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196 Route 73. ANTWERP, Royal Museum:
by moonlight; 382. B. van der Helst, Portrait of a girl; 733. Adr.
van de Velde, Winter sports (1662); 504. Ph. Wouverman, Riders
resting. — 11. G. Berckheyde, Amsterdam, with view of the town-
hall (1668); *674. Fr. Hals, Portrait; 26. Jan. Both, Italian land-
scape; 54. J. D. de Heem, Still-life; above, *812. F. Bol, Jan der
Voort and his sister Catherine (1661). — 743. Jac. van Ruysdael,
Waterfall in Norway; *752. J. Weenix, Poultry and game; 656.
J. D. de Heem, Fruit; 398. Adr. van de Velde, Landscape with cattle;
399. W. van de Velde the Younger, Calm sea; *(75. Unknown Master,
Portrait (1630); 503. Jan Wynants and A. van de Velde, Landscape
with figures; 467. Is. van Ostade, Winter-scene; 732. Eglon van
der Neer, The visit (1664); *675. M. Hobbema, Water-mill; Rem-
brandt, 294. The young fisher (1659), 295. Portrait of an aged Jew
(school-pieces) ; *662. Simon de Vos, Portrait of the artist (according
to the inscription above; but the signature on the right, below, is
probably that of A. de Vries, 1635); 789. Em. de Witte. Interior of
achurch ; 810, Anth. Palumedess,Family-group (1632) ; 657. Ph. Ko-
ninck, Portrait of a boy; 827. Ad. Pynacker and Nic. Berchem, Sur-
prise-attack ; 668. Karel Dujardin, Cattle; 9. Nic. Berchem, Results
of war; *632. D. Mytens the Elder, Portrait. — 767. J. van de Cap-
elle, Sea-piece; 785. Dirck van Delen, Interior of a church. —
We return through Room F and enter —
Room E. To the right: Jac. Jordaens, 219 (above), Commerce
and Industry protecting the Fine Arts (allegory); 23. Th. Boeyer-
mans, Antwerp as patroness of the Arts (allegory). — 686-689.
M., Pepyn, St. Elizabeth (winged picture). — 482, 481. O. van Veen
(Otho Vaenius), St. Nicholas saving his flock from perishing by
famine, Beneficence of St. Nicholas. The composition, colouring,
and drawing of these pictures bear testimony to the painters five
years’ residence in Italy. — Sculpture: 1518. A. Dumont, Oupid
(bronze). — Anteroom on the left. To the right: 794. J. Vernet,
Sea-piece; 490. G. P. Verbruggen, Flowers; 1113, 1111. B. P. Om-
meganck, Landscape with cattle. The other canyases here are
mostly unimportant works of the 18th century.
Room D. Various Schools. To the right: 83-85. Mart. de Vos,
The Tribute Money, St. Peter taking the money from the mouth of
the fish, and the Widow’s Mite (triptych, 1604); 638. H. Bosch (?),
Stations of the Cross; *357. Titian, Pope Alexander VI. presenting
Jacopo dei Pesari, Bishop of Paphos, to St. Peter, on the appoint-
ment of the bishop as admiral against the Turks (an early work,
painted about 1502-3; the heads freely restored); Mich. Cowie, 372,
374, Martyrdom of St. George (winged picture), 373, 375 (on the
back), SS. George and Margaret. — #229, *228. A. Key, Wings of
a triptych, with portraits from the family of the donor, De Smidt.
112 (between 228 and 229), Frans de Vriendt, or Frans Floris,
Fall of the Angels, painted in 1554 and highly esteemed by his
contemporaries. |