches; length, 571/2 inches. This is stated to be one of four pictures painted by Greuze for the Museumat Lyons, but it was never delivered. It was purchased in that city by Messrs.Durand-Ruel, who sold it to Mr. Lambert. It is evidently the version in oilsof the sketch in ink and bistre (in which there are thirteen figures) exhibitedby Greuze at the Salon of 1769, No. 160, with the title La mort dun Perede famille regrette par ses enfants, described in Jean Martins CatalogueRaisonne of the works of Greuze, 1908, No. 338.
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No. 180A GliOfir OF LADIES BY ADOMIIK MONTICKLLI J ADOLPHE MONTICELLI French: 1824—1886 180—^ GROUP OF LADIES V Q One of the two pictures in the Cathohna Lambert Collection known^;9 3,s The Empress Panels (see No. 181). The composition showsa group of five young women, the three nearest figures being seated,one of whom, in a gown of cramoisi, is easily recognized as a portraitof the Empress Eugenie. Two little children, with a kitten, com-plete the group. The background is composed of forest trees. Canvas: Height, 621/2 inches; width, 37^/2 inches. Signed at the lower left, Monticelli.Painted for the Empress Eugenie.

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