sic Lesson, is a fine Terburg. Room XXVI., dedicated to
Hobbema, contains his fine landscapes: 2403, A Forest Scene, and 2404,
The Mill, and another exquisite Terburg, 2589, The Concert. Some
typical Paul Potters also hang here. We proceed round to Room XXIX.,
which holds a precious collection of Van Eycks and Memlings. 1986 is
an exquisite little masterpiece painted by Jean with infinite patience
and care, Virgin and Child and Donor. Fine Memlings are:--2024, The
Baptist; 2025, The Magdalen; 2027, Marriage of St. Catherine; 2028, a
Triptych--the Resurrection, St. Sebastian and the Ascension Here too
are hung, 1957, Gerard Dow's Wedding at Cana; 2196, Van der Weyden's
Descent from the Cross, and some excellent Flemish school paintings.
Room XXX. is the Quentin Matsys Room: 2029 is the well-known Banker
and his Wife, of which many replicas exist; 2030, by the same artist,
Virgin and Child. The fine example of the fifteenth-century painter,
known as the Master of the Death of Mary, 2738, hangs in this room.
This profoundly reverent and sincere work consists of: a central
panel, Descent from the Cross, below which is The Last Supper, and
above, in the lunette, St. Francis receiving the Stigmata; Friar Leo
is seen asleep against a rock. A remarkable work by Peter Brueghel,
The Blind leading the Blind, will also arrest attention. Room XXXI.,
named after Anthony More, contains a miscellaneous collection, among
which the artist's portraits (2481A) of Edward VI. of England, and of
(2479) a Spanish Dwarf, and Peter Brueghel's Village, 1918, and a
Country Dance, 1918B, are of chief interest. The Teniers Room, XXXII.,
shows some excellent works by the younger master: 2155, St. Peter
denies his Lord; 2156, The Prodigal Son; 2157, Works of Charity; 2158,
Temptation of St. Anthony. We next pass to three rooms in which are
hung works by Netherland artists, formerly in the La Caze collection,
among which, in Room XXXIII., are 2579, Van Steen's, Family Repast;
and 2454, Nicholas Maes', Grace before Meat. In XXXIV. are two
well-known works: 1916, Adrian Brouwer's, The Smoker; and 2384, The
Gipsy, a masterpiece by Franz Hals. A fine Vandyck, 1979, Head of an
Old Man; Rubens' portrait of Marie de' Medici, 2109; and a sketch in
oils, 2122, Elevation of the Cross, are in Room XXXV. We return to the
Salle Vandyck and the Grande Galerie, along which we retrace our steps
and enter, at its further end, the

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