OF

A PRIVATE COLLECTION

OF CHOICE

Jnctent $ jjckra jamfag ENGRAVINGS,

Water Colors |Drawings, NOW ON FKEE EXHIBITION,

AT SOMERVILLE ART ROOMS,

74 University Place, Cor. IStli Street,

TO BE SOLD BY ^TTCTTON\

Thursday Ev'ng, May 4th, A/r S O'CLOCK.

ROBERT SOMERVILLE, Auctioneer,

BOWNE &. CO., Catalogue Printers, 65 Liberty Street, New York.

CATALOGUE OF

A PRIVATE COLLECTION

OF VERY CHOICE

Modern and Ancient Paintings,

Engravings, Water Colors,

and Drawings,

COMPRISING EXAMPLES B-Y

Andreas and Isaac Van Ostade,

Van Gresbach Salvator Rosa,

Dietrichy, Wouvermans,

Gaspar de Crayer, Nicolas Poussin,

Brouwer, Giacomo Bassano,

Campio Vecchio, Antoine Coypel,

Pietro di Cortona, Battoni,

Heda, Job Vernert,

Guido Reni, Henri Picou,

A. Brune HerbsthoefFer,

Hilverdink, A. Guerard,

Richard Westall, Armande Rossier,

Thomas Sully, Victor Cortez,

Philippe Rousseau, Eugenio Latilla,

Carl Becker, and others.

CATALOGUE.

JSNGRAVINGS,

PEAKE, JAMES 1 Morning From the original Picture by Claude

Lorraine

BYRNE, WILLIAM 2 Evening Companion From same

GUTTEMBERG 3 Holy Family From a Picture by Raphael

MORGHEN, RAPHAEL

4 Holy Family From same

LE BAS 5 The Kermesse or Fair From a Picture by Teniers

SAME

6 The Inn Companion From Same

MAN DEL

7 Ecce Homo From a Picture by Guido Reni t

LE MIRE NOEL .8 La Curiosite From a Picture by Brackenberg See

Title on back of engraving

HERBSTHOEFFER, Austria

25 The Standard Bearer

WESTALL, RICHARD, R. A., London

26 Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus disregarding the injunction not to look back, sees, to his despair, his wife Eurydice being carried back to the lower regions

MORTIMER, J. H. 27 St Augustine Bringing the Gifts and Bulls of the

Pope to Aethelred, King of the Saxons

27A A Grisaille

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]pAI)N[TINGS,

HOFFMAN, JOHANN VALENTIN 1661

28 Baucis and Philemon sewing Jove and Mercury

A very rare Painting on canvas in imitation of an Engraving

HELFT, J. Holland 29 Landscape

RIBOT, T. 30 The Corsair , ,

ROSSIER, ARMANDE, Paris 31 Marine

BROWN, WM. M. New York 32 Spring

SULLY, THOMAS, Dec'd, New York 33 Study of a Head

GUERARD, A. Paris 34 The Peasants Interior

CAFFERTY, Dec'd, New York

35 The Cavalier

UNKNOWN

36 The Magdalen Brought from Rome in 1857

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ROUSSEAU, PHILLIPE, Paris

Cross of the Legion of Honor, 1855 37 Boy's Head

LA CROIX 38 Landscape

BATTONI Born 1708, died 1787 39 Magdalen

UNKNOWN 40 Copy of Guido Reni's Fortuna

From the celebrated Riley Museum collection

CORTEZ, VICTOR, Paris Pupil of Troyon

41 Cattle Piece

JORDAENS Born 1594, died 1678 42 The Bacchanalian Procession

UNKNOWN 43 Altar Piece After Fra Angelico

Formerly in the possession of Mr. Goodrich, U. S. Consul at Paris

VERNET, C. J. Born 1784, died 1836 44 Moonlight on the Mediterranean

JANMOT, LOUIS Lyons Pupil of Ingres

45 The Three Graces

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BECKER, C A R L Dusseldorff

46 The Obsequious Host

GIORDANO, LUCA Born 1632, died 1705

47 Peace and War

A curious allegorical subject, the details

rather puzzling, but worthy of careful

examination

HILVERDINK Amsterdam

48 River Scene A charming Picture

BROUWER, ANDREAS Born 1608, died 1640

49 Dutch Exterior

?BORDONE, Venice Born 1500, died 1570

50 Diana and the Lion A fine old Picture, rich in

color, mellow in tone

DIETRICHY Born 1712

51 The Presentation in the Temple

The general treatment of the subject and

execution of every detail show the

master's hand

OSTADE, ISAAC Born 1617, died 1654

51A Dutch Exterior Signed, and an undoubted

original

VANDERHELST Born 1613, died 1670

52 Portrait A University Professor

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L A N F R A N C O Born 1581, died 1647

53 The Nativity

Remarkable for its freedom of handling

and harmonious coloring

CARACCI, ANNIBALE Bom 1560, died 1609

54 St. Sebastian Characterized by great power and

feeling

VAN GRESBACH Holland

55 The Strolling Players On panel, admirably painted

and full of humor

BRUNE, A. Paris

56 Love, Cupid and the Shepherd

An exquisitely painted Picture, showing

great delicacy of sentiment in the

treatment and coloring

«

H E D A Born 1594, died 1678

57 The Lunch Table From the Hunter Collection

Signed, and considered as the finest

specimen of this master in the country

OSTADE, ANDREA VAN Born 1610

58 The Merry Making

Most highly finished and with all the

distinguishing characteristics of this

painter

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UNKNOWN Attributed to a great master

59 The Flight into Egypt From the collection of the

late Mr. Ridner

The admirable grouping of the holy

family and of the altendant angels,

the masterly treatment of the natural

surroundings, and the reverential treat­

ment of the whole subject, are striking

characteristics of this fine picture

DIETRICHY Born 1712

60 St Ambrose and the Milan Plague

The details in this little pictue will repay

the most critical examination

SALVATOR ROSA Born 1615, died 1673

61 The Chained Prisoners

The unmistakable characteristics of this

great master will readily be recognized

by connoisseurs, in this picture.

GUERCINO Born 1590, died 1666

62 The Sybil Purchased at Rome in 1857

GASPAR de CRAYER, Brussels Born 1582, died 1669

63 The Pilgrim, bearing on his breast the cockleshell, the insignia of his having visited the Holy Land

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U N K N O W N

64 The Monk in Prayer This fine work in tapestry was brought

from Rome in 1857

BROWN, G. L. New York

65 The Bay of Naples

The works of Mr. Brown command very

high prices in England

VERNERT, JOB Paris

65A A Triptich Comprising the Annunciation, the

Salutation and the Nativity, designed for an

Altar Piece

A salon picture (No. 1621) The exceptional

beauty of which is so apparent as to

render unnecessary any further com­

ments

LATILLA, EUGENIO, Dec'd London and New York

66 The Italian Boy. Taken from life in Italy

A replica of this picture was formerly iu

the collection of Mr. Habicht, Swedish

Consul at New York.

" The Head of a Child," by the same Artist,

was the occasion of enthusiastic praise

by Campbell, the poet, in a little poem

to be found in his published works, ad­

dressed to " Latilla's Child." For further

notice of the life and works of this

artist, see Tuckerman's American

Artists

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W O U V E R M A N S Born 1620, died 1668

67 The Halt. From the Hunter collection

A careful examination of this picture,

will, it is believed, justify its being as­

cribed to this great master

CAGLIARI Born 1570, died 1576

St. Joseph and the Holy Child. A genuine picture

TIAPOLO Born 1697, died 1770

69 Rebecca at the Well

Characterized by exceptional boldness of

touch and harmony of color

U N K N O W N Attributed to Domenichino, or his school

70 St. Lucia making an offering of her Eyes

Which, according to the Scripture injunc­

tion, she had plucked out, as being a

source of temptation to an admirer.

Heaven having, meantime, as a reward

for her faith, bestowed upon her a new

pair quite as beautiful as the old.— Old

Catholic Legend.

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N O T E . — A certificate signed by the Director of the

National Museum (formerly Musao Bourbonnico),

at Naples attests the genuineness of the four follow­

ing Pictures (No. 71, 72, 73, and 74), and will be

delivered to the purchaser

POUSSIN, NICOLAS Born 1594, died 1665

71 The Adoration of the Magi

SAME

72 The Nativity Companion

CAMPIO VECCHIO

Pupil of Claude Lorraine

73 The Roman Campagna

BASSANO, GIACOMO Born 1510, dieed 1592

74 The Entombment

LASERGES, EUGENE Paris

75 The Dead Christ

Considered as fine as anything ever

painted by Ary Schefer

PIETRO DI CORTONA Born 1596, died 1669

76 Venus Pleading for the Destruction of Troy

A beautiful Picture, in excellent

preservation and an undoubted original

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COYPEL, ANTOIN Born 1661, died 1772

77 Ahasuerus and Queen Esther From the Beaumont collection.

The masterly grouping, the variety of pose and expression, and the subdued harmony of tone, are only possible to a great painter like Coypel, and render this important historical Picture worthy of a place in any gallery

TINTORETTO Born 1512, died 1594

78 Jupiter and Europa

Unsurpassed in the freedom of design, boldness of execution, and brilliancy of color

SAME 79 Justitia Companion The same characteristics

apply to this picture as above

GUIDO, RENI Born 1575, died 1692

SO Virgin and Child Formerly in the possession of Col. Brooking and bought by him in London. Believed to be a genuine work of this great master

ROLDAN, DON JOSE Seville

81 Murillo's Adoration at the Manger

A magnificent copy made in 1844, at Seville, directly from the original. It obtained the highest prize of that year, and was brought to this country by Captain D. Green, of the British Navy, who paid Don Jose Roldan a thousand dollars in gold for it.

A certificate to the above effect accompanies the picture, and will be delivered to the purchaser

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82 La Belle Titian A fine copy, after the painting by HENRY

PETERS GREY

BASSOAN

83 Rape of Proserpine

BERGHEM 84 The Halt

TIEPOLO 85 Nathan and David

86 The Gamekeeper School of Goya

I. MATSYS 87 Examining his Money

KIORBOE 88 The Shower

89 Old copy of Leonardo da Vinci

VAN BREDA 90 The Forge

91 Holy Family, on copper

92 Virgin and Child, Hunter collection

HEALY 93 Head

94 Impromptu Dance Signed N. Laucret, 1737

DIETRICY 95 St. Francis in Ecstacy