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 350
scene,of villages situated on the margin of theMeuse, upon whose surface are fisher-mens boats, barges, and various figuresof men and women. His skies are theportions of his picture upon which hehas bestowed the greatest care. Thechiaro-oscuro of this river scene is ex-ceedingly beautiful, and… … 338 JOHN CASSELLS ART TREASURES EXHIBITION. his productions were very common in Holland, so common indeed that their number lowered theirvalue in the eyes of the artists countrymen. Foreigners, profiting by the glut, bought them up at alow figure, and there are now so few of them where they Avere…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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