Catalogue of the Ehrich Galleries collection of valuable paintings - by the masters of the classic Italian, Dutch, Flemish, English, Spanish, and French schools (1905) (14780111115)

Identifier: mastehric00fift (find matches) Title: Catalogue of the Ehrich Galleries collection of valuable paintings : by the masters of the classic Italian, Dutch, Flemish, English, Spanish, and French schools Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Fifth Avenue Art Galleries (New York, N.Y.) Subjects: Ehrich Galleries Publisher: New York Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: he so-called NaturalistSchool. The merit of this great artist consists in a fine coloring,and an astonishing effect produced by a strong contrast of lightand shadow. His works are characterized by wonderful vigor,and admirable distribution of light and shadow. He spent hiswhole life in Italy, and died at the early age of forty. Examplesof his works are found in all the great European galleries. THE QUARTETTE REHEARSING A youth and maiden with two little boys are practising asong. Beautiful is the painting of the hair and charming thelow tones of clothing. The drawing of these four faces is mas-terly yet very suave in keeping with the tonal qualities through-out. These young people are absorbed in their rehearsal, andthe sounds appear to be issuing from their parted lips. Verycurious are the furred cap of the youth, the diadem in the hairof the girl, and the musical notation seen of the papers fromwhich they sing. On canvas; height, 29^ inches; width, 36J4 inches. g < whh h <O wh Text Appearing After Image: 0 c> c 0 4 VO >4 0 V w-\ 4 0 31 CANALETTO (Antonio Canale) Italian School1697-1768 Of Canaletto it has been said: He was born in Venice, livedin Venice, and painted Venice! He treated these Venetian viewswith intelligence of perspective and a conduct of aerial tint thatare indeed most admirable