B-221. Diana of Poictiers, as Judith with the Head of Holofernes. (39X27.) Martin Freminet.
The ornaments in gold, and precious stones, are from the compositions of the celebrated Benvenuto Cellini, and have been copied by modern jewelers.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-222. The Repose in Egypt. (36½X30.) Nicholas Poussin.
The attitude of the Virgin is remarkable, not only for its graceful dignity, but for its perfect expression of the fact that she is listening calmly but intently to the narrative which Joseph is evidently relating. The landscape, though not highly finished, is grandly composed; and upon it the twilight of dawn is made to fall with sweet solemnity.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-223. The Daughter of Pharaoh about to bathe in the Nile. (25½X29.) Nicholas Poussin.
Two attendants are about to disrobe the Princess; a third kneels at her feet with a vase of anointing oil. Before her is a figure emblematic of the river. The group is finely composed, and the forms and attitudes are simple and chaste almost to statuesqueness.
Both these pictures display the knowledge of form, the classical taste, and the color which are characteristic of this Master, recognized as the Peintre des Gens d'Esprit. This sketch is in the best manner of Poussin, and was formerly in the collection of M. de St. Aubin.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-224. Classic Landscape. (29X36½.) Nicholas Poussin.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-225. Diana and her Nymphs bathing. (44½X56.) Nicholas Poussin.