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  • 1821.-.-/ -. Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Jerusalem at the time of the Crucifixion -- "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And, behold! the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom: and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. And the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose. Matthew, ch. 27, v. 45, 51, 52 (Mr. Hofland)|Jerusalem at the time of the Crucifixion -- "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And, behold! the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom: and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. And the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose. Matthew, ch. 27, v. 45, 51, 52]] réalisée par Mr. Hofland, vendue par Hofland. [1]
  • 1821.-.-/ -. Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Richmond from Twickenham Park -- A goodly land it is, and faire, I weene, There Wisdom, with her Bacon, loves to stray, Planting those trees that shall for aye be greene In History's page, and gentle poet's lay: There windeth Thames his silver wavelets gay; And Heaven's own minstrelsy his deep groves haunt; White streaming banners o'er his bosom play, Where youth and beauty innocently flaunt; Yet bears he many a sigh from Royal Shene, Who mourneth desolate, her matchless maiden queene. Old Poem. A Print from this picture will be published by subscription: proposals may be seen in the room, and names received (Mr. Hofland)|Richmond from Twickenham Park -- A goodly land it is, and faire, I weene, There Wisdom, with her Bacon, loves to stray, Planting those trees that shall for aye be greene In History's page, and gentle poet's lay: There windeth Thames his silver wavelets gay; And Heaven's own minstrelsy his deep groves haunt; White streaming banners o'er his bosom play, Where youth and beauty innocently flaunt; Yet bears he many a sigh from Royal Shene, Who mourneth desolate, her matchless maiden queene. Old Poem. A Print from this picture will be published by subscription: proposals may be seen in the room, and names received]] réalisée par Mr. Hofland, vendue par Hofland. [13]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Moses Striking the Rock. -- "Behold I will stand before thee upon the rock of Horeb, and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall water come out of it that the people may drink; and Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel." -- Genesis. -- The Landscape represents the sullen desert, "Dusk with horrid shades, by human steps untrod." -- To the left is Moses in a red drapery, surrounded by Aaron, Joshua, Hur, and another of the Elders of Israel, uplifting the sacred rod; while from the rock gushes a stream of water. -- The mind of the Prophet seems to be lost in amazement, at the beneficence of the Almighty; and in its joy, to have forgot to convey its image to the countenance. Aaron, arrayed in his sacred robes, and Joshua, covered with a purple drapery, are piously offering up thanks to Heaven; while Hur, bowing his head in the dust, is prostrated, in silent adoration of the Deity. To the right are the people; but whose sufferings have prevailed over the immediate expressions of their gratitude; on every face, are marked the torments of a burning thirst, and an eagerness almost approaching to franticness, to satisfy its cravings. -- The scene of distress is every where affectingly delineated; but the group which forms the most pathetic episode to the picture, is that of a mother, daughter, and infant child: -- the daughter, whose keen, yet tear-fraught eye, declares her parting spirit to be tasting of its bitterest cup, is extended dying in the arms of her mother, -- who, with the feelings of maternal tenderness, mingled with the wild air of desperation, is imploring assistance from her companions in misery; while even threatening that fragile thread of reason, is her daughter's infant clinging around her neck, and vainly pressing her milkless bosom; -- behind her is a son, piously supporting his aged father, whose daughter, forgetful of her own thirst, is affectionately looking back upon her parent, as she runs to procure him water from the stream. -- But no where is the genius of Poussin so powerfully displayed, as in the depth of expression on the countenance of the mother, in the centre of the picture -- who, distracted at the piteous cries of the infant at her breast, and striving in vain to reach the water, seems as if her soul had burst its shakles with that look of anguish. -- This master-piece was originally painted for Stella; Felibien informs us that two paintings from the same subject were finished by Poussin, but describes this as being far the most masterly, and relates an anecdote which authenticates its identity, -- it being remarked as very improbable that in so short a time the water should have worn so deep a bed -- Poussin archly replied, "that it only betrayed a want of consideration in the representation of a miracle, to be surprised at meeting with the miraculous." (Nicolo Poussin)|Moses Striking the Rock. -- "Behold I will stand before thee upon the rock of Horeb, and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall water come out of it that the people may drink; and Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel." -- Genesis. -- The Landscape represents the sullen desert, "Dusk with horrid shades, by human steps untrod." -- To the left is Moses in a red drapery, surrounded by Aaron, Joshua, Hur, and another of the Elders of Israel, uplifting the sacred rod; while from the rock gushes a stream of water. -- The mind of the Prophet seems to be lost in amazement, at the beneficence of the Almighty; and in its joy, to have forgot to convey its image to the countenance. Aaron, arrayed in his sacred robes, and Joshua, covered with a purple drapery, are piously offering up thanks to Heaven; while Hur, bowing his head in the dust, is prostrated, in silent adoration of the Deity. To the right are the people; but whose sufferings have prevailed over the immediate expressions of their gratitude; on every face, are marked the torments of a burning thirst, and an eagerness almost approaching to franticness, to satisfy its cravings. -- The scene of distress is every where affectingly delineated; but the group which forms the most pathetic episode to the picture, is that of a mother, daughter, and infant child: -- the daughter, whose keen, yet tear-fraught eye, declares her parting spirit to be tasting of its bitterest cup, is extended dying in the arms of her mother, -- who, with the feelings of maternal tenderness, mingled with the wild air of desperation, is imploring assistance from her companions in misery; while even threatening that fragile thread of reason, is her daughter's infant clinging around her neck, and vainly pressing her milkless bosom; -- behind her is a son, piously supporting his aged father, whose daughter, forgetful of her own thirst, is affectionately looking back upon her parent, as she runs to procure him water from the stream. -- But no where is the genius of Poussin so powerfully displayed, as in the depth of expression on the countenance of the mother, in the centre of the picture -- who, distracted at the piteous cries of the infant at her breast, and striving in vain to reach the water, seems as if her soul had burst its shakles with that look of anguish. -- This master-piece was originally painted for Stella; Felibien informs us that two paintings from the same subject were finished by Poussin, but describes this as being far the most masterly, and relates an anecdote which authenticates its identity, -- it being remarked as very improbable that in so short a time the water should have worn so deep a bed -- Poussin archly replied, "that it only betrayed a want of consideration in the representation of a miracle, to be surprised at meeting with the miraculous."]] réalisée par Nicolo Poussin, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [18]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Portrait of a Lady, in the character of Mary, Queen of Scots -- This Portrait, though it does not possess the air of dignified, yet melancholy loveliness of the original, and has a smile of archness playing around her features, which accords not with the thoughtful character of afflicted Majesty, -- still partakes of her beauty, and for execution, well deserves the appellation of Hogarth's chef d'oeuvre in Portrait painting (Hogarth)|Portrait of a Lady, in the character of Mary, Queen of Scots -- This Portrait, though it does not possess the air of dignified, yet melancholy loveliness of the original, and has a smile of archness playing around her features, which accords not with the thoughtful character of afflicted Majesty, -- still partakes of her beauty, and for execution, well deserves the appellation of Hogarth's chef d'oeuvre in Portrait painting]] réalisée par Hogarth, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [44]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Landscape, with cattle going to water, -- (sunset). This painting exhibits the picturesque grouping of the Flemish School, united to the grander features of Italian Scenery; in the foreground to the right, is seen a peasant girl, with some cattle, emerging from the gloom, formed by a mass of rocks, and a clump of trees; the girl is seated on a horse, and the man carrying a lamb, fondly regarded by its mother, which he is patting on the head; on the same side, in the distance, which gradually recedes, till it mingles with the horizon, rises the ruined tower of a castle on the border of a lake, surrounded by some lowly cots, built with the remnants of its dismantled fabric (Loutherbourg)|Landscape, with cattle going to water, -- (sunset). This painting exhibits the picturesque grouping of the Flemish School, united to the grander features of Italian Scenery; in the foreground to the right, is seen a peasant girl, with some cattle, emerging from the gloom, formed by a mass of rocks, and a clump of trees; the girl is seated on a horse, and the man carrying a lamb, fondly regarded by its mother, which he is patting on the head; on the same side, in the distance, which gradually recedes, till it mingles with the horizon, rises the ruined tower of a castle on the border of a lake, surrounded by some lowly cots, built with the remnants of its dismantled fabric]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [67]
  • 1821.-.-/ -. Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[One of the most beautiful pictures of Claude Loraine Mr. Glover has long since held the opinion, that nothing would tend more to the improvement of modern Art, as well as its encouragement, than by exhibiting, in all public Exhibitions, a few of the finest specimens of Pictures of established fame. He has here put up the best Claude, and the best Wilson, he could procure, as a safe standard for himself to work up to, and as a criterion for the public to judge by. Had there been such opportunities at all times, Mr. Glover feels assured Wilson would not have died for want, and numbers of others have lived in distress, whose Works now sell at immense prices. Should Mr. Glover pass the ordeal without suffering greatly by the comparison, he hopes other Artists, more worthy, will join him another year: his Exhibition will be open to all who will each bring with them a fine specimen of the old Masters to hang with their own (Claude Loraine)|One of the most beautiful pictures of Claude Loraine Mr. Glover has long since held the opinion, that nothing would tend more to the improvement of modern Art, as well as its encouragement, than by exhibiting, in all public Exhibitions, a few of the finest specimens of Pictures of established fame. He has here put up the best Claude, and the best Wilson, he could procure, as a safe standard for himself to work up to, and as a criterion for the public to judge by. Had there been such opportunities at all times, Mr. Glover feels assured Wilson would not have died for want, and numbers of others have lived in distress, whose Works now sell at immense prices. Should Mr. Glover pass the ordeal without suffering greatly by the comparison, he hopes other Artists, more worthy, will join him another year: his Exhibition will be open to all who will each bring with them a fine specimen of the old Masters to hang with their own]] réalisée par Claude Loraine, vendue par Glover. [125]
  • 1821.-.-/ -. Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Landscape Mr. Glover has long since held the opinion, that nothing would tend more to the improvement of modern Art, as well as its encouragement, than by exhibiting, in all public Exhibitions, a few of the finest specimens of Pictures of established fame. He has here put up the best Claude, and the best Wilson, he could procure, as a safe standard for himself to work up to, and as a criterion for the public to judge by. Had there been such opportunities at all times, Mr. Glover feels assured Wilson would not have died for want, and numbers of others have lived in distress, whose Works now sell at immense prices. Should Mr. Glover pass the ordeal without suffering greatly by the comparison, he hopes other Artists, more worthy, will join him another year: his Exhibition will be open to all who will each bring with them a fine specimen of the old Masters to hang with their own (Wilson)|Landscape Mr. Glover has long since held the opinion, that nothing would tend more to the improvement of modern Art, as well as its encouragement, than by exhibiting, in all public Exhibitions, a few of the finest specimens of Pictures of established fame. He has here put up the best Claude, and the best Wilson, he could procure, as a safe standard for himself to work up to, and as a criterion for the public to judge by. Had there been such opportunities at all times, Mr. Glover feels assured Wilson would not have died for want, and numbers of others have lived in distress, whose Works now sell at immense prices. Should Mr. Glover pass the ordeal without suffering greatly by the comparison, he hopes other Artists, more worthy, will join him another year: his Exhibition will be open to all who will each bring with them a fine specimen of the old Masters to hang with their own]] réalisée par Wilson, vendue par Glover. [160]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Banditti. -- In an unfrequented dell, overbrowed by rocks, and near the mouth of a cavern, are discovered the gigantic, and wildly attired figures of two banditti; the one, whose posture is most erect, is pointing to his companion down the pass, apparently concerting an attack on the retinue of some hapless traveller, while the other, absorbed in sullen attention with his discourse, is firmly clenching his battle axe, as a token of his savage satisfaction (Loutherbourg)|Banditti. -- In an unfrequented dell, overbrowed by rocks, and near the mouth of a cavern, are discovered the gigantic, and wildly attired figures of two banditti; the one, whose posture is most erect, is pointing to his companion down the pass, apparently concerting an attack on the retinue of some hapless traveller, while the other, absorbed in sullen attention with his discourse, is firmly clenching his battle axe, as a token of his savage satisfaction]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [172]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Landscape, cattle, and figures. -- The foreground is occupied by the skirt of a wood at the foot of a mountain, sloping to the edge of a lake; it consists of a group of rugged trees, some decayed by time, and others shattered by the tempest, wildly interspersed with fragments of rocks, on which some sportsmen are resting; on the opposite side of the lake, indistinctly seen through the blue haze in the distance, are a few scattered ruins, and the appearance of a village; -- the horizon bounded by a barrier of mountains (Salvator Rosa)|Landscape, cattle, and figures. -- The foreground is occupied by the skirt of a wood at the foot of a mountain, sloping to the edge of a lake; it consists of a group of rugged trees, some decayed by time, and others shattered by the tempest, wildly interspersed with fragments of rocks, on which some sportsmen are resting; on the opposite side of the lake, indistinctly seen through the blue haze in the distance, are a few scattered ruins, and the appearance of a village; -- the horizon bounded by a barrier of mountains]] réalisée par Salvator Rosa, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [173]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Woody scenery, with figures from nature; presents an arch formed by the branches of an oak, and the decayed arms of a tree, through which a path is seen winding through a wood; some gipsies are carousing under a copse to the left; and to the right, is a sportsman taking the opportunity of testifying, rather abruptly, his admiration of the glowing features of one of the "Nut brown maids!!" (Loutherbourg)|Woody scenery, with figures from nature; presents an arch formed by the branches of an oak, and the decayed arms of a tree, through which a path is seen winding through a wood; some gipsies are carousing under a copse to the left; and to the right, is a sportsman taking the opportunity of testifying, rather abruptly, his admiration of the glowing features of one of the "Nut brown maids!!"]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [174]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Landscape, cattle and figures; picturesque view of ruins on a woody eminence, beneath which is a water-mill turned by a stream, forming a sheet of water in the foreground; to the right are some cattle and figures, with a miller loading his cart (Loutherbourg)|Landscape, cattle and figures; picturesque view of ruins on a woody eminence, beneath which is a water-mill turned by a stream, forming a sheet of water in the foreground; to the right are some cattle and figures, with a miller loading his cart]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [176]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[A country Church-yard; sunset; -- composition from Gray's Elegy "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." Painting possesses this advantage over Poetry; the eye of the bard cannot brook to dwell on the littlenesses of nature; his province is confined to the influence of some well-timed epithet, which gleams its imagery on the fancy, like the spel of enchantment, and whose creations live anew to the eye of every beholder; while with the painter, the minutest circumstances are made subordinate to the grand effect, -- time, motion, life, all are arrested, and become charm-bound to the canvass; -- the beauties of the poet are heightened by the mind, which is engaged in their contemplation, but the beauties of the painter are naked equally to all. Thus, in this painting, together with the objects depicted in the foregoing verse -- "the glimmering landscape," -- the "ivy mantled tower," -- and "the moping owl that to the moon complains," are all embraced in the same glance; and the melancholy tinge which the parting day sheds over the landscape, is finely in unison with the pathos that reigns in the poet (Loutherbourg)|A country Church-yard; sunset; -- composition from Gray's Elegy "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." Painting possesses this advantage over Poetry; the eye of the bard cannot brook to dwell on the littlenesses of nature; his province is confined to the influence of some well-timed epithet, which gleams its imagery on the fancy, like the spel of enchantment, and whose creations live anew to the eye of every beholder; while with the painter, the minutest circumstances are made subordinate to the grand effect, -- time, motion, life, all are arrested, and become charm-bound to the canvass; -- the beauties of the poet are heightened by the mind, which is engaged in their contemplation, but the beauties of the painter are naked equally to all. Thus, in this painting, together with the objects depicted in the foregoing verse -- "the glimmering landscape," -- the "ivy mantled tower," -- and "the moping owl that to the moon complains," are all embraced in the same glance; and the melancholy tinge which the parting day sheds over the landscape, is finely in unison with the pathos that reigns in the poet]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [179]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Jacob wrestling with the angel. With the exception of the life and sufferings of our Saviour, many subjects are more competent and more interesting for painting than those of Scripture, on account of the inspired character of its subjects, which elevates human nature above the dominion of passion, a sympathy with whose frailties is the cause that we love her; but whether it be to lend a sanctity to her labours, or evince the triumphs of genius over sterility, it is not less true that none have been more universally selected: here had the painter's reverence for truth led him to believe it profanation to indulge his fancy, this beautiful painting could have no claim to our interest. The passage in the bible anticipates none of the beauties of the picture -- and all that has a charm in the landscape is De Loutherberg's own. The left of the foreground is occupied by Jacob and the Angel wrestling, and by a group of decayed trees; to the right winds the brook of Jabbok, silvered by the rays of the moon, but whose reflection is mellowed by the glimmerings of day-break; in the back ground, through an opening formed by the bold outline of a mass of rocks, and a bank overshadowed with trees, is seen the herd of Laban, journeying through the valley; behind is the distance hardly discernible from the mingled obscure of light and darkness, occasioned by the shades of the night, fading into the sickly smile of returning day (Loutherbourg)|Jacob wrestling with the angel. With the exception of the life and sufferings of our Saviour, many subjects are more competent and more interesting for painting than those of Scripture, on account of the inspired character of its subjects, which elevates human nature above the dominion of passion, a sympathy with whose frailties is the cause that we love her; but whether it be to lend a sanctity to her labours, or evince the triumphs of genius over sterility, it is not less true that none have been more universally selected: here had the painter's reverence for truth led him to believe it profanation to indulge his fancy, this beautiful painting could have no claim to our interest. The passage in the bible anticipates none of the beauties of the picture -- and all that has a charm in the landscape is De Loutherberg's own. The left of the foreground is occupied by Jacob and the Angel wrestling, and by a group of decayed trees; to the right winds the brook of Jabbok, silvered by the rays of the moon, but whose reflection is mellowed by the glimmerings of day-break; in the back ground, through an opening formed by the bold outline of a mass of rocks, and a bank overshadowed with trees, is seen the herd of Laban, journeying through the valley; behind is the distance hardly discernible from the mingled obscure of light and darkness, occasioned by the shades of the night, fading into the sickly smile of returning day]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [180]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Land-storm. A road discovered on the edge of a precipice, near which the horses of a waggon have taken fright, at the breaking of a tree by the blast, -- on the left rises a huge and rugged pile of rocks, down which a torrent dashes in foam; and in the back ground, rearing its aged head amid the storm, is the turret of a castle (Loutherbourg)|Land-storm. A road discovered on the edge of a precipice, near which the horses of a waggon have taken fright, at the breaking of a tree by the blast, -- on the left rises a huge and rugged pile of rocks, down which a torrent dashes in foam; and in the back ground, rearing its aged head amid the storm, is the turret of a castle]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [183]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The Annunciation -- (allegorical). -- "And the angel came in unto Mary, and said, `Hail thou that art highly favoured. The Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women; the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee -- therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God." -- St. Luke, c. i. v. 28 and 35 (Paul Veronesa)|The Annunciation -- (allegorical). -- "And the angel came in unto Mary, and said, `Hail thou that art highly favoured. The Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women; the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee -- therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God." -- St. Luke, c. i. v. 28 and 35]] réalisée par Paul Veronesa, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [184]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[One of the passes from France into Switzerland. This landscape discloses a wild and rugged ascent in the midst of mountains, precipices, and rocks, -- equally characteristic of Alpine scenery, and the romantic genius of Salvator Rosa. Two travellers on mules are mounting the pass, -- and to the right is a peasant descending towards a sheet of water in a deep ravine; the pinnacles of a rock form a giant rampart to the left, and to the right may be discovered a distant valley skirted by a range of Alps, rearing their hoary heads above the clouds, and mantled with eternal snows (Salvator Rosa)|One of the passes from France into Switzerland. This landscape discloses a wild and rugged ascent in the midst of mountains, precipices, and rocks, -- equally characteristic of Alpine scenery, and the romantic genius of Salvator Rosa. Two travellers on mules are mounting the pass, -- and to the right is a peasant descending towards a sheet of water in a deep ravine; the pinnacles of a rock form a giant rampart to the left, and to the right may be discovered a distant valley skirted by a range of Alps, rearing their hoary heads above the clouds, and mantled with eternal snows]] réalisée par Salvator Rosa, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [185]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The death of Germanicus. -- It is indispensably necessary for the interest of this painting, to recapitulate the leading points of this ill-fated General's history. -- Germanicus was the nephew of Tiberius, and when their common ancestor, Augustus, died, the acclamations of the people hailed him as their Monarch, but he, respecting more the birth-right of his uncle, than his own aggrandizement, resolutely withstood the golden temptation, and by his eloquence and arms, established the precarious power of Tiberius; but the Emperor finding his own greatness eclipsed in the glory of his kinsman, soon suffered envy to gain the ascendancy over gratitude, and (shortly afterwards), procured his destruction by poison, through the means of Piso. The unfortunate Germanicus then fighting the battles of his country, feeling himself the victim of treachery, assembled his friends around his couch, and addressed them in the energy of language, uttered by a being, lingering out the last hour of human decay. -- "It is but a mockery of friendship," said he "to pursue the memory of the dead, with idle lamentations, but to honour it, is to remember his last wishes, and to perform his last commands; strangers will weep the fall of Germanicus, but you are my friends, and if you have loved me rather than my fortunes, you will vindicate your friendship: show to the Roman people my wife and orphan children, descendants of the godlike Augustus; then pity will be felt for the accusing; and the accused, if they should even forge the mandate of their Sovereign for this deed, will not be believed; but if believed, not pardoned." (Nicolo Poussin)|The death of Germanicus. -- It is indispensably necessary for the interest of this painting, to recapitulate the leading points of this ill-fated General's history. -- Germanicus was the nephew of Tiberius, and when their common ancestor, Augustus, died, the acclamations of the people hailed him as their Monarch, but he, respecting more the birth-right of his uncle, than his own aggrandizement, resolutely withstood the golden temptation, and by his eloquence and arms, established the precarious power of Tiberius; but the Emperor finding his own greatness eclipsed in the glory of his kinsman, soon suffered envy to gain the ascendancy over gratitude, and (shortly afterwards), procured his destruction by poison, through the means of Piso. The unfortunate Germanicus then fighting the battles of his country, feeling himself the victim of treachery, assembled his friends around his couch, and addressed them in the energy of language, uttered by a being, lingering out the last hour of human decay. -- "It is but a mockery of friendship," said he "to pursue the memory of the dead, with idle lamentations, but to honour it, is to remember his last wishes, and to perform his last commands; strangers will weep the fall of Germanicus, but you are my friends, and if you have loved me rather than my fortunes, you will vindicate your friendship: show to the Roman people my wife and orphan children, descendants of the godlike Augustus; then pity will be felt for the accusing; and the accused, if they should even forge the mandate of their Sovereign for this deed, will not be believed; but if believed, not pardoned."]] réalisée par Nicolo Poussin, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [186]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The marriage of St. Catherine, painted for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, genuine, and in the most perfect state of preservation -- (on panel). St. Catherine was the daughter of a Pagan King, but whose mother had instructed her in the sacred truths of Christianity. Her father, observing with displeasure the dominion some hidden passion had gained over her thoughts, and resolving to dissipate the suspicion which haunted him, commanded her into his presence, and imperiously bade her accept in marriage the hand of one of his kindsmen -- an infidel. She endeavoured to move him from his purpose, by every plea that misery could invent, -- to reach the feelings of a parent, -- and imploring his compassion, professed her Christian faith; but at last, despairing of his pity or relentment, eluded his tyranny by flying from his court. She wandered through Egypt, enthusiastically preaching the cross; but neither youth nor beauty could take away the beam from the eyes of bigotry, and at the tender age of twenty-four she fell victim to her zeal. Her memory has been long canonized in the Catholic Breviary, and has frequently afforded a subject for the painter, who has allegorized the legend, by representing her betrothment to the Infant Jesus. The group of figures in this painting are the Virgin Mary in a drapery of red and blue, with her head uncovered, and her hair simply braided across the forehead, by a white fillet supporting our Saviour on her knee, who, with infantine simplicity is placing a ring on the finger of St. Catherine -- the Princess clothed in a vesture of dark green, and crowned with a circlet of gold, is kneeling and raising her eyes to heaven with a look of adoration; behind, is Joseph, leaning on his staff, and intently regarding the passing scene (Parmigiano)|The marriage of St. Catherine, painted for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, genuine, and in the most perfect state of preservation -- (on panel). St. Catherine was the daughter of a Pagan King, but whose mother had instructed her in the sacred truths of Christianity. Her father, observing with displeasure the dominion some hidden passion had gained over her thoughts, and resolving to dissipate the suspicion which haunted him, commanded her into his presence, and imperiously bade her accept in marriage the hand of one of his kindsmen -- an infidel. She endeavoured to move him from his purpose, by every plea that misery could invent, -- to reach the feelings of a parent, -- and imploring his compassion, professed her Christian faith; but at last, despairing of his pity or relentment, eluded his tyranny by flying from his court. She wandered through Egypt, enthusiastically preaching the cross; but neither youth nor beauty could take away the beam from the eyes of bigotry, and at the tender age of twenty-four she fell victim to her zeal. Her memory has been long canonized in the Catholic Breviary, and has frequently afforded a subject for the painter, who has allegorized the legend, by representing her betrothment to the Infant Jesus. The group of figures in this painting are the Virgin Mary in a drapery of red and blue, with her head uncovered, and her hair simply braided across the forehead, by a white fillet supporting our Saviour on her knee, who, with infantine simplicity is placing a ring on the finger of St. Catherine -- the Princess clothed in a vesture of dark green, and crowned with a circlet of gold, is kneeling and raising her eyes to heaven with a look of adoration; behind, is Joseph, leaning on his staff, and intently regarding the passing scene]] réalisée par Parmigiano, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [187]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Italian scenery, near Rome, with figures by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The foreground is formed by a sheet of water, and an ancient ruin overgrown with weeds, which some female figures are contemplating, and by a group of trees to the left; behind, stretches a vast plain, and in the distance, on an eminence, is a temple, the solitariness of the scene, and the extent of the landscape, wonderfully expressed (Wilson)|Italian scenery, near Rome, with figures by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The foreground is formed by a sheet of water, and an ancient ruin overgrown with weeds, which some female figures are contemplating, and by a group of trees to the left; behind, stretches a vast plain, and in the distance, on an eminence, is a temple, the solitariness of the scene, and the extent of the landscape, wonderfully expressed]] réalisée par Wilson, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [192]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The Temple of Tivoli -- (No. 81 lib. ver.) -- "Adjoining to the temple of the Tiburtine Sibyl, is a shabby modern building, which extends to the temple of Vesta. This beautiful specimen of ancient architecture, proudly situated on a rock which hangs over one of the cascades is a small rotunda, surrounded by an open portico of Corinthian columns." -- Travels on the Continent, by Mariana Starke, 1820. -- Claude always chose nature in her sweetest moments, either when suffused by the melancholy tints of sunset, or when she began to chase away her sorrows in the light of morning. He has here given us a faithful view from the enchanting scenery of Tivoli in the "lingering light" of evening -- minutely described, as above, by a modern traveller, a century and a half afterwards (Claude Lorraine)|The Temple of Tivoli -- (No. 81 lib. ver.) -- "Adjoining to the temple of the Tiburtine Sibyl, is a shabby modern building, which extends to the temple of Vesta. This beautiful specimen of ancient architecture, proudly situated on a rock which hangs over one of the cascades is a small rotunda, surrounded by an open portico of Corinthian columns." -- Travels on the Continent, by Mariana Starke, 1820. -- Claude always chose nature in her sweetest moments, either when suffused by the melancholy tints of sunset, or when she began to chase away her sorrows in the light of morning. He has here given us a faithful view from the enchanting scenery of Tivoli in the "lingering light" of evening -- minutely described, as above, by a modern traveller, a century and a half afterwards]] réalisée par Claude Lorraine, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [193]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Sea-piece, illumined by a flash of lightning, in a thunder storm at night; to the right is seen a part of wreck, and to the left, the remainder of the crew (having taken to their boat) in imminent danger of being overwhelmed and dashed among the rocks (Loutherbourg)|Sea-piece, illumined by a flash of lightning, in a thunder storm at night; to the right is seen a part of wreck, and to the left, the remainder of the crew (having taken to their boat) in imminent danger of being overwhelmed and dashed among the rocks]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [196]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The incredulity of St. Thomas. -- "Then said he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger and behold my hands, and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, but believing: and Thomas answered and said to him, my Lord and my God!! -- St. John, ch. XX.; 27 and 28 verses (Flink)|The incredulity of St. Thomas. -- "Then said he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger and behold my hands, and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, but believing: and Thomas answered and said to him, my Lord and my God!! -- St. John, ch. XX.; 27 and 28 verses]] réalisée par Flink, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [199]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[Mount Vesuvius by moonlight. -- To the right, rise a mass of rocks, shadowed with copsewood; over which, wave three solitary cypresses, whose solemnity is heightened by the pale lustre of the moon. In the foreground, broken by the fragments of some rocks on the border of a lake, is moored a boat, and a few figures contemplating the grandeur of the landscape; at their feet, sleep the waters of the lake, reddened by the glare of the volcano, yet bearing the image of the moon upon its bosom, calm and unruffled; on the opposite side of the lake to the left, is the volcano, "pouring forth its streams of molten fire;" and to the right stretches a distant landscape, as far as the eye can measure. Transparency of colouring and depth of landscape are conspicuous beauties; but the subject alone was sufficient to have inspired his pencil with excellence: Philosophy might "wander through the eternity of thought," and yet fail in defining the sensations awakened by this spectacle -- the lovely face of nature, imaged in a mood so awful yet so serene -- the slumbering lake illumined with the fires of desolation -- and the blue vault of the moon-lit heaven stained with the dusky wreath of smoke, speak a silent eloquence to the heart, which no lore hath yet taught the tongue to utter (Pether)|Mount Vesuvius by moonlight. -- To the right, rise a mass of rocks, shadowed with copsewood; over which, wave three solitary cypresses, whose solemnity is heightened by the pale lustre of the moon. In the foreground, broken by the fragments of some rocks on the border of a lake, is moored a boat, and a few figures contemplating the grandeur of the landscape; at their feet, sleep the waters of the lake, reddened by the glare of the volcano, yet bearing the image of the moon upon its bosom, calm and unruffled; on the opposite side of the lake to the left, is the volcano, "pouring forth its streams of molten fire;" and to the right stretches a distant landscape, as far as the eye can measure. Transparency of colouring and depth of landscape are conspicuous beauties; but the subject alone was sufficient to have inspired his pencil with excellence: Philosophy might "wander through the eternity of thought," and yet fail in defining the sensations awakened by this spectacle -- the lovely face of nature, imaged in a mood so awful yet so serene -- the slumbering lake illumined with the fires of desolation -- and the blue vault of the moon-lit heaven stained with the dusky wreath of smoke, speak a silent eloquence to the heart, which no lore hath yet taught the tongue to utter]] réalisée par Pether, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [200]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The subject is Virgil, the poet, reciting that beautiful episode from the 6th book of the AEneid, wherein the virtues of the young Marcellus are so chastely, though at the same time so justly apostrophized. A tear is seen trembling in the eye of the Emperor Augustus, as the poet, in whose countenance the anguish of his heart is visibly pourtrayed, pronounces the words, "Tu Marcellus eris," Octavia, unable to endure the misery which the name of her beloved son so forcibly called to her mind, has swooned, and it is here that the consummate art of the painter is displayed in all its beauty. The pallid hue of death upon her cheek, the listless arm and drooping head, denote the unconscious state to which the "weight of woe" has reduced her, and is finely contrasted with the manly grief pourtrayed on the fixed countenance of the Emperor. The keeping of the picture is throughout excellent; the costume accords with the best accounts we have received from antiquity of the habiliments of the Romans, and the tout ensemble, produces the most striking effect on the senses (Verhaghen)|The subject is Virgil, the poet, reciting that beautiful episode from the 6th book of the AEneid, wherein the virtues of the young Marcellus are so chastely, though at the same time so justly apostrophized. A tear is seen trembling in the eye of the Emperor Augustus, as the poet, in whose countenance the anguish of his heart is visibly pourtrayed, pronounces the words, "Tu Marcellus eris," Octavia, unable to endure the misery which the name of her beloved son so forcibly called to her mind, has swooned, and it is here that the consummate art of the painter is displayed in all its beauty. The pallid hue of death upon her cheek, the listless arm and drooping head, denote the unconscious state to which the "weight of woe" has reduced her, and is finely contrasted with the manly grief pourtrayed on the fixed countenance of the Emperor. The keeping of the picture is throughout excellent; the costume accords with the best accounts we have received from antiquity of the habiliments of the Romans, and the tout ensemble, produces the most striking effect on the senses]] réalisée par Verhaghen, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [215]
  • 1821.-.-/ maison de ventes : Bodicote (Henry F.). Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[A land water-spout. The painting represents the scene of desolation occasioned by the bursting of a cloud in its career against the pinnacle of a rock; the cloud is in the act of opening, and the waste of waters deluging the vale beneath. Scarely a trait of the fair face of nature can be recognized, rocks, trees, habitations, all are uptorn and mingled with the impetuous torrent; to the right, are discovered a father and mother seeking for refuge on the shattered trunk of a tree; the fragment, to which the daughter was clinging, has yielded to the destructive sweep, and her parents, in their eagerness to save their child, are precipitated with her into a watery grave: to the left, is seen the vestige of a water-mill; and to heighten the sublimity of the spectacle, a flash of lightning is bursting in the heavens, and illumining, with a pallid glare, the scene of elemental chaos (Loutherbourg)|A land water-spout. The painting represents the scene of desolation occasioned by the bursting of a cloud in its career against the pinnacle of a rock; the cloud is in the act of opening, and the waste of waters deluging the vale beneath. Scarely a trait of the fair face of nature can be recognized, rocks, trees, habitations, all are uptorn and mingled with the impetuous torrent; to the right, are discovered a father and mother seeking for refuge on the shattered trunk of a tree; the fragment, to which the daughter was clinging, has yielded to the destructive sweep, and her parents, in their eagerness to save their child, are precipitated with her into a watery grave: to the left, is seen the vestige of a water-mill; and to heighten the sublimity of the spectacle, a flash of lightning is bursting in the heavens, and illumining, with a pallid glare, the scene of elemental chaos]] réalisée par Loutherbourg, vendue par Henry Bodicote. [216]