Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 — John Shaqi
Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850
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The highly interesting collection of pictures at Combe Abbey, the seat of
the Earl of Craven, in Warwickshire, was, for the most part, bequeathed by
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, the daughter of James I., to her faithful
attendant, William, Earl of Craven. The collection has remained, entire and
undisturbed, up to the present time. Near the upper end of the long gallery
is a picture which doubtless formed a part of the bequest of the Queen of
Bohemia, and of which the following is a description:--
Three quarters length: a female figure, standing, with long curling light
hair, and a wreath of flowers round the head. She wears a white satin gown,
with a yellow edge; gold chain on the stomacher, and pearl buttons down the
front. She has a pearl necklace and earrings, with a high plaited
chemisette up to the necklace; and four rows of pearls, with a yellow bow,
round the sleeve. She holds in her hands a large highly ornamented gold
horn. The back-ground consists of mountains. Underneath the picture is this
inscription:
"Anno post natum Christum 939. Ottoni comiti Oldenburgico in venatione
vehementer sitibundo virgo elegantissima ex monte Osen prodiens cornu
argenteum deauratum plenum liquore ut biberet obtulit. Inspecto is
liquore adhorruit, ac eundum bibere recusavit. Quo facto, subito Comes
a virgine discedens liquorem retro super equum quem mox depilavit
effudit, cornuque hic depictum secum Oldenburgum in perpetuam illius
memoriam reportavit. Lucretio de Sainct Simon pinxit."
The painting is apparently of the first part of the seventeenth century.
The ordinary books of reference do not contain the painter's name.
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