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Title: A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: National Loan Exhibition (1909-1910 : London, England) Cook, Herbert Frederick, Sir, 1868-1939 Brockwell, Maurice Walter, 1869-1958 Grafton Galleries (London, England)
Subjects: Art
Publisher: London : W. Heinemann
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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k at it. Roses lie on therock at her side, and near him is a brown-and-white dog. Behindon the right is a rocky knoll overhanging a little rivulet, and a rich-toned blue and yellow sky fills the space between this and a treeon the other side. The light is concentrated on the girl and thefurther part of the bank ; the rest is in shadow or half-tone. Canvas. lO in. x 8 in. (0.254 x 0.203). The centre portion of this picture, which was presented to the NationalGallery of Scotland by Mrs. Williams in 1866, was etched (in reverse) withdecorative supporters and border by Francois Boucher (1703-1770) as LeD^nicheur de Moineaux for Juliennes Recueil. That design is repro-duced in Claude Phillips IVatteau, in Portfolio Monograph, xviii. 1895, P- 8. Lady Dilke : French Painters of the XVIII Century, ^1899, p. 85. Portfolioof the National Gallery of Scotland, 1903, No. i 1. National Gallery of Scotland,Official Catalogue, 1908 edition, No. 59, p. 103. Lent by the National Gallery of Scotland. 25
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18P. P. RUBENS: 1577-1640 Flemish SchoolACHILLES DIPPED IN THE STYX BY THETIS THE nymph, clothed in thin raiment round her loins, stands onthe bank of the stream and immerses the infant into itsmystic waters. Destiny, bearing a blazing torch in her hand, andwith the distaff stuck in her girdle, stands at her side, viewing theceremony ; on each side are termini of Pluto on the right andProserpine on the left, supporting a cornice decorated with festoons ;in the background, the Styx with boats, rocks, and innumerablefigures. Rubens ne d^daigna pas de composer pour les tapissiers royaux (atMortlake) les esquisses dune Histoire dAchille.—Muntz : La Tapisserie,1882, p. 299. Of the original sketches a set of six belong to Lord Barrymore (Mr.Smith Barry), and others are in Berlin.—Dillon : Rubens, 1909, p. 175. Painted by the artist for his royal patron, Charles I, for models to beworked in tapestry.—Smith : Catalogue Raisonrte, 1830, vol. ii. p. 250. Probably sold and taken abroad on

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