[COPIES FROM THE OLD MASTERS]
I.—VELAZQUEZ
One collection is of fifty-nine copies in oil-colour, on a reduced scale, of pictures by Velazquez in the Prado Gallery, at Madrid, presented by Lord Savile. They were painted by Mr. Chidley Molony, an English gentleman who first went to Spain as an officer in the army of General Evans, and subsequently settled at Madrid, where he was a great favourite and well known, especially to the English Colony. The following are the subjects of these copies:—
1. The Adoration of the Magi.
2. The Crucifixion.
3. The Coronation of the Virgin.
4. St. Anthony visiting St. Pablo.
5. A Group of Rustics drinking (the picture known as "Los
Borrachos").
6. The Forge of Vulcan.
7. The Surrender of Breda (the picture known as "Las Lanzas").
8. The Tapestry Fabric of St. Isabel at Madrid (the picture known
as "Las Hilanderas").
9. Velazquez in his painting room, with various members of the
Royal Family and their Attendants (the picture known as
"Las Meninas").
10. "Mercury and Argus."
11. Equestrian Portrait of King Philip III.
12. Equestrian Portrait of Queen Margarita de Austria (wife of
Philip III.).
13. Equestrian Portrait of King Philip IV.
14. Equestrian Portrait of Queen Isabel de Borbon (first wife of
Philip IV.).
15. Equestrian Portrait of Prince Baltasar Carlos, as a child.
16. Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Olivares.
17. Portrait of Philip IV. as a young man, in court dress.
18. Portrait of the Infanta of Spain, Doña Maria, Queen of Hungary
(sister of Philip IV.).
19. Portrait of the Infante, Don Carlos, second son of Philip III., in
court dress.
20. Portrait of King Philip IV. in hunting dress.
21. Portrait of the Infante, Don Fernando de Austria (brother of
Philip IV.), in hunting dress.
22. Portrait of Prince Baltasar Carlos, at the age of six, in hunting dress.
23. Portrait of King Philip IV., at the age of fifty (?), clad in half
armour.
24. Portrait of Doña Mariana de Austria (second wife of Philip IV.).
25. King Philip IV. kneeling at prayer.
26. Queen Mariana de Austria, second wife of Philip IV., kneeling at
prayer.
27. Portrait of Prince Baltasar Carlos, son of Philip IV., at the age of
fourteen, in court dress.
28. Portrait of the Infanta, Maria Teresa de Austria, daughter of
Philip IV. and afterwards Queen of France.
29. Portrait (bust length) of the Cordovan poet, Don Louis de Góngora
y Argote.
30. Portrait of Doña Juana Pacheco, wife of the author (bust length;
in profile).
31. Portrait of a Girl (daughter of Velazquez?).
32. Portrait of a Girl (another daughter of Velazquez?).
33. Portrait of a middle-aged Lady (half length).
34. Portrait of Don Antonio Alonso Pimentel, ninth Count of Benavente,
Groom of the Bedchamber to King Philip IV.
35. Portrait of the Sculptor, Martinez Montanes (half length).
36. Portrait of Pablillos de Valladolid, a Jester of King Philip IV.
37. Portrait of Pernia, a Jester of King Philip IV. (commonly known
as the Portrait of "Barbarroja").
38. Portrait of a Jester of King Philip IV., nicknamed Don Juan de
Austria.
39. Portrait of a Dwarf of King Philip IV., called "El Primo."
40. Portrait of a Dwarf of King Philip IV. (Sebastian de Morra?)
41. Portrait of Don Antonio, an English (?) Dwarf of King Philip IV.
(with a mastiff).
42. The Boy of Vallecas.
43. The Idiot of Coria.
44. Æsop.
45. Menippus.
46. The God Mars.
47. Portrait of a Man (bust length).
48. Portrait of a Man (bust length).
49. Portrait of Alonso Martinez de Espinar, Groom of the Bedchamber
to Prince Baltasar Carlos (bust length).
50. View in the Garden of the Villa Medici, Rome.
51. View in the Garden of the Villa Medici, Rome.
52. View of the "Calle de la Reina" in Aranjuez, with a Royal
Cavalcade on the road.
53. Study of an old Man's head, in profile.
54. Study of an old Man's head (a smaller copy).
55. Portrait of Philip IV., in court dress.
56. Portrait of Prince Baltasar Carlos, as a child, in court dress.
57. A Group of Figures, presumably painted by Velazquez, in the foreground
of a "View of Zaragoza", by Juan Bautista Martinez del
Mazo.
58. Another group of Figures in the same picture.
59. Portrait of Doña Mariana de Austria, second wife of Philip IV.,
dressed in mourning (now attributed to Juan B. M. del Mazo).
II.—REMBRANDT
A second collection (also presented by Lord Savile) consists of forty copies, painted in oil-colour, on a reduced scale by Herr Paul Roemer, from pictures by Rembrandt in the Imperial Gallery of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The subjects are as follows:—
Enclosed in one Frame—
1. The Denial of St. Peter.
2. Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother; half length; seated, holding a book on her knees.
3. Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother; half length; seated.
4. Portrait of a young Warrior in armour.
5. Portrait of an aged Jew; half length; seated.
6. Portrait of a Man; half length; standing.
7. Portrait of a Woman; half length; seated.
8. Portrait of the Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel; seated.
9. A young female Servant, with a broom.
10. "Le Benedicite." (A Peasant family saying grace.)
Enclosed in one Frame—
11. Abraham at Table with the Angels.
12. Jacob's elder Sons showing him Joseph's garment.
13. Potiphar's Wife accusing Joseph.
14. The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard.
15. The Incredulity of St. Thomas.
16. Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother; half length; seated.
17. Portrait of a young Jewess, crowned with flowers.
18. Portrait of a Turk; half length.
19. Portrait of a Man.
20. Portrait of a young Man, with long fair hair.
21. Portrait of a young Man, dressed in black.
22. Portrait of an old Man.