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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the private collection of valuable paintings by the old masters and early English artists formed by the late Leon Hirsch of New York
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association
Subjects: Leon Hirsch
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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ront, her figure occupying a large pro-portion of the picture. Her dark gown, almost black, iscrossed at the square neck-opening by a gold-colored band.Her wavy, yellow-blond hair falls over her shoulders, below agray-white mantle, and she wears a fur-trimmed red cloakenfolding her shoulders and draped across her lap, where, ona blue-white scarf, she holds the nude, reclining Child, whofaces forward and toward the left, clasping a fruit in oneraised hand. Below Him, at the Mothers knee, on a tablewith an olive-yellow coverlet is a dish of fruit and an illumi-nated devotional volume. Joseph appears as at a window, agreen and hilly landscape behind him, standing and lookingdown at the Child, his fingers making the sign of blessing. Replicas of this composition are in the Holford Collection, London, andthe Imperial Museum, Vienna; and a replica in the collection ofthe late Robert Hoe of New York passed at the Hoe sale in 1911to the possession of The Kleinherger Galleries. f.a~^. ) V ^^ -
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No. 13JAN VAN HEMESSEN _ Flkmish: 154^0—1560 , , o .) MADONNA AND CHILD (Panel) Height, 16l/i> inches; width, 12% inches The Mother is portrayed at three-quarter length, seated, be-side a tree of substantial trunk wliich rises out of the pictureon the left, a little of its foliage only showing as a modest leafycanopy of dark green over her head and that of the Cliildwhom she holds standing on her knees. He is nude, save fora pale blue drapery, and the fingers of His upraised hand areheld in the attitude of blessing above His head. The Virgin isin rich robes of blue-green and red, with fur and lace anda brilliant jeweled brooch or clasp, and is painted with aminute and affectionate delicacy. Her flowing hair of blondecendrcc tint, escaping from its fine lace covering, is brilliantwith golden lights wliich are repeated in the short-cropped andcurly hair of the Child. In the background is a blue and greenlandscape of hills, farmlands and forest, and a cottage and twofigures are visi

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