Catalogue of a private collection of paintings and original drawings by artists of the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts.

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full of natural feeling, so expressive of simple happiness and heartfelt content, that it will win sympathy-and that is more than
admiration-in every country and from all healthy minds. The
ease of all the figures here, their motion, their well poised attitudes,
particularly that. of the man snapping his finger at the child, the
warm, sunny light which falls upon the group from behind, gilding
the folds of the. homely drapery, are worthy of all admiration.Cour. & Enq.
28. The Battle of Ascalon, in the year 1099, Camphausen.
Godfrey of Bouillon, conquers the Saracens under the battle-cry, " God
wills it," (Deus lo volt.) Near him are the banners of the Holy
Cross, and of Jerusalem, and he is followed by the Archbishop,
carrying the Holy Lance. In the foreground, on the left, is seen
old Raymond of Toulouse, and on the right, Tancred of Tarent, in
combat with Ethiopian foot-soldiers.
29. Dutch Sea-shore, Shipping in the Offing, Andr. Achenbach.
30. Effect of Sunset in the Forest, Andr. Achenbach.
31. Norwegian Scenery, with Glaciers, Andr. Achenbach.
In landscape, Achenbach and Gude bear the balm. What a beautiful
representation of Nature in her wildest moods is Gude's." Norwegian Scenery, with Bears." How palpable the clear atmosphere
beyond the mountain tops.! HIow rich. the color.l How bold and.
broad the general effect, and yet with what nicety the details are
finished, even to the torrent's spray, the rocks and the fern leaves!
Achenbach's "Norwegian Scenery, with, Glaciers," is full of
poetry, and as full of fine painting. The mist, the lonely firs, and
the settling flock of water-fowl, whose screaming one might be excused for listening for, are alike evidences of the painter's imagination and skill. The "'Dutch Sea-shore," by.the same artist, is an
admirable water piece, one of the gustiest things we ever saw on
canvass; but in power it is second to the " Storm on the Coast of
Sicily," in which Achenbach has shown great daring, and that he
has a right to dare, The picture is a mere contest of wind and
water below, and of wind and clouds above; the skurrying vapor
arid driving spray being made prismatic by the ahnost horizontal
rays of the sun. The management of the clouds near the sun, is
botlihtruthful and skilful. " The Effect of Sunset in a Forest," is
an equally successful attack of an almost equally difficult subject.
The yellow glow which pervades the picture may seem unnatural