School of Boucher - Sleeping Nymphs Surprised by Satyrs

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Title: Valuable paintings by the old masters of the northern and southern schools
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association
Subjects: Nicolas Riabouchinsky Prince Golinicheff Koutousoff
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Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



Text Appearing Before Image:
SCHOOL OF BOUCHER French: Eighteenth Century No. 9—SLEEPING NYMPHS SURPRISED BY SATYRS (Panel)Height, KP ._> inches; width, 18^ inches Foub sleepiii nymphs are grouped in the foregroundaround a goblet and grapes, their rosy nude forms inter-laced in soft allurement. One holds a leopards tail; an-other, on the right, reclines upon a blue drapery, whilethe figure vis-a-vis to her is supported by red cushions.Above her a carved satyrs head projects from a ruinedfountain, to which is attached an amber-brown silk cur-tain that forms a shelter for the sleepers. Peering overthe top of it are the faces of two satyrs crowned withvine leaves, and the face of a baby Love. Another Lovehovers in the air, brandishing in each hand a torch.
Text Appearing After Image:
No. 10A WATERSIDE WITH BOATS BY SALOMON VAN KUISDAEL SALOMON VAN RUISDAEL Holland: 1600(?)—1670No. 10—A WATERSIDE WITH BOATS (Panel)Height, 15J/> inches; length, 2.J/j inches The foreground is composed of water, the smooth sur-face of which is interrupted by boats and the reflectionsof trees that fringe the opposite bank. Near the left ofthe latter appears a buff-colored hut, overhung by a yel-low willow and a green tree, under which a man is seated.Trees extend along the waterside in a perspective linethat comes to a point on the extreme right. Here, aboat dots the water like a speck. Nearer to us lie twoothers; while about the center of the foreground, stillanother pair is in plainer view—occupied, respectively,by three and two figures. There is a prevalence of graytones in the landscape, suggestive of misty atmosphere;but toward the left of the sky hovers a rosy creamy cloud,near which two birds are flying.