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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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sky with creamy clouds; this view of the iazza is also very inter-
esting as a record.
On canvas; height, 28 inches; width, 44 inches.
32
FERDINAND BOL
Dutch School
1611-1681
Bol enjoyed the privilege of studying under Rembrandt at
Amsterdam, and in portraiture was his most distinguished pupil.
In fact, some of his best portraits are easily mistaken for Rem-
brandts work. Bol's pictures are remarkable for a prevailing
yellow tone. Since the practical absorption of Rembrandt's
works, the paintings of Bol have risen more and more in public
fame and demand.
PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER VAN SOMER
As usual in the earlier pictures of Ferdinand Bol, the manner
of Rembrandt is very pronounced. The painter van Somer has
something of the fine features of Van Dyck and wears mustache
and imperial, longish hair, and deep ruffled collar. Face and
collar are bathed in the golden glow which Rembrandt made
popular if he did not actually invent. This portrait looks firmly
at the spectator.
On canvas; height, 25¹/₂ inches; width, 22¹/₈ inches.
PORTRAIT OF VAN SOMER
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JEAN RAOUX
French School
1677-1734
Raoux pursued his studies in Paris, where he obtained the
grand prize of the Academy. After spending ten years in Rome
and Venice, he returned to Paris, where he acquired great distinc-
tion. A fine example of his work is in the Louvre Galleries in
Paris.
PORTRAIT OF A COURT-LADY
The technical perfection of the Anatolian rug on the balus-
trade, where a pretty lady of the Court of Louis XV has placed
the cage of her pet bird, makes one certain that Raoux studied
such Hollanders as Gaspard Netscher. The reds of the rug are
completed by the strong deep red of the curtain. Coloring and
drawing are intelligent and self-contained. The painter has re-
lied on strong contrast of light and shade. Large
decorative canvas particularly suited to Louis XV
interior.
On canvas; height, 47¹/₄ inches; width, 25¹/₂ inches.
34
RICHARD WILSON
English School
1714-1782
Wilson, the son of a parson, one of "the teachers of Turner"
was a lands

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