Identifier: illustratedcatal00amer_8 (find matches)
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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t, andin the background appear the Grecian ships, waiting for a breeze. Height, 12 feet; length, 16 feet 8 inches. 1334 — Achilles before the Arms of Patroclus. A soldier, in advance of a group of warriors, on the left of the composition, indicates with his hand the heap of armor and trappings which lie in the centre. To the right of it, attended by two followers, stands Achilles, with his hands raised in a gesture of horror. A row of tents stretches across the background. Height, 12 feet; length, 16 feet 8 inches. 1335 — The Carrying off of Helen. On the right of the composition a ship filled with warriors has come close up to the shore, where another party surrounds the central figure of Helen. Her gaze and hands are extended toward heaven, as a man with his arm around her waist is lifting her to the boat, directed in his efforts by a man in the foreground. Behind the group rise the houses of the city, from the roofs of which archers are firing. Height, 12 feet; length, 16 feet.
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1336—^ Sacrifice. In attitudes of entreaty warriors are kneeling or standing around a circular altar, which occupiesthe centre of the composition. A rams head appears amid the flames, the smoke of whichcurls up to the sky. Across the back of the scene extends the sea, ships riding at anchor onthe right. Height, 12 feet; length, 16 feet 8 inches. The flesh parts throughout all the series would appear to have been painted byPortuguese artists, while the Oriental character of the weapons, costumes, and deco-ration suggests that the embroideries were executed in the East. The color schemecarried through the four panels is singularly choice, involving a groundwork of deepazure blue, with hues of old rose, pale blue, and dull amber predominating in theaccessories. The same combination is introduced into the handsome borders,where, enclosed within a series of narrow borders, flows a scroll of acanthus withfloral centres, interrupted at intervals by gryphons, or birds of paradise. At eachco

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