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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry G. Marquand
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924 Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
Subjects: Marquand, Henry G
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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and cream, the darkblue leaves of the chestnut being sprinkled with warm yellow lights. Height, 9 feet; width, 7 feet 10 inches. 1319 — Landscape and Country Inn — Flemish Tapestry. Seventeenth Century. The foreground is sprinkled with flowering plants, and on each side of it rises a large tree withhandsome wealth of foliage. Between them winds a brook, crossed by an arched bridge,beyond which some sheep are feeding; while slightly farther back is a wayside inn, whereguests, waited upon by a woman, are feasting under a penthouse roof. In the distance, uponthe right, a chateau stands among trees. The whole is enclosed in a rich border of fruit andflowers, with amorini in the top corners, and pelicans in those below. The coloring is freshand spirited, passing from deep shades of blue, through lighter ones and russet tones, totints of warm cream, forming a notably harmonious combination, with an excellent sugges-tion of atmosphere. Height, 10 feet 5 inches ; length, 12 feet 4 inches.
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AWElsond Co, Boston 1320 — Verdure Panel— Flemish Tapestry. Seventeenth Century. The landscape slopes up from the front, with an abundance of trees, among which, on the left, isa temple-like pavilion. Farther back, to the right, stands a large mansion, built arounda square courtyard, in front of which is an entrance tower, crowned with a dome, and con-nected with the wings of the house on each side by a curtain corridor. The color schemeis an effective arrangement, graded from deep indigo in the shaded parts to warm buffs inthe sunlight. Height, io feet 7 inches ; length, 13 feet 5 inches. 1321 — Hunter Stayed by a Nymph — Flemish Tapestry. Louis XV. Period. Large trees rise on each side of the foreground, through the centre of which flows a stony brook.To the right of it a nymph in pale amber and creamy robes stays the advance of a youn<*hunter, whose crimson cloak makes a brilliant contrast to the faint yellow and green of thehilly landscape beyond. She leans forward, wit

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