The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-01 00:00:00

of Meiasonnier, one of Dort; in water-colour (the
illustrations of Dante) ; and it may be said gene-
rally to be represented by about 420 works of art
by about NO artists.
Switzerland sends more than 100 oil pictures by
about fifty artiste, amongst which are fifteen speci-
mens of Jule* Hilbert, with a few pieces of sculp-
ture and engravings.
Belgium contributes about 113 oil paintings by
ifty-three artists, about twenty-six groups of
sculpture by sixteen artists, and two engravings.
It has sent nine pictures by L. Gallait and eight by
Madou.
The great German school of painting is well
represented by the Zollrerein and other German
states. Prussia has sant nearly 200 works of art in
architectural designs, oil paintings, sculpture, and
engravings, which are the productions of about 120
artiste. Berlin and Dusseldorf have each sent a
fine collection of paintings, and the engravings
hermlhe former place are choice and numerous.
Amon get the .sw.lpture from Berlin is a case of
medals by Carl Fischer. Only one specimen has
been sent of Peter Von Cornelius, and two of
Oswald Achenbach ; and amongst the oil paintings
!from Dusseldorf is • series of eleven pictures by
Heinrich Maras, representing the life of St.
Meinrad. In sculpture Robert Caner and Gustav
Eichler have sent the greatest number of groups,
and most of the works of art from Prussia generally
are exhibited by the artists.
Bavaria has seat about forty-four works of art,
chiefly oil paintings, by about twenty-seven artists,
amongst which sire seven pictures by Carl Wilhelm
MALL Saxony is represented by 'boat peat'peistfiwgs, desseelnws,_ and Siisps •
sculpture ; the Grand Duchy of Baden has sent a
small fine art collection ; and the Duchy of Bruns-
wick, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the Electorate of
Hesse, the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and
Wurtemburg are represented by about forty works
of art, the productions of about thirty artists.
North Germany and the Hamm Towns have also
sent a small collection ; Hamburg having contri-
buted about twenty works by about twelve artists.
Amongst these are three pictures by F. Reimer-
dinger ; one being a picture of fairy life from a
tale by L. Tieck, and three pictures by B.
Mobrhagen.
The Austrian school, as it is called, is represented
by about eighty oil paintings, sixteen water-colour
pictures, nineteen pieces of sculpture, five engrav-
Inge, and about ten architectural sketches. These
are the works of about ninety-seven artists.
Holland exhibits about 120 oil paintings by fifty-
nine artiste, and two engravings. Amongst the
pictures are seven by D. Bles and eight by P. Van
Schendel.
The Spanish school, as it is called, is represented
by about twenty-three artists and thirty works of
art in oil painting, sculpture, and engraving.
Velasquez and Munllo are only represented by the
engravers.
Russia sends more than a hundred works of art
by about sixty artists. Eighty of them are oil
paintings, five are groups of sculpture and medals,
three are architectural sketches, and seventeen are
engravings. Amongst them is a collection of forty-
seven medals exhibited by the Academy of Fine
Arts of St. Petersburg, and a monument
repre-
senting the Empress Catherine IL, by Felix
Cho-
pin. The earliest picture exhibited is one by
Anthony Lodsuiko, who died in 1773 ; and there
are seven specimens of Axenfeldt, and five portraits
by Leritaky Demetrius.
Italy, as may naturally be expected, is well re-
presented in the fine art classes. About forty ar-
chitectural designs of various degrees of merit by
about thirty artists, and eighty oil paintings and
drawings by about sixty artists, form the display
of pictures. About seventy groups of statuary
and busts.—some of them by English artiste—have
been sent in the sculpture class ; and the engrav-
ings reach at least fifty, by about twenty-two en-
gravers. a G. Battista and Luigi Marchesi are
represented by the most numerous specimens
amongst the paintings ; and the engravings include
twelve plates by Luigi Calamatts of Rome, and
some works by Guieeppe Loughi, Raffaelle Morg-
hen, and Leonardo de- Vinci
Rome has sent about fifty-seven pieces of sculp-
ture, by about thirty-six artists, including eight
specimens of G. M. Benzoni ; a great number of
valuable cameos, a few fino drawings, a good many
engravings, a mall collection of medals, and a
large collection of mosaics by seventeen artists, in-
cluding a contribution from the Vatican. Its oil
paintings number about forty-five, by about twenty-
four artists, chiefly modern painters'.
Norway is represented by about sixty works of
art by about twenty-one artists. Amongst some
fifty oil paintings are nine specimens of Boe—pic-1
tures of flowers, fruit, birds, and jewellery—six
landscapes by Gude, and eleven specimens of Tide-
mand—figure pictures, in two of which the land-
scapes are painted by the former artist. Several
portraits in ivory are in the small collection of
sculpture.
Sweden is represented by about forty works of
art in oil painting and sculpture by about 24
artiste- The rustic scenes of J. F. 11 ~ kert and
Miss A. Lindegrin are the most numerous amongst
the pictures.
Denmark has sent about 110 works of art by
about 64 artists, including six groups of sculpture
by Thorwaisden and five by J. A. Jerichau.
Amongst the oil paintings E. Jerichau is the artist
most largely represented.
For the first time, perhaps, in the history of all
exhibitions, Turkey fills a place as an exhibitor of
pictures. Five paintings have been aunt by M. Paul
Musurus Bey, and they comprise portraits and
sketches of still life. The artist is the son of the
Russian Commissioner, and is only twenty years

of Greece has sent two oil paintings, five groups of
sculpture, and eight engravings—the works of
about fifteen artists ; and the lonian Islands are
represented by about twelve pictures, the produc-
tions of seven artists. The sculpture from Greece
consists chiefly of statues by L. and G. Phytale.
The American fine art display is small, number-
ing about a dozen pictures and engravings, the
chief of which is Mr. Cropsey's " Autumn on the
Hudson."