“ Mr. C. Brunner's Gallery is the best situated in Paris. It enjoys the best light and is admirably adapted for artistic exhibitions.
Beside of his gallery, Mr. Brunner possesses a fine collection of pictures by the most prominent old masters.
ANTONIO CANALE, DIT CANALETTO
ANTONIO CANALB, DIT CANALETTO (1697-1768)
Dans un joli paysage de la campagne vénitienne où les palais ruinés du Quatrocento voisinent avec des vestiges de l'époque romaine, des groupes pittoresques flânent ou vaquent à leurs occupations. ”

“ An open place in a town, in which a fair is going on; in the foreground are some peasants dancing, and numerous groups, variantly occupied, are scattered about; on the right is seen a river, with distant landscape beyond. ”

“ SIILL LIFE. — Two fine specimen of this master who finished his artistic carrier as the Director of the Tapestry works at Beauvais, from where some of the most appreciated tapestries originate.
These two pictures are beautiful in colour and in a perfect state of préservation.
Canvas 283 4 inch. by 355/8 inch.
MICHEL-BARTHÉLEMY OLLIVIER
MICHEL-BARTHÉLEMY OLLIVIER (Marseille 1712 — Paris 1784)
SCÈNE GALANTE DANS UN PARC. — Charmante composition d'une coloration fraîche et agréable et d'une finesse d'exécution remarquable. ”

“ Costume de velours noir, avec collerette blanche.
Toile o-28 x o-24.
PORTRAIT OF ANTONY NENNINCK, A DUTCH MAGISTRATE. — A most finely executed portrait by that great master, in which the different shades of black harmonize with the white of the collar and bring out the face to perfection.
Painted on panel II inch. by 9 I/J inch.
WILHELM VAN DE VELDE
WILHELM VAN DE VELDE (Amsterdam 1633—Greenwich 1707)
MARINE. EFFET DE MATIN. — Tableau d'une belle
harmonie et d'un joli coloris transparent de la plus belle qualité du maître. ”

“ En plus, il est presque certain que le paysage doit être attribué à la main de Henry Met de Bles. *
Toile d'une conservation irréprochable, et d'un haut intérêt historique.
Sur le dos on lit : Transporté de panneau sur toile par G. Wilcken, Saint-Pétersbourg 1851.
Toile cintrùe en haut lmil X°m70<
THE MASTER WITH THE PARROT
This appellation has been given to this unknown master by Dr M. J. Friedlander, of the Berlin Museum who has studied his works most intimately. ”