Identifier: frick-31072001452285 (find matches)
Title: Early English, Dutch and Flemish paintings at the Blakeslee Galleries, 353 Fifth Avenue .. (electronic resource)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Blakeslee Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Frick Art Reference Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council – METRO

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his man are to be found in that cityat its Grand Museum; in the Louvre; at the NationalGallery, London; The Hague, and at Munich. This portraitof a Dutch gentleman, with flaxen, curling hair, representshim seated sideways on a chair, with one arm across theback and the other at his hip. He is dressed in black, andwears an elaborately embroidered collar and cuffs. Thereis a faint moustache, and the face, full and healthy, is typicalwithal. No. 22.NICHOLAS ELIAS. Portrait of a Dutch Lady* Height, 22 inches. Width, iSj4 inches. LITTLE is known of this excellent painter save that he hadsome renowned pupils, the most notable being Van der Heist.The Dutch lady in this canvas wears the ruff of the timesand a head-dress of beautiful needlework. Her dark hair iscombed back from the forehead, and the full, ruddy face is atype of robust health. In the detail of the linen ruff thepainter has fairly excelled himself. There are no less thansix of Eliass pictures in the gallery at Amsterdam. NilCii-
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No. 23.PAULUS MOREELSE. 1571—1638,Portrait of a Dutch Lady. Height, 43 inches. Width, 32 inches. A MAN of many talents, Moreelse was master and expertin three professions, architect, engraver, and painter. It isas the last, however, that he claims remembrance and enjoysthe worlds favor, mainly in the field of portraiture. Herehe shows the likeness of a Dutch lady of quality in the fash-ionable, if somewhat uncomfortable, costume of her time.She is shown standing, life-size, three-quarter length, leaning,her hand on the arm of a carved chair. Her other hand,resting lightly on her hip, holds a glove of leather with gayembroidery. The dress is severe in its black, only relievedby a band of red with gold decorations that go down thebreast and fall over the waist. A cap of elaborate needle-work and an enormous ruff complete the dress. The face ispainted with great serious research after character, and theentire painting is harmonious in its tonal arrangement. No. 24.HANS HOLBEIN (THE YOU

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