The lute player, by Jacob de Bray

The lute player, by Jacob de Bray Identifier: earlyenglish00amer (find matches) Title: Early English portraits and other paintings Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: American Art Association Subjects: F.A.G. Hood, Esq G.F.W. Hood, Esq Publisher: New York : American Art Association Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: 1625?—1680? THE LUTE PLAYER Height, 31 Y_> inches; width, 231/> incites A canvas that has been compared favorably with this artistsgreat work, The Painter and His Family, which hangs inthe Presence Chamber of King William III at Hampton Courtpalace. A young lady of genial expression and easy dignity of mienis represented at three-quarter length, standing, near the outerwall of a gray stone structure which comes into view on theright, against an atmospheric background on the left. She isclad in rich emerald-green, with an olive-brown bow at thehip, laced bodice over a white underwaist with low corsage,which comes to view again in lace cuffs emerging from thefull, flowing green sleeves, and a tiny thread of a necklace en-circles her throat. Her smiling face is turned slightly to herleft, whither she gazes with large brown beaming eyes, and isframed in dark chestnut tresses that dangle in ringlets over hershoulders and breast. She holds lightly and fingers gracefullya large lute. Text Appearing After Image: No. 33JOHX OPIE, K.A. English: 1761—1807 PORTRAIT OF JOHN GURNEY, JUNIOR Height, 30 inches; width, 24% inches Exhibited at the British Institution under the title The Lit-tle Flute Player. John Gurney, Jr., son of John Gurney ofEarlham and Statira Hood. A fancy portrait of him appearsalso in The Fortune Teller, by Opie. A bright-faced boy well on his way to young manhood is en-joying himself playing the flute. He is pictured seated at thefoot of a great tree, which at the left merges with a nebulousbackground while on the right appears a landscape, with adistant figure disappearing down a path leading towardwooded land. The young Gurney is seen at three-quarterslength, clad in brown, with a black stock and upstanding col-lar, and a little old mans cap of yellow fur with black visor.Holding his flute ready for the next note, he pauses to lookup at the spectator, with a bright eye and a smile, the sunlightfull upon his chubby and rosy face and casting the shadow ofhis visor upon his f

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