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Title: Notable paintings by masters of the early English, Dutch, Flemish and French schools
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association American Art Association
Subjects: Blakeslee, Theron J., -1914 T.J. Blakeslee
Publisher: American Art Assocation
Contributing Library: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digitizing Sponsor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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ooking dreamily past the spectator.Over a yellow dress with short sleeves she wears a gauze fichuand long brown stole. Her hair is powdered and dressed highoff the forehead, descending in several large curls upon hershoulders. On her head is a gauze cap with a pink ribbon,which floats out behind her. The background suggests a land-scape under a dark sky. The color scheme is subtle and un-usual, and the flesh tints are skilfully rendered. Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches.Purchased of Messrs. A. J. Sui/ley & Co., London. No. 116 ROBERT TOURNIERES 1668—1752 PORTRAIT OF THE^ MARQUISE DE LIANCOURT C 7^~&, A young lady stands upon a balcony beneath a heavy canopy. She wears an elaborately embroidered dress of pink silk, with^ short sleeves, the skirt being heavily puffed over the hips. Be- (^Cyi side her is a basket of flowers from which she has taken a blos- som which she holds coquettishly aloft, as if about to throw itto an admirer below. Height, 42 inches; width, 31 inches.
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No. 117 CRISTOFOBO MOKETTI 1460— A MILANESE NOBLEMAN The full-length picture of an elderly man in the dress of thelate fifteenth century. A loose cloak heavily trimmed withermine, the sleeves slashed and lined with the same fur, is wornover a dark undergarment. His right hand is carried in front,while his left, which is gloved, rests upon the hilt of his sword.A heavy gold chain is round his neck, and a long white bearddescends upon his chest. The background shows a fine redcurtain hiding the entry to a room. Height, 37 inches; width, 34 inches.Purchased from Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. No. 118GEORGE EOMNEY 1734—1802 PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN BEAUCHAMP A characteristic piece of work by the great portrait painter. fl^o^ ■ The subject sits, his body square to the spectator, while hisface, with its high and aristocratic nose and clear-cut mouth,is almost in profile to the right. He wears a scarlet uniformwith dark blue lapels and cuffs frogged with silver braid, andon his shoulders are

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