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Several other old paintings were formerly to be found in this room,
especially the central panel of a _triptych_ (end 15th century), No.
403, representing Christ blessing, surrounded by the donor and his
family, with St. John the Baptist and St. Barbara.
III.--Collections belonging to the City of Amiens
1. French School:
_Boucher_: Large composition; _Vénus demandant à Vulcain des armes
pour Enée_ (_Venus asking Vulcan for arms for Aeneas_), No. 46 of
1911 catalogue.
_Boucher_ and _Carle van Loo_: Four exquisite hunting panels,
originally designed for the apartments of the King at Versailles.
_Boucher_: _Chasse au Crocodile_ (_Crocodile Hunting_), dated 1739
(No. 48). _Chasse au Tigre_ (_Tiger Hunting_), No. 47.
_Van Loo_: _Chasse à l'Ours_ (_Bear Hunting_), No. 356. _Chasse à
l'Autruche_ (_Ostrich Hunting_), No. 359.
_Nattier_: _Portrait of Gresset_ (No. 266).
_Bachelier_: Two pictures forming pendants, _Un Ours de Pologne
attaqué par des chiens_ (_Polish bear attacked by dogs_) No. 9; _Un
lion d'Afrique attaqué par des dogues_ (_African lion attacked by
dogs_), No. 10; and a very large composition (1761): _Les
Amusements de l'enfance_ (_Childhood's Amusements_), No. 8.
_Quentin de la Tour_: _His own portrait_, the finest and most
carefully finished of his portraits, painted about 1760 (No. 212)
(_photo below_).
_David_: _Countess de Dillon_, lady of honour to Empress
Marie-Louise, full length portrait, strictly academical (No. 108).
_Regnault_, contemporary of David and his school: _La Mort de
Priam_ (_Death of Priamus_) (No. 290).
_J. Lefebvre_: Several paintings, especially _Portrait of Lady
Godiva_ (No. 223).
2. Foreign Schools:
_Un buveur attablé_ (_Drinker at table_) (No. 427), attributed by
the catalogue to the _Flemish School_ of the middle of the 17th
century, would seem from its powerful realism and general
composition, to have come from the studio of the _Brothers Le
Nain_.
_Gérard de Lairesse_, late 18th century, Dutch painter, now
forgotten, but who enjoyed considerable notoriety in his day:
_Portrait of Duchesse Marie de Clèves_ (1671) (No. 206).
[Illustration: MAN'S PORTRAIT BY LE GRECO. (_Cliché LL._)]
[Illustration: PORTRAIT BY QUENTIN DE LA TOUR OF HIMSELF. (_Cliché
LL._)]
IV.--Collections of the Brothers Lavalard
1. Dutch School:
_Brekelenkam_ (1623-1688): _Le Savetier_ (_The Cobbler_) (No. 3 in
1911 catalogue).
_Gerritz Cuyp_ (1594-1651): _Portrait of a child_. _A Young Baron_
(No. 8).
_Van Goyen_ (1596-1696): _Le Port de Dordrecht_ (No. 12). _Le
Départ pour la pêche_ (_Fishing Boats setting out_) (No. 13). _Un
tour au bord d'une rivière_ (_River-side scene_) (No. 14, etc.).
_Van Mieris_ (1635-1681): _Liseuse_ (_Reading_) (No. 27).
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