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Photographically illustrated book by Mary Margaret Heaton (British, 1836-1883) titled Masterpieces of Flemish Art, Including Examples of the Early German and the Dutch Schools (London, Bell and Daldy, 1869). The book contains twenty-six mounted albumen prints, and each plate is accompanied by a guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Plate titles follow.
958:0367:0001 -- Rembrandt and his Wife, by Rembrandt Van Ryn; 958:0367:0002 -- The Adoration of the Kings, by Stephan Lothener (Meister Stephan); 958:0367:0003 -- The Annuciation, by the Master of the Lyversberg Passion; 958:0367:0004 -- St. Luke Painting the Virgin, by Jan Van Eyck; 958:0367:0005 -- The Adoration of the Kings, by Roger Van der Weyden; 958:0367:0006 -- The Adoration of the Magi, by Hans Memling; 958:0367:0007 -- S. S. Barbara, Christina, and Magdalena, by Quintin Massys; 958:0367:0008 -- St. Michael, by Jan Mabuse; 958:0367:0009 -- S. S. Bartholomew, Agnes, and Cecilia, by Lucas Van Leyden; 958:0367:0010 -- Christ Bearing His Cross, by Martin Schongauer; 958:0367:0011 -- The Descent from the Cross, by Albrecht Durer; 958:0367:0012 -- The Madonna (of the Meyer family), by Hans Holbein; 958:0367:0013 -- Portrait of a Lady, by Lucas Cranach; 958:0367:0014 -- Interior of a Country Inn, by David Teniers; 958:0367:0015 -- King Charles I, by Anthony Vandyck; 958:0367:0016 -- The Lion-hunt, by Peter Paul Rubens; 958:0367:0017 -- Cattle in a Meadow, by Paul Potter; 958:0367:0018 -- The Poultry Seller, by Gabriel Metsu; 958:0367:0019 -- Evening, by Albert Cuyp; 958:0367:0020 -- Portrait of Himself (with violin), by Gerard Dow; 958:0367:0021 -- Domestic Pleasures, by Jan Steen; 958:0367:0022 -- The Trumpeter, by Gerard Terburg; 958:0367:0023 -- Blowing Bubbles, by Frans Van Mieris; 958:0367:0024 -- Peasants Drinking, by Adrian Van Ostade; 958:0367:0025 -- Crossing the Ford, by Nicholas Berghem; 958:0367:0026 -- A Fresh Breeze, by Ludolf Backhuysen.
The book is inscribed: Mary Anne Raulke from her loving friend CWL. Feb. 18, 1882. |