Collection Of Ancient Pic...
Thereisasmall collection of old picturesnow exhibitlng atCauty's rooms,in Pall-mall, which we notice chiefly on account of a very ex- quisite specimen of Cuyp which is among the number. It is of mode- rate size, butof such uncomimon beauty, that we think itmaybe dass- ed among the most perfect cbefy-d'6wzwre of the artist. The clear brightness, and at the same time mellowness of its tints, the depth and transparency of its shadows, and the apparently inartificial man- ner in which it# efect is produced, must ebtairn the admiration of the most inexperienced critic. Like the greater number of Cuyp's most successful pictures, it consists of a composition of cattle, landscape, and human figures. Repose is the characteristic of the scene; it is the close of a sultry summer's day; the setting sun tinges the ho- rizon with its richness, and throws its long shadows across the grassy foreground. Some water in the middle distancc relieves with exquisite chaiteness the deeper tones of the front, and reflects with astonishing liquidity, the soft mellow colour of the sky. This collection also contains two or three good pictures by Teniers, Canaletti, and Spagnoletto, a very pleasing and highlyfinished allegorical composition by Anidrea Sacchi; and an extremely curious and interesting pieture by Sebastian del Piombo, representing the school of Athens, with Pythagoras discoursing from the chair to a numerous assembly. It is carefully finished, and richly coloured, and contains among the crowd of figures, por- traits of some of the most distinguished painters of the old Italian school. A portrait of Rossini, by a Alr. Pistrucci, had better have been left out of the collection. It is reaUy beneath criticism. COLLECTION OF ANCIENT PICTURES.