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John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition: containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools (1858)

Cassell, John, 1817-1865 · London, W. Kent and co. · leaf 322

An illustration from John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition: containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools, 1858, leaf 322
ite finish, and delicate exactitude, the enchanting reality of Willam Van deVelde. Ruysdaels waves have a character of gloom, depth, and solemnity,—a something more JACOB EUY3DAEL. 309 threatening tluin destructive. His tempests, like the passions of some human hearts, have a sort ofbrooding,… … THE BEACH. The magnificent boldness of the sky is in strong and masterly contrast with the tameness of landand water scenery. There is nothing very interesting in the picture, except its reality. The dwarfsand-hills and the middle distance give effect to the bold foreground, and the horizon dark…

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