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361. A good Pourbus. Beyond the door, 536, Flemish school: (Hugo Van der
Goes?). Donor, a lady in a nun’s dress (?), with her name-saint, St.
Barbara, bearing her palm as a martyr: in the background, her tower with
the three windows. To balance it, 536, Her brother (?) or husband, with
his patron, St. James. (Staff and scallop-shell.)
Above, 84, Triptych by Jan Coninxloo of the History of St. Nicholas.
(The wings are misplaced.) _R. wing_ (it should be L.), St. Nicholas,
three days old, stands up in his bath to thank God for having brought
him into the world. _Central panel_, the young St. Nicholas enthroned as
Bishop of Myra. _L. wing_ (should be R.), The Death of St. Nicholas,
with angels standing by to convey his soul to Heaven. A good
transitional Flemish picture. Beneath, tolerable portraits.
361A. A late Flemish Virgin, with portrait of the donor and St. Francis
receiving the stigmata.
572. Sir Anthony More. Portrait. Above it, 595, an Entombment, where
note again the conventional grouping.
337. Wings of a triptych by Bernard van Orley. The centre is missing.
L., Martyrdom of St. Matthias. R., The Doubting Thomas. In the
background, Lazarus and Dives, and other episodes. Renaissance
architecture.
4. Van Alsloot: The Procession of the Body of St. Gudula at Brussels: of
the Spanish period, with the guilds named. Interest purely
archæological. Each guild carries its mace and symbol. (The second part
comes later.)
586. Above this, skied, are four good female saints, transitional, named
on labels.
574. Portrait, of the school of Van Orley: lady with a pink, pleasing.
Italian influence is obvious.
505. Portrait of a lady, by M. De Vos. Early 17th century, marking the
latest transitional period. It belongs to a destroyed triptych.
79. Breughel the Elder: St. Michael the Archangel conquering the devils.
A hideous nightmare of a morbid and disordered imagination.
627. Crucifixion, by an unknown German, with small figures of donors,
and Rhine background.
597. German school. Tree of Jesse, of purely symbolical interest.
504. *Portrait by M. De Vos. Probably husband of (and pendant to) the
previous one. It was the other wing of the same triptych.
5. Van Alsloot: Remainder of the Procession of St. Gudula, with a quaint
dragon, and the Maison du Roi in the background. Observe, near the
centre, the personification of the patron, St. Michael: elsewhere are
St. Christopher, Ste. Gudule, etc.
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