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Title: Catalogue of the Ehrich Galleries collection of valuable paintings : by the masters of the classic Italian, Dutch, Flemish, English, Spanish, and French schools
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Fifth Avenue Art Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects: Ehrich Galleries
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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His design sur-passes his contemporaries of the Flemish School; his coloring isfresh and clear, and his finish is unusually precious and polished. MAGDALEN AND ANGELS A primitive picture from the Netherlands embodying thefavorite mediaeval idea of Mary Magdalen as a repentant sinner,who during the long stay in the desert has no means of renewingher robes and so clothes herself completely in her magnificentgrowth of hair. This picture shows the Assumption of MaryMagdalen. She stands on a small cloud above a mountain peakwith two winged angels at her sides in adoring attitudes. Thoughthey have wings, they, too, stand on small dark clouds, and thedrawing of their bodies shows that they have weight. Thenaivete of these early paintings makes them greatly sought; orig-inal coloration and the softening effects of time add much to theirbeauty. The tender, appealing gaze in Magdalens face is worthnoting. On canvas; height, 28 inches; width, i8j4 inches. o I 1 U <W CO s h CO < S < o DO
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17 JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER English School1775-1851 Turner, the son of a barber, born in London, has been calledthe greatest imaginative landscape-painter that ever lived. Bythe time he was fourteen he had begun to paint in oils, and wasadmitted as a student at the Academy. For over sixty yearsthereafter he continued to paint, working with incredible industry,and finishing a vast number of paintings. In Turners first period,to which this example belongs, which lasted until about 1820, hispaintings show the closest attention to the most minute details ofnature. The keynotes are grayish green and brown; pure bluesand delicate golden yellows being admitted in small quantity as thelowest and highest limits of shade and light; and bright local col-ors in extremely small quantity in figures or other minor accesso-ries. Everything that came from Turners hand is precious, anddiscerning collectors are eager to secure an example of his work. BROUGHAM CASTLE, CUMBERLAND In his series of Bri

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