| PLATE | | FACING PAGE |
| 18. | PIETER BRUEGHEL. THE TOWER OF BABEL, DETAIL. Rotterdam | 78 |
| 19. | JAN VAN GOIJEN. RIVER LANDSCAPE. Priv. Coll. | 90 |
| 20. | J. VAN RUISDAEL. LANDSCAPE. ETCHING | 96 |
| 21. | A. CUYP. VIEW OF DORDRECHT. Coll. A. de Rothschild | 106 |
| 22. | COROT. SUMMER MORNING. Priv. Coll. | 118 |
| 23. | CEZANNE. LANDSCAPE. New York | 128 |
| 24. | JAN VAN EYCK. WOMEN BY THE SEPULCHRE. DETAIL. Rotterdam | 160 |
| 25. | PIETER AERTSEN. THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. FRAGMENT. Amsterdam, Museum | 161 |
| 26. | BROUWER. PEASANT LIGHTING HIS PIPE. Munich, Kaulbach Collection | 176 |
| 27. | PIETER DE HOOGH. THE BEDROOM. Washington, National Gallery of Art | 186 |
| 28. | VERMEER. MASTER AND MODEL. DETAIL. Vienna | 194 |
| 29. | METSU. THE MUSIC LESSON. London, National Gallery | 198 |
| 30. | WATTEAU. A LADY AT HER TOILET. DETAIL. DRAWING. London, British Museum | 210 |
| 31. | CHARDIN. THE WAY TO SCHOOL. Liechtenstein | 211 |
| 32. | JAN VAN EYCK. ARNOLFINI AND HIS WIFE. DETAIL. London, National Gallery | 238 |
| 33. | GHIRLANDAIO. OLD MAN AND BOY. Paris, Louvre | 240 |
| 34. | GHIRLANDAIO. OLD MAN AND BOY. DETAIL. Paris, Louvre | 241 |
| 35. | RAPHAEL. PORTRAIT OF MADDALENA DONI. DRAWING. Paris, Louvre | 242 |
| 36. | A. MOR. ANTOINE PERRENOT DE GRANVELLA Vienna, State Gallery | 246 |
| 37. | TITIAN. ANTOINE PERRENOT DE GRANVELLA Kansas, City Museum | 247 |
| 38. | RUBENS. MARTYRDOM OF ST. LIEVIN. Rotterdam | 272 |
| 39. | VELASQUEZ. THE SURRENDER OF BREDA. Madrid, Prado | 276 |
| 40. | W. KALF. STILL-LIFE. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum | 282 |
| 41. | VELASQUEZ. KITCHEN SCENE. DETAIL. London | 284 |