Original Oil Paintings
$<74-. to 2- H253W CATALOGUE OF ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN, The entire Collection of J, G, Batterson, Esq,, COMPRISING GENUINE WORKS OF -A_ndrea Gel Sarto, Grnido, Sassoferrato, Caravag- gio, Cignani, Salvator Rosa, Carlo Bolci, Guercino, Pannini, Spagnoletto, Rem- brant, Gerard Row, Tan Steen, Hondekoeter, Weenix, .Al bert Cuyp, IB. C. Koelk; Koek, Ommeganck, Ver- boeckhoven, Tschaggeny, "Verschner, Tenkate, A.ohenbach, Tenters, Dearmann, Hayes, "Williams, Cbarles Reslie, Bierstadt, and many- other Mlasters of great celebrity, NOW ON EXHIBITION AT TIIE i* XV ADS WORTH ATHENEUM. 790 tec CATALOGUE OF A RARE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF OIL PAINTINGS, BY THE MOST CELEBRATED ANCIENT AND MODERN MASTERS j COMPRISING ORIGINAL WORKS OF THE ITALIAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, DUSSELDORF, BELGIAN AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE HAD PLACES IN EUROPEAN GALLERIES Of Great Celebrity, and are authenticated by CERTIFICATES OF THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY. HARTFORD: PRESS OF CASE, LOCKWOOD AND COMPANY. 1864. ITALIAN SCHOOL. ANDREA DEL SARTO, Born at Florence, 1488. Died, 1530. No. 1. HOLY FAMILY. THIS beautiful and well preserved painting on panel, exhibits the grace fulness of composition, the sweetness, transparency, and harmony of color for which this great master was justly celebrated. The unequaled quality of his carnation tints, the peculiar cast of his draperies, and the truthful manner in which he represented the indistinctness of objects in shadow, have led the highest art critics, to give him a place among the very few who could vie with RAPHAEL. This picture was purchased in Florence during the early part of the resent century, by MENCHETTI, of Rome, since which time it has never Eeen out of his family until sold by his son to the present owner in 1863.
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