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Title: De luxe catalogue of notable paintings by Masters of the Early English, Dutch, Flemish and French schools : consigned by T.J. Blakeslee, to be sold at unrestricted public sale at Mendelssohn Hall on ... (April 9th and 10th, 1908) ..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Blakeslee, Theron J., d. 1914 American Art Association
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ist has shown us the head andshoulders of a young gentleman dressed in the style of the lateeighteenth century. A blue velvet coat with high turnover col-lar is caught together by one of the large metal buttons withwhich it is garnished, showing a fine lace stock around thethroat. The strong aristocratic face is well set off by a pow-dered periwig, a curl of which conceals the ear. Height, 29 inches; width, 24 inches.Purchased from the family hy Messrs. Suxley & Co., London. No. 25JOSEF DE RIBEBA 1588—1656 HEAD OF SAINT THOMAS The picture of an old man, his face furrowed and wrinkledby a life full of hardships and privations. His broad bushybeard is gray, but his hair still retains its j^outhful color. Overa garment of green cloth is thro\vn a heavy brown cloak whichfalls in thick folds over his right arm. He holds one hand,gnarled and knotted with toil, upon his breast, gazing in anattitude of rapt adoration at some object on the right. Height, 32 inches; z&idth, 26 inches.
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No. 26SIB DAVID WILKIE 1785—1841PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF The artist has represented himself as seated with a sketch-book in one hand and a pencil in the other. His costume is ofthe period, a dark-colored coat with roll collar and lace stockround his throat. A mass of dark brown curly hair surmountsa youthful, almost boyish, face, which is strongly illumined,leaving the remainder of the portrait in shadow. Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. No. 27GOYAEUT FlilKK (Pupir, OF Rembrandt) 1615—1660 PORTRAIT OF A RABBI The portrait of a venerable old man in a heavy fur cloak andcap, from beneath which escape some locks of his silvery hair.His long white beard adds to his patriarchal appearance, andhis fleshy nose and pendulous under lip betray his nationality.His face is strongly lighted from the left, leaving the rest ofthe picture in semi-obscurity. Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. Smiths Catalogue Raisonne, in speaking of Govaert Flink, says: He ranked among the best pupils of Rembran

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