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Title: The art of the Netherland galleries : being a history of the Dutch school of painting illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Preyer, David C. (David Charles), 1861-1913
Subjects: Art museums Painting
Publisher: Boston : L.C. Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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und we see Napoleonpersonally commanding a battery of artillery nearthe farm Aliance, while his brother Jerome an-nounces to him also the arrival of the Prussianarmy. While this painting for its patriotic spiritis an exceedingly popular canvas, its artistic valueis not great. A painting by Otto Eerelman commemorates theentrance of Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam forher coronation. Further we find in this gallery por-traits by H. A. de Bloeme, Nic. Pieneman, J. A.Kruseman, and C. H. Hodges, as well as ThereseSchwartzes portrait of the Boer General Piet Jou-bert. There are also landscapes in the dry, con- 288 XTbe Hrt of tbe Betbetlanb Galleries ventional style of the early period by W. Verschuur,B. C. Koekkoek, Stortenbeker, Schelfhout, and J.B. Tom; and genre by Rochussen and Greive. Anearly Willy Martens, a portrait group by J. A. B.Stroebel, city views by H. ten Kate and C. Springer,and an excellent church interior by Bosboom, com-plete our review of this room, and of the Ryks-museum.
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8 ^ m w ^ P Q •• -^ W >^ W H X ^ ^ «; -a. Oh w w • M C/3 I CHAPTER XI OTHER AMSTERDAM GALLERIES The Municipal Museum The ground floor of this modern and convenientbuilding, which stands back of the Ryksmuseum,is devoted to the display of various products ofthe crafts, especially furniture and ceramics, ar-ranged in apartments to resemble Dutch rooms ofdifferent periods. Ascending the monumental stair-way in the centre of the foyer, we reach the uppervestibule, decorated with sculptured busts of emi-nent artists, and from which access is had to sixlarge galleries and four smaller cabinets. Two ofthe galleries are given over to French artists, theother galleries and the cabinets being filled with theworks of the 19th century Dutch artists. Thehanging of these pictures has been done with thesingle aim of blocking out the walls attract-ively for colour effect, controlled by the size andshape of the frames; the smaller pictures and thewater colours hang in the cabinets. Hence we

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