Drive to the Vyšehrad; visit to the museums; a fine picture: St. Luke by Mabuse [1]—Fidi’s portrait by Van Dyck (Johann Wilhelm of Orange). Departure at two o’clock (we should the children the bird collection, above all the magnificent Chinese pheasant); at eight o’clock in Eger, Hôtel Welzel.
[1] Jan Mabuse, also Malbodius, for Jan Gossaert (c. 1478-1533/36), Dutch painter, representative of Romanism in Dutch paintings and portraits.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.
