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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the private collection of valuable paintings by the old masters and early English artists formed by the late Leon Hirsch of New York
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association
Subjects: Leon Hirsch
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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server. He is seated ina red-upholstered armchair, against a neutral background ofdeep brown tone, turned slightly toward the right but facingfront. His complexion is freshened with a faint pink hue andhe wears a gray-white wig. His green-blue coat with olive-brown tones has a red upstanding collar which, with the coatitself, is gold-embroidered, and he wears a white lace jabot,gray-white waistcoat and lace cuffs. His hands rest on hislap, and in his left hand he holds a golden snuff box. On the hack of the canvas: James Earl of Cardigan, Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle and Keeper of the Privy Purse to the King, etc., Feb., 1798. Engraved by J. Collyer, A.E.A.Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1797.From the Sir Robert Peel Collection, London. Dr. Kurt Erasmus, of Messrs. M. Knoedler & Co., wrote of this painting onNovemlier 4, 1912, in New York City: The portrait of the Earl of Cardigan is avery fine work bv Sir William Beechey. It is beautiful in color and in fine con-dition.
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No. 43JAN VAN STEEN Dutch: 1G26(?)—1679 THE WANDERING MUSICIANS Height, SOy^ inches; width, 26^ inches lo^ Into the courtyard of an ancient cottage or inn some strollingmusicians have wandered, followed by several of the populace.A woman, bent and leaning on a staff, in a short peasant skirtand green-blue waist wide open at the throat, has approachedclose to the door, singing lustily from a piece of music whichshe holds in her hand. She carries a market basket on onearm, and a weary babe is strapped to her back. Near her ablind old man, led by a dog, plays a hurdy-gurdy and joinsin the singing. Two jolly-faced men appear in the doorwaylistening to the music, the foremost bearing a generous wineglass in his hand, and two other men are seen at a window.Over the doorway hangs a wine pitcher and a long-stemmedclay pipe. Before the door is a small girl in dark skirt andgray-wliite apron, white cap and bright yellow jacket, holdinga red earthen pitcher and looking up at the singers. The p

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