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with four full-sized figures in the foreground & a dozen or more heads of a crowd surrounding christ. All of Greco's bright colors& characteristic painting are there. Never has such a Greco been on the market in my time & I consider finding it a just act of God's kindness for the saintly life I've lead. 

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The Claude Lorraine is equal to any of his in the Louvre, is colorful, dramatic & as painting is equal to anything done in this world.
Another piece of luck was finding an old Greek, so old he is tottering, who had the best collection of antique Greek & Eqyptian sculptures - figures, bas-reliefs, marbles, stones, bronzes. I shook a a good-sized check at him & now own about 40 of as fine specimens as exist anywhere in the world in their particular fields. I got also 2 Holland & Italian furniture of XV century On the whole, the trip was the most successful I ever had. I'm terribly excited about ancient Greek & Egyptian art which I started to study last year & now feel able to tell whats - what in that line. I'll eat your spaghetti & drink your wine sometime in the next few weeks. When the new things arrive I'll tell you to come over. 
Remember me to Edith
Yrs B