A view of the painter's favourite subject, the market-place of Haarlem. The picture is signed, and dated 1674.
1421. A TERRACE SCENE.
Jan Steen (Dutch: 1626-1679). See 856.
1422. THE HOLY FAMILY.
Eustache Le Sueur (French: 1616-1655)
Le Sueur, sometimes styled "the French Raphael," was the son of a wood-carver at Paris, and became one of the original members of the French Academy. His works, in spite of the early age at which he died, are very numerous. He was assisted in the production of them by three brothers and his brothers-in-law. Several of his most important pictures are to be seen at the Louvre.
This little picture is a good example of the painter's characteristics—with its somewhat crude colour, but considerable gracefulness, especially in the figure of the Virgin.
1423. PORTRAIT OF A LADY.
Jan A. Ravesteijn (Dutch: 1572-1657).
This artist was born at the Hague, where his most important works are to be found. He was admitted into the Painters' Guild there in 1598. He was a pupil of Frans Hals, and was much employed in painting the large groups of portraits—of archers, magistrates, etc.—which were in vogue at the time. Ravesteijn's groups are somewhat more formal than those of Rembrandt, Hals, and Van der Helst, but are full of life and character. He knew how to give dignity to his sitters, and his pictures are inferior only to those of the great masters just mentioned.