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392 Route 43. AMSTERDAM. Ryks Museum:
View of Antwerp from the landward side (1635 ; an interesting work);
1315. Jac. Jordaens, Satyr playing the flute. — Room 2 (235 b).
To theleft: D. Teniers the Younger, 2295. Temptation of St. Anthony,
#2293. Rest, 2292. Guard-room (1644); 2092. Dav. Ryckaert II/.,
Cobbler’s stall; 1688. Murillo, Aununciation; 367. José Antolinez,
Madonnain glory; 2066 a. Rubens, ‘Noli me tangere’; 1831. J. Ovens,
Portrait (1658); 1347. Jac. Jordaens, Flaying of Marsyas; 737. G@. de
Crayer, Descent from the Cross; 646. Jun Brueghel, Latona and the
peasants; @. de Lairesse, 1406. Seleucus and Stratonice. 1407. An-
tony and Cleopatra. — Room 3 (235a). To the left: 1528. Corn.
Matsys, Return of the Prodigal Son (1538); 2595. M. de Vos, Man
and wife (1570); 2598. Seb. Vrancx, Winter-sports on the Scheldt
near Antwerp (1622); 650. P. Brueghel the Younger, Adoration of
the Magi; 21. German School (more probably Joost van Cleef), Por-
trait; 1457. Jan van Hemessen (?), Ecce Homo; 359 b. Flemish School
(ca. 1480), Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus; 935. Fr. Francken J1.,
Allegorical representation of the abdication of Charles Y. at Brussels
in 1555; 2432-2443. O. van Veen, Twelve scenes from the insur-
rection of the Batavians against the Romans. — The next two rooms
are devoted to —
Early Netherlandish Masters from the 15th to the beginning
of the 17th century. Room 1 (228). To the left: *2489. Jan van
Scorel, Mary Magdalen; 49. Cornelis Engebrechtss, Christ bidding
farewell to his mother; Jan van Scorel, 2490. Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba, 24914. David and Bathsheba; between these, 1452.
Lucas van Leyden, Monk preaching; 130. Unknown Artist, Jacquel-
ine of Ravaria (p. 299); 722. J.C. van Oostsaan, Saul and the Witch
of Endor (1526); Geertgen tot Sint Jans, 950. The Sacred Kinship,
951. Martyrdom of St. Lucia, 950 a. Adoration of the Magi (the last
tivo probably school-pieces); 723. J. C. van Oostsaan, Crucifixion.
Above are corporation-pieces of the 16th century. In an adjoining
room (229), on the right, are some unimportant works of the 15th
and 46th cent., including 37. Early Dutch School, Memorial picture
for four lords of Montfort, who fell in battle in 1345. — Room 2 (227).
To the left: 5. P. Aertsen, Egg-dance (1557); above, 719. C. Corneliss,
Adam and Eve (1592); 525. Abr. Bloemaert, Rest on the Flight into
Egypt (4632); 425. B. van Bassen, Sumptuous interior; 2438. R. Sa-
very, The stag among the cows; 2683. Adam Willaerts, A mountainous
coast (1621). *2486. A. van de Venne, ‘Fishers of Souls’, a satirical
painting referring to the negotiations with Spain during the twelve
years truce (1609-24): Roman Catholic priests and Protestant preach-
ers in boats let down their nets to catch souls. Among the figures
are- portraits of the Archduke Albert, his wife Isabella, and several
others. Above, 718. Corn. Cornelisz, Massacre of the Innocents;
391. Hendr. Avercamp, Skaters; A. van de Venne, *2488. Princes
Maurice and Frederick Henry of Orange at Ryswyk Fair (1618),
2487. The Harbour of Middelburg; nonumber, D. Vinckboons, Organ-
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