VELDE (Adriaen van de)
(1635 or 1636-1672)
59. — « Le Manège »
Described in Smith’s « Catalogue » (part v, p. 187, n° 4:) as follows: «In front of a stable, which occupies the right (left) of the picture, are a gentleman, richly habited, mounted on a gray prancing horse, and two gentlemen on foot, one of whom, with his back to the spectator, stands at the side of a post, the other is near the stable door, with two boys by him. On the opposite side is a man standing on the farther side of a bay horse, doing something to the saddle, and beyond him are two dogs. »
Signed, and dated 16S8. Panel, 14 1/4 in. by 14 3/4 in.
Described in Smith's « Catalogue Raisonne », part v, p. 187; 11" 42 . From the Collection of the Comte dc Merle, Paris, 1783. — Lord Townshend. — Colonel Hankey, Beaulieu, Hastings.
VELDE (Willem van de)
(1633 - 1707)
60. — Vessels in a Calm
Interior of a harbour, crowded with vessels, their sails set and flags flying; from a large vessel on the left, a six-oared boat, with two trumpeters in the bow and officers in the stern, is rowing away; on the right, men arc bathing from a boat.
Signed with monogram. Canvas, 20 in. by 27 in.
Exhibited at the Royal Academy. London, 1878.*/
From the Collection of Viscount Powerscourt.
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