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Title: Early English, Dutch and Flemish paintings at the Blakeslee Galleries, 353 Fifth Avenue .. (electronic resource)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Blakeslee Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Frick Art Reference Library
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al and distinguished persons. From the collection of J. Whitehead, Esq. No. 32.THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, RA. i 727—1788.Portrait of Mademoiselle Le Nain* Height, 30 inches, Width, 25 inches. ONE of the great coterie of the famous early Englishmen,painter of landscapes of the highest order, as well as a por-traitist, Gainsboroughs reputation has increased with theyears. His pictures of ladies are among the grand achieve-ments of his school and time, when the painters of Englandwere the pictorial historians of the world of fashion, whennearly every one, at one time or another, found his way tothe studios of the artists. Mdlle. Le Nain, a delicate, poeticbeauty of the epoch, is represented with an elaborate coiffure,in an evening gown, and with one hand at her breast. Theeyes have much expressiveness, and there is about her an airof patrician origin. From the collection of A. Wright, Esq., Liverpool.Mentioned by Walter Armstrong in his work, Gainsborough, HisPlace in English Art. rSBOROUGH.
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MAI No. 33.SIR PETER LELY. t6l&—1680,The Countess of Carlisle. Height, 42 inches. Width, 32 inches. Lely was the fashionable portrait painter par excellenceof his time, and with his prestige as court artist to Charles II.he had an astounding vogue in England. He was born inSoest, in Westphalia, but came early to London, and wassuccessful from the first. This elegant noblewoman, of amplefigure and stately proportions, in her impressive black gown,is seated out of doors in an arm-chair, with a background ofrocks, flowers, and sky. A bush of roses is growing to theright, and a few of these lie in her lap, on which her lefthand is extended carelessly yet gracefully, the other beingon the arm of the chair. The gown is lined with yellowsatin and trimmed with pearls, which precious stones alsoencircle her neck and adorn her ears, and the hair is worn inCurls—the fashion of the day. No, 34PETER CODDE. 16*0—1666.Princess Palatine. Height, 8o inches. Width, 45 inches. A DUTCH painter

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