RUBENS (Petrus Paulus)
(1577-1640)
35. — The Assomption of the Virgin
Seated on clouds, her face turned upwards. Her right hand is extended, her left placed on her bosom. A host of angels accompany her ascent. In the lower part of the picture, the twelve apostles surround the deserted tomb, placed in front of a sepulchre on the left. On the farther side of the tomb are the three Marys.
Panel. 41 in. by 29 in. Sketch for the large picture in the Dusseldorf Gallery, engraved by P. Pontius. Mentioned in Max Rooses’ « L’CEuvre de Rubens », vol. II, n” 358 .
RUISDAEL (Jacob van)
(1628-1682)
36. — A Waterfall
Described in Smith's Catalogue (part, vi, p. 87, n° 1 14) as follows : « A grand mountainous scene, traversed from the left, in an oblique direction, to the opposite side, by a rapid stream, which rolls in white foam among fragments of rocks to the foreground. The view is also identified by a wooden bridge over a narrow chasm on the right, which a woman with a bundle on her head is passing; and at the same time a man stands by the railing at the side. On the opposite side of the water is a low house; a second house is seen beyond it. and still farther are clusters of pine trees, which conceal the base of the mountain. Part of a high cliff, surmounted by a few bushes, is on the left, near the bridge, from whence the eye looks to a woody dell. »
Signed : J. v. Ruisdael. Canvas, ^834in. by84in. Exhibited at Manchester, 1867. ( lid Described in Smith's « Catalogue Raisonne », part, vi, p . 87. n" 114. From the Collection of Mr. Townen^ Manchester. —
— M. Leopold Goldschmidt, Paris.
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