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the Presentation, early Flem. school, hearing great resemblance to
a smaller painting by Memling at Bruges, see p. 154; the B. Vy
surrounded by emblems, by Q. Massys ; the Crucifixion by Josse of fie
Ghent; several portraits by Holbein, B. De Bruyn, G. Geldorp,
F. Clouet, etc. Amongst the works of later masters are the 5
Mater dolorosa: by C. Dolce, a portrait by Velasquez; the Holy fyi
Family and the Crucifixion by Rubens, also an autograph letter of fio
Rubens addressed to his friend the painter Gildorp at London, and |
relating to his painting in the church of S. Peter here ; the Crue
cifixion and several portraits by A. Van Dyck; others by J. B |
Weenincr, P. Rembrandt, A. Cuyp, G. Douw, eto. L
Mr J. Essing, 35, Neumarkt, has a fine collection of media. —
val antiquities; amongst the most remarkable of these ate Bi
32 carvings in-ivory, IX-XV cent.; several fine shrines with |
enamels of Cologne and Limoges; a pax; 4 morses; a pyx;
4 veliquaries of wood painted; some fine specimens of Vene=
tian glass and Flemish pottery, paintings of the carly
German and Italian schools, others by Holbein, Teniers, Tie \-s
tran, etc. ‘
MC. Ruhl, Witsch-Gasse, has a good collection of pain=
tings, one of the most remarkable of which is the B. V. with SS.
Catherine, John Bap., Agnes, Paul, etc., by William of Colognes
also a very fine cabinet of medieval antiquities, amongst
which are 3 carved ivory diptychs; XIV and XV cent.; |.
a processional cross with figures of Christ and the B. V. in
relief and enamels, end of the XII cent.; several reliquaries of
copper gilt and enamelled, XIII cent.; 2 plates of copper enamel= }
led with the Annunciation and Crucifixion, XII cent.; a Ger
man chalice of silver gilt with the Crucifixion on the footy)
early XIV cent.; another with a sixfoiled foot, c. 1420; an I tas |}
lian chalice of copper gilt, the knop of which is engraved with | 4
demifigures of saints, end of XIV cent.; a tenfoiled morse of |%
copper gilt; in the centre are statuettes of the B. V., SS. Helena, |
Andrew and James, in canopied niches, surrounded by the 9
choirs of angels; this fine specimen of XV cent. metal work Wasa te
made by D. Molemet; several hanaps and Mss. of XU, XIV andy
XV cent. 5
The Rey. F. Bock, Schilder-Gasse, has a collection of mediw- | -
val stuffs and embroidery which is probably unique, as if Vi
contains 1800. specimens of Oriental, Ttalian, German and French } i
manufacture varying in date from the VI to the XVILI cent., also) 1 ¢
a few paintings, reliquaries, etc. ef
M’Gartae, Mauritius-Strasse, has a large collection of me dia
val seals; Mt Merlo, 48 Unter-Fettenhennen, Dr Kerp,
Johannes-Strasse, and Mr N even, Rechtsschule-Strasse, have

 

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