THE NATIONAL GALLERY

“PORTRAITS OF JEAN ARNOLFINI AND JEANNE DE CHENANY HIS WIFE” (186)

BY JAN VAN EYCK

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THE TREASURE-HOUSE SERIES

THE NATIONAL GALLERY

BY ALICE CORKRAN AUTHOR OF “DOWN THE SNOW STAIRS,” ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

LONDON WELLS GARDNER, DARTON & CO., LTD. 3 PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

I have to record my gratitude to the many writers whose works have helped me to compile this guide to our National Gallery for young folk—to Vasari, to Messrs. Crowe and Cavaleschi, to Dr. Waagen, to M. Charles Blanc, to Messieurs de Goncourt, to Monsieur L. Viardot, to Monsieur Chesneau, to Monsieur de Sizeranne. I have also referred to Diderot’s letters and criticisms; to the Official Guides to the National Gallery, and to many other authorities read in handbooks and articles which I cannot enumerate. I owe an especial debt of gratitude to Mr. E. T. Cook for his admirable handbook that was a store of inspiration to me, to Mr. Cosmo Monkhouse, and Mr. Frederick Wedmore. Mr. Ruskin has been my unfailing guide, and if I have sometimes ventured to differ from him as a critic, I have never differed from the noble spirit of his teaching.

A. C.

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The illustrations in this volume and on the cover are from photographs taken by Messrs. W. A. Mansell & Co., Oxford Street, a list of whose publications will be found at the end of the volume.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portraits of Jean Arnolfini and Jeanne de Chenany, his wife _Jan van Eyck_ _Frontispiece_ The Death of Procris _Piero di Cosimo_ 30 The Madonna and Infant Christ, St. _Michael Angelo John the Baptist, and Angels Buonarroti_ 40 The Virgin of the Rocks _Leonardo da Vinci_ 42 The Annunciation _Duccio_ 51 Vision of a Knight _Raphael Sanzio_ 60 The Virgin with the Infant Christ, and St. Anne enthroned, surrounded by Saints _Francia_ 76 Bacchus and Ariadne _Titian_ 90 The Vision of St. Helena _Paolo Veronese_ 96 Portrait of the Spanish Admiral, Pudilo Pareja _Velazquez_ 117 Head of Charles I. _Van Dyck_ 134 The Avenue, Middelharnis, Holland _Hobbema_ 150 The Horse Fair _Rosa Bonheur_ 174 Heads of Angels _Sir Joshua Reynolds_ 179 The “Fighting Téméraire” tugged to her last berth to be broken up _Turner_ 198 Dignity and Impudence _Sir Edwin Landseer_ 206

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