The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL CALLER Y.

The following is an official account of the
pictures purchased since the 31st of March, 1858 :
—A portrait of Jeanne d'Archel, by Antoni Moro,
was, with the sanction of the Trustees, and of th•
Treasury purchased from Mr. C. J.Nieuwenhuys in
June, 1858. At a meeting of the Trustees, on the
19th of July, 1858, Sir C. E. Eastlake submitted a

list of various pictures on the Continent, either
already known to him, or which it appeared de-
sirable to inspect. He proposed to proceed to the
Continent on the general understanding that the
available funds might be employed in the purchase
of pictures which he might consider eligible. The
proposal was approved by the Trustees at the same
meeting, and subsequently by Treasury letter,
dated 29th July, 1858 The following pictures
were purchased on the Continent accordingly :—A
half-length portrait of a Brescian nobleman, by
Moretto ; a small picture of St. Francis, by Fillip
pino Lippi ; a picture of St. Dominick, ascribed to -
Marco Zoppo ; the upper portion of an alta”rpiece,
representing a Pieta; the "Dead
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; a bast other figures, by Marco Palmezzano with
Madonna
por-
trait of a lady by Battista Zelotti ;
ei by Marco Basaiti;
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" The Madonna and Child," b
" A Pieta," by Carlo CriveTli.
but single pictures of excellence
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expenditureactuallarge during the past year has
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years to corne ci* •
r may be the balance now or for some
the acquisitions imluish the annual grant. In reviewing
deficiency which made of late years, it will appear that the
early Italian tna had previously existed of specimens of
com-
mittee of the sters—a deficiency. pointed out by the com-
great degree House of Common in 1853—has been in a
supplied. The addition
of the Italian or Northern of specimens, whether
and of the maturer eria Schools, of the great masters,
dif-
ficult and more costY • dofltitirt,. will be at once more t sis another reason for not
reducing the means It ' an
•
A ' the disposal of the Trustees."
picture of a blind man led by a girl, paited by
J. L. Dyckmans, bequeathed by Miss J. Clarke,
was placed in the gallery in March last, and an-
other, given by the late Mr. J. Kenyon, called
' Geraldine" (a half-length figure), by W. Boxall,
A.R.A., is to be placed or hung up at the South
Remington Museum. As soon as the now galleries
at South Kensington are completed it is intended
to place in the larger of those galleries a portion of
the pictures now in Trafalgar-square, as a tempo-
rary arrangement, till the alterations proposed to
be made in the present National Gallery,
removal of the Royal Academy, can be carriedon the
out.
By this means it is hoped that sufficient space will
be gained to hang the pictures in Trafalgar-square
without undue crowding ; although it may not be
possible, under the circumstances, to arrange them.
quite Systematically with regard to schools. 14
were protected with
pictures glass in the year 1858,
making .a total number of 64 in Trafalgar-square.
Four pictures were varnished du •
ring the year.
5,13,766 persons visited Trafalgar-squarelast year,
and 238,377 the pictures in Marlborough-house, now
'Nmoved to Kensington. The hi
for a picture last year was £641 fora
price given
for a Marco
Ba-
saiti
(Florence), and £537 for a Marco Palmezzano
(Rome). The lowest was £2OO for an Antoni
Moro, bought in London.