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Ist Fl., W. Part. AMSTERDAM. 43. Route. 399
Room 5 (245). To the left: 879. Gerbr. van den Heckhout, Landscape
with bathers: 2601. A. de Vries, Portrait; 943. A. van Gaesbeeck,
Portrait of a youth; 4. W. van Aelst, Dead poultry (1658); 754.
J. G. Cuyp, Portrait (1654); 692. Pieter Claese, Still-life.
We now cross the large vestibule and enter the West Har oF
THE Frrst FLook.
The first five rooms (Nos. 274-270) here contain the remainder
of the Dutch Cabinet Pieces. — Room 1 (274). To the left: 926a,
926. Gov. Flinck, Portraits; between these, Moses Terburg, Youth's
head; 798. @. Dou, Hermit; G. Metsu, *1554. Old toper (beauti-
fully painted and in admirable preservation), *1555. Old woman
reading; 1816. A. van Ostade, Merry peasant; #1320. W. Kalff,
Fruit; 2698. Em. de Witte, Interior of a church; 1909. Paul Potter,
Shepherd’s hut; 2573. A. de Vois, The merry fiddler; 2242. Jan
Steen, Scullery-maid; 629, 630. Q. van Brekelenkam, Interiors (1663
and 1664); between these, 4134. Th. Heeremans, Winter-scene
(1677). — Room 2 (273). To the left: Ph. Wouverman, 2740. The
shying horse, 2716. Watering horses; between these, 4719. A. van
der Neer, Winter-sports; 597. Jan Both, Scene in Rome, with the
Colosseum in the background; 8341. K. du Jardin, Labonrer at home
(4655).
#570. Gerard Terburg, Paternal advice, one of the most cele-
brated pictures of the master, but unfortunately somewhat damaged
(replicas in London and Berlin).
This picture owes its present title to the description of it by Goethe
in his ‘Elective Affinities’, but the relative ages of the persons represented
seem to preclude the poet's theory.
*{024. J. Hackaert § A. van de Velde, Avenue of ash-trees ; Jan
Steen, #2237. Eve of St. Nicholas, a favourite and often repeated
subject of the painter, 2233. Oostward, Master of the Bakers’ Guild,
and his wife, 2239. The joyful home-coming; 464, 465. N. Berchem,
Winter-scenes (1647); between these, 2479. W. van de Velde the
Younger, The squall; *2245. Jan Steen, The parrot-cage, some-
times called ‘the backgammon - players’; 2708. Ph. Wouvermin,
The triumphant peasants.
oom 3 (272). To the left: 604. Es. Boursse, Woman spinning
(1661); 624. 0. van Brekelenkam, Reading, #2244. Jan Steen, The
quack, full of comic incident, hastily but cleverly executed, 1818.
A. van Ostade, The rest (1671); *1174. J. van der Heyde § A. van
de Velde, Dam and Nieuwe Kerk at Amsterdam, 2240. Jan Steen,
Qustic wedding (1672); 846. Corn. Dusart, Village tavern; 2080.
J. van Ruysdael, Chateau of Bentheim. — 1553. G. Metsu, Break-
fast: 833. K, du Jardin, Trumpeter in front of a tavern; *4260.
G. Houckgeest, The Oude Kerk at Delft; *2528. Jan Vermeer van
Delft, Lady with a letter and a mandolin; 4813. A. van Ostade,
Studio; #2720. Ph. Wouverman, Grey horse; 595. Jan Both, Peasant's
courtyard; 478. Gerrit Berckheyde, Amsterdam Town Hall; 2732. |