and most representative master of French art; Watteau, Delacroix, and Monet are the three beacons of that art."

PLATE VI.—THE FOUNTAIN
(In the Wallace Collection)

One of his smaller pictures, 17½ ins. high by 13¼ wide, called also "La Cascade." It attracts attention by reason of the somewhat theatrical way in which the dainty silhouette of the figures is set against the opening between the trees. But how charming are these figures bathed in light and mirrored in the pool that ripples at their feet.