THE DURR COLLECTION
Reading edition
NO.
SUBJECTS OF PAINTINGS.
ARTISTS.
D-1. St. Ferdinand I., King of Castile, receiving the Code de las Partidas from the Madonna. (65X41½.) Murillo.
(Durr Collection.)
D-2. The Immaculate Conception. (24X32.) Murillo.
From the Emmet Collection.
(Durr Collection.)
D-3. Jesus Suffering. (19X24.) J. A. Escalante.
Signed. From the Emmet Collection.
(Durr Collection.)
D-4. Jesus Victorious. (19X24.) J. A. Escalante.
Signed. From the Emmet Collection.
(Durr Collection.)
D-5. St. John the Baptist. (41X65½.) Velasquez.
From a collection brought from Seville, and purchased by Mr. Francis Tomes.
(Durr Collection.)
D-6. Ecce Homo. (50X80.) Luis Morales.
From a Catholic church in Mexico, brought to New York about 1855.
(Durr Collection.)
D-7. Portrait of a Philosopher. (29X39.) Spagnoletto.
Purchased in Philadelphia.
(Durr Collection.)
D-8. Adoration of the Shepherds. (45X37.) Il Bassano.
Brought from Italy by Mr. W. Metcalfe.
(Durr Collection.)
D-9. Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. (21X27.) Tintoretto.
(Durr Collection.)
D-10. Martyrdom of St. Lawrence. (90X97.) Titian.
This painting is signed, and shows evidences of being the first of three of this subject which Titian painted—the second, ordered by King Philip II. of Spain, remains at the Escurial; the third is in the Jesuits' Church at Venice. This composition is esteemed by such authorities as Kugler one of the most important of Titian's works.
From the collection owned by Gideon Nye, Jr., who valued this picture at sixteen thousand guineas.
(Durr Collection.)
D-11. Portrait. (19X25.)
The following is inscribed in French on the back of the portrait: "Collection of Alix, General-in-Chief of Westphalia.—This precious picture was found in the wagon of a vivandière, named Michau, who was killed at the battle of Marengo. After being in the possession of General Lemarois, it passed into the private cabinet of the Chevalier Denon, Director of the Musée Napoleon."
(Durr Collection.)
D-12. Assumption of the Virgin. (19½X40½.) Piazetta.
(Durr Collection.)
D-13. Italian Palace. (68½X47½.) Pannini.
From the Stone Collection.
(Durr Collection.)
D-14. Landscape. (28½X23½.) Salvator Rosa.
(Durr Collection.)
D-15. Arion and Dolphin. (60½X45½.) Annibale Caracci.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-16. Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus. (70½X46½.) Paul Veronese.
Bought in Philadelphia. The same composition, with slight variations, is in the Dresden Gallery.
(Durr Collection.)
D-17. Madonna and Child. (18X22½.) Fra Bartolomeo.
(Durr Collection.)
D-18. Holy Family. (7X9½.) School of Correggio.
(Durr Collection.)
D-19. Portrait of Jerome Savonarola. (22½X28½.) Fra Bartolomeo.
(Durr Collection.)
D-20. Lucretia. (22X26½.) Venetian School, 17th Century.
(Durr Collection.)
D-21. Nymphs Disarming Cupids. (14X11.) Francesco Albano.
(Durr Collection.)
D-22. Pieta. (11X15.) Annibale Caracci.
(Durr Collection.)
D-23. Bacchus and Ariadne. (51X39½.) Titian.
This is an old copy. The original is now in the National Gallery, London.
(Durr Collection.)
D-24. Palace of the Prince of Orange, in the South of France, with Portrait figures. (44X43.) Federigo Zuccaro.
(Durr Collection.)
D-25. Cattle Piece. (13X13.) Tempesta.
(Durr Collection.)
D-26. Cattle Piece. (13X13.) Tempesta.
(Durr Collection.)
D-27. Spanish Lady and Children. (67X85½.) Velasquez.
Purchased with Le Brun's Scenes in the Life of Alexander.
(Durr Collection.)
D-28-33. Scenes from the Life of Alexander the Great. (75X72.) Charles Le Brun.
Le Brun's larger pictures of Nos. D-28, 29, 30, 32 and 33, found in the collection of Louis XIV., are in the Louvre.
D-28. Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. (72X74½.) Charles Le Brun.
(Durr Collection.)
D-29. Alexander and Hephestion entering the Tent of Darius. (74X77.) Charles Le Brun.
(Durr Collection.)
D-30. Defeat of Darius at Arbela. (72X74½.) Charles Le Brun.
(Durr Collection.)
D-31. Alexander cutting the Knot of Gordius. (73X75½.) Charles Le Brun.
(Durr Collection.)
D-32. Porus brought to Alexander after his Defeat. (72X74½.) Charles Le Brun.
(Durr Collection.)
D-33. Passage of the Granicus. (72X74½.) Charles Le Brun.
(Durr Collection.)
D-34. Adoration of the Golden Calf. (70X49.) Nicholas Poussin.
Brought from Italy by James Benkard. The subject was a favorite one with Poussin.
(Durr Collection.)
D-35. Portrait of a French Gentleman. (32½X42.) Hyacinthe Rigaud.
(Durr Collection.)
D-36. Odysseus Taking Leave of Penelope. (50X37.) Claude Lorraine.
(Durr Collection.)
D-37. Evening Landscape. (39X31.) Gaspar Poussin.
(Durr Collection.)
D-38. Virgin and Child. (23½X36.)
Signed I. G.
(Durr Collection.)
D-39. Adoration of the Magi. (25X31½.) Dutch School, 15th Century.
(Durr Collection.)
D-40. Christ in the Prætorium. John de Mabuse.
Signed "Ioannes, Malbodivs, Pinceb 1527." From the collection of Thomas Jefferson, made at Paris while United States Minister to France. Sold at Boston, July 19, 1833.
(Durr Collection.)
D-41. Christ Sinking Under the Cross. (13X18½.) Copy from Albrecht Dürer.
This composition forms one of the series in the Passion, engraved by Dürer on wood.
(Durr Collection.)
D-42. Christ with the Tribute Money. (33½X11¾.) Albrecht Dürer.
Signed A. D., dated 1525. The wings of this triptique are ornamented with the head of a Monk and of a Nun.
(Durr Collection.)
D-43. The Last Judgment. (31½X43½.) Oval Top. Lucas Van Leyden.
(Durr Collection.)
D-44. St. Paul Preaching at Athens. (23X30.) Martin Van Veen Hemskerk.
(Durr Collection.)
D-45. The Holy Night. (36X28.) Karl du Jardin.
(Durr Collection.)
D-46. Christ Before Caiaphas. (63X43.) G. Van Herp.
Signed. This and the two following pictures, forming a series, were brought from Seville by E. Boonen Graves. From the Emmet Collection.
(Durr Collection.)
D-47. Christ Bearing the Cross. (63X43.) G. Van Herp.
(Durr Collection.)
D-48. Christ Crowned with Thorns. (63X43.) G. Van Herp.
(Durr Collection.)
D-49. Landing of Æneas in Italy. (60X40½.) Tempesta.
(Durr Collection.)
D-50. The Madonna. (29X36.) Philip de Champagne.
Bought by Mr. Durr at Stuttgart.
(Durr Collection.)
D-51. The Angel Gabriel. (29X36.) Philip de Champagne.
Bought by Mr. Durr at Stuttgart.
(Durr Collection.)
D-52. Kitchen Utensils. (11X13.) Barend Cornelis.
A Dutch painter, of whose life little is known, but whose manner of handling is praised by Karel Van Mander, the art commentator of the seventeenth century, as being superior to that of his contemporaries. This picture is signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-53. Halt at a Tavern. (14½X10.) Peter Bout.
(Durr Collection.)
D-54. Portraits of John Bainbridge, M.D., (1582-1643) and Daughter. (38X50.) Sir Peter Lely.
Bought at the sale of the collection of Thomas Sully, December 20, 1872.
(Durr Collection.)
D-55. Portrait of a Lady. (27X33½.) Oval. B. Denner.
Signed and dated 1734.
(Durr Collection.)
D-56. Portrait of a Gentleman. (27X33½.) Oval. B. Denner.
Signed and dated 1734.
(Durr Collection.)
D-57. Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. (43½X29.) Andreas Both.
Purchased December, 1865, from the collection of Joseph M. Meert de Domberg.
(Durr Collection.)
D-58. Moses Striking the Rock. (43½X29.) Andreas Both.
In this picture almost every position of the human body is represented. It is from the collection of Joseph M. Meert de Domberg.
(Durr Collection.)
D-59. Still Life. (41X47½.) Van Westhofen.
(Durr Collection.)
D-60. Portrait of a Gentleman. (15X19.) School of Van Dyck.
(Durr Collection.)
D-61. Landscape with Spanish Figures. (53½X49½.) Lucas Vanuden.
(Durr Collection.)
D-62. Landscape, with Cattle. (48X37½.) John H. Roos.
This and the following picture were purchased in Bavaria by Mr. Keller.
(Durr Collection.)
D-63. Landscape, with Cattle. (48X37½.) John H. Roos.
(Durr Collection.)
D-64. Crossing the River. (23X16½.) Solomon Ruysdael.
(Durr Collection.)
D-65. Passage of the Red Sea. (32X25.) Francis Francken, the Elder.
Brought by Mr. Forbes from Sicily.
(Durr Collection.)
D-66. The Crucifixion. (26X20.) Francis Francken, the Elder.
From the collection of John G. Boker.
(Durr Collection.)
D-67. Landscape with Figures. (40X24½.) D. Hagelstein.
A pupil of A. Elzheimer, figures by C. Poelemburg. Signed and dated 1630.
(Durr Collection.)
D-68. Game. (47X36½.) J. B. Weenix.
(Durr Collection.)
D-69. The Riverside. (21X14½.) Jan Van Hughtenburg.
(Durr Collection.)
D-70. Marine. (22X17½.) L. Backhuysen.
(Durr Collection.)
D-71. Expulsion of Adam and Eve. (94X69.) A. Bloemaert.
(Durr Collection.)
D-72. Mother and Child. (27½X35.) Jan Victor.
Purchased February, 1870, at the sale of the collection of Thomas Thompson.
(Durr Collection.)
D-73. Landscape. (9X11.) Anthony Waterloo.
(Durr Collection.)
D-74. Reptiles, Birds, and Insects. (29X38½.) Otho Marcellis.
Signed and dated 1667. From the collection of Gideon Nye, Jr.
(Durr Collection.)
D-75. The Flute Player. (41X33.) Jacob Vanloo.
Purchased February, 1870, from the collection of Thomas Thompson.
(Durr Collection.)
D-76. The Bean King. (36X29.) John Molenaer.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-77. The Rhinefall at Schaffhouse. (18½X13½.)
Signed A. K., 1609.
(Durr Collection.)
D-78. Moonlight Landscape. (17X15.) Claude Joseph Vernet.
(Durr Collection.)
D-79. Kitchen Utensils. (10X11.) William Kalf.
(Durr Collection.)
D-80. Portrait of a Lady. (23X30.) German School.
(Durr Collection.)
D-81. The Music Lesson—Effect of Candle-light. (37½X27½.) Gerard Honthorst.
(Durr Collection.)
D-82. Portrait of Lucretia Van der Meulen. (28X34½.) John Van Ravesteyn.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-83. Sealing the Letter—Effect of Candle-light. (37½X27½.) Gerard Honthorst.
(Durr Collection.)
D-84. Portrait of a Lady. (23X29.) John de Baan.
(Durr Collection.)
D-85. Winter Landscape. (22X17½.)
Signed, J. V. E. From the Beckett Collection, Philadelphia.
(Durr Collection.)
D-86. Hunters Resting. (14½X17½.) John Miel.
(Durr Collection.)
D-87. Landscape. (22X19.) John Wynants.
From the Beckett Collection, Philadelphia.
(Durr Collection.)
D-88. Stag Hunt. (24X19.) Gerard Van Battem.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-89. Evening Landscape. (32½X23½.) Minderhout Hobbema.
Signed. Purchased from Mr. Joseph Vollmering.
(Durr Collection.)
D-90. Farm House with Cattle. (34½X22.) Albert Cuyp.
(Durr Collection.)
D-91. Evening Landscape. (32½X22½.) A. Verboom.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-92. The Happy Burgher. (8X9.) Ary de Voys.
(Durr Collection.)
D-93. Huntsman Feeding his Dogs. (22X15½.) Cornelius Saftleven.
(Durr Collection.)
D-94. Landscape. (21X16.) Adam Pynaker.
(Durr Collection.)
D-95. Interior of a Dutch Tavern. (21X15.) Egbert van Hemskerk, the Younger.
(Durr Collection.)
D-96. Interior.—Dutch Kitchen. (18½X25.) Q. Brekelenkam.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-97. Arrival of the Dutch Fleet at Amsterdam.(26X16½.) W. van de Velde, the Younger.
(Durr Collection.)
D-98. Women Bathing. (11½X8½.) Daniel Vertangen.
(Durr Collection.)
D-99. The Flight into Egypt. (4½X5½.) Dutch School, 16th Century.
(Durr Collection.)
D-100. Starting for the Pasture. (21½X17½.) David Teniers the Younger.
(Durr Collection.)
D-101. Dutch Interior.—Washerwomen. (28X21.) Henry M. Rokes.
(Durr Collection.)
D-102. Interior of a Church. (33X26.) Anthony de Lorme.
A Dutch painter of architecture, about 1660. Figures by A. van de Velde. The picture is signed. From the Emmet Collection.
(Durr Collection.)
D-103. Combat of Cavalry. (33½X20½.) Rembrandt.
From the collection of Gideon Nye, Jr. Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-104. The Deluge. (9X7.) Daniel Vertangen.
From the Beckett Collection, Philadelphia.
(Durr Collection.)
D-105. Tavern Interior. (12X8½.) Isaac van Ostade.
(Durr Collection.)
D-106-110. Allegorical Representation of the Five Senses. (12X8.) Adrian Van Ostade.
From the Beckett Collection, Philadelphia. The subject was a favorite one with the artist. A repetition of No. D-106 will be found in No. B-372 of this catalogue.
D-106. Sight. Adrian Van Ostade.
(Durr Collection.)
D-107. Hearing. Adrian Van Ostade.
(Durr Collection.)
D-108. Taste. Adrian Van Ostade.
(Durr Collection.)
D-109. Touch. Adrian Van Ostade.
(Durr Collection.)
D-110. Smell. Adrian Van Ostade.
(Durr Collection.)
D-111. Mars and Venus. (19X14.) J. Rottenhamer.
The background is painted by John Brueghel. This painting has been engraved by J. D. Herz.
(Durr Collection.)
D-112. Entombment of Christ. (36X28½.) Rubens.
Old copy. Original in the Vienna Gallery. From the Thompson Collection, February, 1870.
(Durr Collection.)
D-113. Hunting Party. (41X28½.) Simon van der Does.
(Durr Collection.)
D-114. Frederick I., Emperor of Germany, surnamed "Barbarossa." (19X36½.) Lucas Cranach.
(Durr Collection.)
D-115. Vegetable Vender. (24½X18.) John Doncker.
Signed, J. Donck, 1630.
(Durr Collection.)
D-116. Tavern Scene. (23X19½.) John Horremans, the Elder.
(Durr Collection.)
D-117. Tavern Scene. (23X19½.) John Horremans, the Elder.
(Durr Collection.)
D-118. Italian Landscape. (22X15.) J. F. van Bloemen.
(Durr Collection.)
D-119. Birds and Fish. (22X16½.) Albert Flamen.
(Durr Collection.)
D-120. Storm at Sea. (29½X19.) Bonaventura Peters.
(Durr Collection.)
D-121. A Dutch Interior—Beggars Carousing.(27½X21.) Adrian Brower.
Signed. From the collection of Joseph M. Meert de Domberg.
(Durr Collection.)
D-122. Seaport. (25½X20½.) L. Backhuysen.
(Durr Collection.)
D-123. A Sea Fight. (28X21.) John Lingelbach.
(Durr Collection.)
D-124. Rendezvous of Smugglers. (25X20.) John van Geel.
(Durr Collection.)
D-125. Tavern Interior. (16½X20.) Peter Verelst.
(Durr Collection.)
D-126. Burning of a Cottage at Night. (15X16½.) Egbert vander Poel.
(Durr Collection.)
D-127. Burning of a Cottage at Night. (19X14½.) Egbert vander Poel.
(Durr Collection.)
D-128. Landscape with Figures and Cattle. (22X15.) Nicholas Berghem.
(Durr Collection.)
D-129. Fruit Piece. (21X15½.) Albert Cuyp.
(Durr Collection.)
D-130. Dutch Windmill. (16X13½.) John vander Meer.
Signed and dated 1693. From the Stone Collection.
(Durr Collection.)
D-131. Card Players. (17½X13½.) Leonard de France.
From the Beckett Collection, Philadelphia.
(Durr Collection.)
D-132. Landscape with Cattle. (15½X11½.) Karl du Jardin.
(Durr Collection.)
D-133. Flowers. (28X33.) Simon Verelst.
(Durr Collection.)
D-134. Playing the Bagpipe. (8X9½.) John Tilius.
(Durr Collection.)
D-135. Landscape with Figures. (14X12.) Philip Wouwermans.
From the Beckett Collection, Philadelphia.
(Durr Collection.)
D-136. The Pedler. (8X9½.)
From the Beckett Collection, Philadelphia.
(Durr Collection.)
D-137. Chateau and Park. (12X9½.) John vander Heyden.
(Durr Collection.)
D-138. Samson and Delilah. (33½X25.) Van Dyck.
The finished picture of this sketch is in the Belvidere Gallery, Vienna.
(Durr Collection.)
D-139. Historical Subject. (40X34.) G. van den Eckhout.
Signed, "I^s. Isaacksen, Invent^r. G. V. Eckhout, ping-sit. A.D. 1670."
(Durr Collection.)
D-140. Interior of a Church. (20X23.) Emanuel de Witt.
(Durr Collection.)
D-141. Dutch Interior—Effect of Candle-light. (28½X22.) David Ryckaert.
(Durr Collection.)
D-142. The Magi Going to Bethlehem. (41½X30½.) Leonard Bramer.
(Durr Collection.)
D-143. Musical Party. (10½X11.) Matthew Van Helmont.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-144. Farm-yard—Peasants Playing Cards. (22X18.) Karl du Jardin.
Signed, and dated 1667.
(Durr Collection.)
D-145. Landscape. (31X26.) John Wynants.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-146. Landscape with Sheep and Figures. (24X18.) P. B. Ommeganck.
(Durr Collection.)
D-147. The Pasture-field. (19X14½.) Jan Kobell.
(Durr Collection.)
D-148. Kitchen Interior. (9½X12.) H. Van Hove.
(Durr Collection.)
D-149. Family Group. (14X18.) F. G. Waldmuller.
(Durr Collection.)
D-150. View on the Moselle River. (18X15½.) Barend C. Koekkoek.
(Durr Collection.)
D-151. Halt at the Tavern. (24X19.) Baron Henry Leys.
(Durr Collection.)
D-152. Wayside Hospitality. (9½X7½.) Fritz Franz.
(Durr Collection.)
D-153. Evening Landscape—Sunset. (17X11.)
(Durr Collection.)
D-154. Germania. (108X90.) Christian Köhler.
The struggle of the German people in the year 1848 gave rise to this allegorical composition. Germania, the Goddess of Germany, awakened from her slumber on a bear's skin by Justice and Liberty, seizes the national crown and sword, and drives away the demons of Despotism and Discord. This picture was finished in 1849, when it was purchased by Mr. John G. Boker, and brought by him to New York, where for many years it was exhibited in the Düsseldorf Gallery.
(Durr Collection.)
D-155. The Wood Road. (34X28.) P. Barbièrs.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-156. The Lute Player. (25X30.) Gilbert Stewart Newton.
(Durr Collection.)
D-157. Group of Fishermen on the Seashore. (60X43½.) Albert Cuyp.
Signed.
(Durr Collection.)
D-158. The Three Marys. (27X36.) Bernardino Luini.
(Durr Collection.)
D-159. Shandaken Range, Kingston, N. Y. (16¼X21½.) A. B. Durand.
(Durr Collection.)
D-158. THE THREE MARYS.
BERNARDINO LUINI.
(DURR COLLECTION)
D-160. Trees by the Brookside, Kingston, N. Y. (16½X21.) A. B. Durand.
(Durr Collection.)
D-161. Study at Marbletown, N. Y. (16¾X21.) A. B. Durand.
(Durr Collection.)
D-162. Group of Trees. (17½X23¼.) A. B. Durand.
(Durr Collection.)
D-163. Pool in the Catskills. (17X23.) Josephine Walters.
(Durr Collection.)
D-164. The Parting Guests, 1775. (36X22.) Wordsworth Thompson.
(Durr Collection.)
D-165. Portrait of Matthew L. Davis, (1766-1850.) (6X5.) Oval. (Miniature.)
(Durr Collection.)
D-166. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790.) (23X28½.) Oval. Joseph S. Duplessis.
Painted, in Paris, about 1784.
(Durr Collection.)
D-167. Summer in the Land of the Midnight Sun. (42X72.) William Bradford.
(Durr Collection.)
D-168. Portrait of Asher B. Durand, (1796-1886.) (20½X26.) Painted in 1825. John Trumbull.
(Durr Collection.)
D-169. Portrait of William S. Mount, (1807-1868.) (20X26.) Frank B. Carpenter.
From the original by Elliott.
(Durr Collection.)
D-170. The Palisades, New Jersey. (21X14.) Water Color. William G. Wall.
(Durr Collection.)
D-171. View near Fishkill, New York. (21X14.) Water Color. William G. Wall.
(Durr Collection.)
D-172. Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse, (1791-1872.) (32X26.) Crayon.
(Durr Collection, 1905.)
D-173. Portrait of Alexander Anderson, M.D., (1775-1870.) (17X21.)
(Durr Collection, 1907.)
D-174. Portrait of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, (1757-1854.) (14¾X12¾.) Crayon. Eastman Johnson.
From life, in the Capitol at Washington, March, 1846.
(Durr Collection, 1907.)
D-175. Tontine Coffee House. (1800.) (65X43.) Francis Guy.
Northwest corner Wall and Water Streets, New York City.
(Durr Gallery, 1907.)
D-176. Portrait of James Riker, (1822-1889.) (14X11.) Emil Kosa.
From a photograph.
(Durr Gallery Fund, 1911.)
D-177. Portrait of Solomon Kip. (6X3¾.) Oval.
(Durr Gallery Fund, 1912.)
D-178. Portrait of Gen. Pierre Van Cortlandt, (1762-1848.) (30X25.) Wm. Collins.
(Durr Gallery Fund, 1913.)
D-179. Portrait of William C. Bouck, (1786-1859.) (21X17.) Charles L. Elliott.
Painted, 1847.
Governor of New York, 1843-1845.
(Durr Gallery Fund, 1913.)
D-180. Portrait of Caleb Heathcote, (1665-1721.) (31½X26¼.)
(Durr Gallery Fund, 1913.)
D-181. Portrait of Hamilton Fish, (1808-1893.) (35X30.) Augustus G. Heaton.
From the original by Daniel Huntington.
President of the Society, 1867-1869; Vice President, 1881-1888.
(Durr Gallery Fund, 1914.)
CATALOGUE
OF THE
PETER MARIÉ COLLECTION OF MINIATURES
PRESENTED TO
THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MARCH 25th, 1905
BY THE RESIDUARY LEGATEES UNDER
THE WILL OF THE LATE PETER MARIÉ