Star.
London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

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This pi swot whi is now exhibißii*aPitca d ill y,
i*s Pk ee4,3 fralliri3e. and ~o,otains.:9 figures,
or heads. lt? the fore ground, Cairr. with his right
hand- - is in the act.of-calling.Lazartis from ,
the tonibs, aide of his face being turned to the
hfte
.sfectalor. u. the left hand of the litture, in front.
df Cilium. Lazarus is seen ink --iiiine tOlheetitranee
Of
the grave, and tearing back the grave clothes.
tt
meth bins and Cultist, but on the back ground,
biSM4lltet.li 'dashing forward to embrace him, hitt]
is withheld by his
sfather, who is not yet mire that his
son is returned to life. In the fore ground of Lazarus,
so as to hide the greater part of his. body, are thetwol
grave openers, quite astonished, and stattin array
at the sight of Lazarus. The :two sisters, Martha
rand Mary, are kneeling, one on each side of our SA-
lirrotra. Behind Martha, who is.on the foreground
rf the picture, stands St. John, end 'behind him, St.,
Peter. In the back ground, abbve St. John, there
arc a.Pharisee and a Sadducee ; and above, or behind
St. Peter, a young woman coming with a jug of water
on her head. Further to the right is an old woman,
entreating a young one not to be so afflicted; and
*above them, a father is seen with his hands:raised in
thanks, accompanied by two boys; one. of whom
points with exultation at Lazartisorrhile.the ether
clingi in terror to his father.' Above the Pharisee,
on the left side, towards the middle of the picture, is!,
a young man leaning on soma stones, who seems in-
tent on examining the whole transaction. • Whether
'intended or not we. do not know; but this figure bears
a strong resemblance to the common portraits of
, Lord Byron, and was,probably put there bythe artist
I to represent a doubter or disbeliever.
Like all Mr. Hirootes pictures which we have
seen, it powerfully wrests the attention and charms
the eye. However much we. may, after a close ex-
amination, disapprove of some parts, we are com-
pelled, at the first view, to gage and admire. Broad
masses of light and shade strongly contrasted or har-
moniously blended, noble figures standing out pro-
minently from the canvas, rich in associations, and
connected with our dearest hopes and fears, and the
*hole glowing with warn: colourifig, so irresistibly
enchant the senses that it requires a considerable
time before viccan explain to ourselves why we are
pleased, and' a still longer time before *eon' fio
anything to condemn. -But nithOugb the irstlin-
Pression is so decidedly, •favourable and although
even when rigidly examined, the -picture has many
great beauties, we are doubtful Whether on the whole
they are not outnumbered by the IMOrtections; The
kure of capsr is truly noble; bin we do oria.thlol`
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iii.iiivoosi-has succeeded in the countenance. In
truth every indiiidual'a conception of the SavroYa
must sap* iviriferer can_ be Put 'on canvas, and
' therefooe'sif*Afl'aot. siirprifedthattbe features of the
Atv Mtn do.- *Ala;.seiteisit giee satisfaction. His
face is too suo%lyinslicative of the weaknesses of
bpi:lenity, aiiii•WiniX to as tether to represent a yo-
ay'tb4- svpre'achar, of wisdom—a bei4,iititai-
sifsty gifted with a capacity orfeeling the Oeuvres
of *pie,. but incapable orally other virtue than 011)-
1%146,n, and "destitute of all mental power.' Hit
beatd actfdliri chi anti scented.w. nicely that we !fern
afhost to smell the pertuinis. The head of Imams,
bursting its mermen:, with all - the paleness end
Meagreness of death, is admirable. His father, hiiiv-
ever, looks somewhat like a terrified rutiSaiVanduti-
Worthy "to possess.as a Wife the mationli
.figtire he is
holding back. We dislike both Martha and Mary.
The former' is a large ill•drawn figure, far and
flabby; the latter is more like the mutilated leaden
deity of some devastated fountain, than a 11,4% wo-
man. Saint john we have seen before. and though
we 'athisire the head, we do not approve Of his whin!.
ing appearance, which. Mr. Heyrion Calls "Ossionate
piety," in the present picture: The rharisee and the
Sadducee are good heads. • The. young Nonsan car-,
rying the jug of water is a delightful. &mail, but
she has nothing to 'do with theitene, and seOths.iii.
together out of place. Thai,. b 01004 alslaii.ibe
shade given io the lug, Which is %brown so Much
further than the bright light-beaming lovely face;
'into ale baik ground; that we wOriderlioseher hand
reaches it, andeannot, withont.lciolaps tio Or three
times, be persuaded that it is intended to rest ouler,
.head. We shall not at present "enter mum into deN,
tail; we diteit ill hypercriticism Whether Of
.skillahlea
.or of linei and forini ; bit vie Oust obser.se,e. War; .
though the figures go- not tiUMUOlit for ihe size of
the picture, there is a sort of confusion in it. cxsftse. '
and Lazarus are indeed contraste&bit the grouping
is defective. The whole right side of the picture is a
.riaass- of figures almoste without arrangement; while
the left side is in a gr.iat ineasate 004)104. the
two sprawling, unineani4, ill-drawn gravt.opsers.
Mr. HAYDQN also Seems to us to have been arnbi-1
.tio•us of covering with "ccilpur too large' sititqtitt of
canvas. Had he age • futrodlice4 itrai pir bp*
and had grouped them 'hosier; ha.. . a -have pro-,
duceira nobler pasture. The min_ Is.distraeord fay
the complicated story. tlie Pilifilqf -nod Sadducee,
the Woman with •the jug; and tbilliiiibter are all
episedes, and by dividing the interest lesson tie effect
of that one powerful which Painter intends
,
to po.tirtray.
With all these imperfections we bold this picture
to be one of the hest if not the very. best specimen of
the imitation by English 4sitists, Of the Italian school.
We say imitation of the Italian school,bee-aura Mr.'
itavocs, with all his pretensions to think for him-
self, and shake off the trammels of this school in
lesser things, is a professed imitator of it as to-the
.subject efliiiPiCtures, as to the costume, and is too
the. general rnanner_of treating it. lie has, iocieeit
.differed from his mciclels'in making the rave of Li-1
eartis a cleft in a rock, so that the renOrld man
$/a)k--i out, intead of &hole in the earth:- be bat sit"
parted (tom what rosy be called ,the trx4itionark,
head of our Sivioua, a resemblance to whip may
'be traced in most of .the PiePlres-Cif A/ t.V• 4 ever,'
country, and hai invented, if re, miy ,so speat,.with-
ant profanation; a head of Curtis: which is pecu-'
liao7 his own.; but we hold these differences ,to be
Much too Minot* to make the Picture anythiq&bo-,
yond A mere imitation of the Italian toasters., ,
Mr: I4voqu, we art tojcl,pr.ictesioinelf terrat:nth
on Thesetrifilui vaiiaosins, and lOoki Or. them airta-
-tosistatuteAliat of
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sit of
ill#lllo7sb/liTerrtaierfil;, ;:rtyetsiannpir6ir;rimitateit
thrifils9ll3-
ph* at reg io , lifily ha
as %M IN liehad not rep t lir as avingoi;
glory. any such splendour hitcl,glowed.:ahio oqt
SAerotne St bile .be ninstiisive been the
of universal attention, if not of worship. Wherever
he wag seen he would have been surrounded by crowds
on account of his miraculous appearance; hut,. as this
did not takeplace, we must presume that he was not
distinguished* from other men by any such marked
peculiarity, and therefore it is a departure from his--
tory to represent the SAVIOUR. as having a glory
round his head. It imputes not mental Init physical
blindness to the Jews, and in a manner vindicates
them from crime, condemning the decree by which
they are punished, by proving to us that they could
not see. The motive for employing it was undoubt-
edly to add splendour to our religion; but its real
effect must be to weaken the belief in its truth ; for
it is not possible to conceive so miraculous an appear-
ance, without concluding that it must have com-
manded universal admiration. We are sure Mr.
HavooN will take our remarks as they are meant,.in
' kindness and friendliness. He is evidently not only
ambitions of being a good Painter., but of letting the
world know that he is a good. Christian. In the de-
scription of his picture, which he calls a Catalogue,
he has taken much pains to spew that the Miracle he
has painted was actually performed. He therefore
cannot be displeased that we should feebly endeavour
to rescue the principal person of that miracle from
the errors of the painter, which, from being more
palpable to the senses; have probably more influence
on belief than the errors of Authors.
CHAPRALI DR .PAILI.E.—BY RUBEN'S.
About the year 1620, sltunEs:s painted a portrait
of a Miss Lundens, which, after his death, passed
into the family of that Lady. ' It continued in their
possession till a few years ago, when it was purchased
by Baron Stiens d'Aertselaen for 50,000 francs. In
consequence of his death, it was sold, with his other
pictures, at Antwerp, in 1822, and purchased by
Mr.'Smith, of Great Marlborough street, and Mr.
Nieuwenhuys, for 32,700 florins, or about 3000 gui-
neas. The inhabitants of Antwerp prided them-
selves very much on possessing this picture, as if it
were some holy relic, which was a certain cure for
pestilence and a preventive Of famine. It was with
sincere grief they heard of itt being purchased by an
,Englishman, and the greatest care was necessary in
removing it, to escape their indignation. This picture,
ao celebrated,afircied, and almost worshipped at home,
the shrine at which so many lovers of Art have of-
feted up their homage, is called the Chapeau de Paille,
andis now exhibiting by its proprietor, at Old Bond-
street. Sometimes it is called (Aspens d'Espagae,whieh•
seems a more apprepiiate'eame "than the other ; for
the hat which the lady wears is made in the Spanish
fashion r riot of strew,-hiwever, but of felt or beaver.
It'is difficult to account for the Origin of the former
came • the -most- probable supposition is, that the.
French, who are famous for corrupting words, sub.l
stitutedime for the Spanish word
,pella, or pellets.
Chapesultipleille should, therelOre,bePhopeasidepel-
ki, 'Or fee lit,- which would•be
an apprbpriate name. Without discossing this point,
we proceed -to remark that. we have looked .on this
picture with great pleasure. stair an admirable por-
trait Of ilevely ratios womintof a woman too not
dressed up to he painteaL:ratfthroamilito a piss*,
to 'be admired, but an ittafTeeteriMisophiiiiicated Wyk
than; whose appearance bespeaks even more negli;
gene than prudery of, dress. She has her hat and
her scarf on • her arms are crossed on her.breast, and
With her lea :hand she has taken hold of the scarf.
There is nothing in her appearance which indicates
weariness, or Wet she is in the leap degree flushed,
or we should sad' that she has just- returned front. a,
w*lk,;-pottlioggitller which ia‘licates haste, or we.
should suppose her on the point of going abroaderr
,there iso nothing, in truth—no furniture, no trees, .no
,lic-ecissikies-whatew to point.out-Where she was when
the pottiait S, patted ; but from the brilliancy *pi
freshness of the Ptift,...we should suppose slie.-wie
itt-
the open air of a calm warm day, We. Pommies;
much illeasp4At the time of seeing ik to think Matt.
nine criticjith ; the exes of the lovely image monad
rolling and" sparkling with womanly vivacity ;,triey.,
.deinanded our undivided homage ; and if we were in
:spy: respect disappointed, it was that the •ctwat lips
'bad no sycicds.for our ear. Au' in. all the works of
'lltmfinl, there is in this, grea4rindom.of e4ecHnion
.great ease, and great boldness. 'No labour is visible,
:but it keine as W the artist hid; by some magic.
power, caught the reflected image of a
.lovely 1414, '
and filed it-for ever on the canvass.. We think: there
is a slight fitult as to the bosom, which is 9assaid, and
has a sort of lead-coltiured appearance. Ilet the
greatest defect in the picture arises fro pt its having
been painted on a patniel of wood. not of one piece,
and the joining having warped Me slight -degiee.
It is, however, the mister-piece 4: nutter. • The
'tradition is, thlaj the Nailemoisaffe'Loodens, whose
portrait ii is, was belayed 'by Ilizases4 but.her pre-
matnre-deatb prevented thla frpm keing united in
Marriage. We cherish the latter 00Wthis tradition,'
for the sake of the -artist's reputation.' The Lady.isl
so much more delicate and feminine thin the beau-;
ties of ligpflif spierally.,isrg, and seems to have is-
apired.hini with so Rog) more than his usual fineness
of 'ttiiielt(thit wh tbliider, after having once-fleeted
over her charm, 'that- he ever condescended to paint
at less lowly woman, and that she did trot remain
fired in hb mind os-the beau ideal of fethale beauty,
till the end c his existence.

Bom-bler.--hir:jakiit.L, alluding to the late in.
sestisatiOn at Freefistamane•Hall, observed that it w.is
Oder tO fwd. Pfyinitith:Soired than r oartnourn antsd /
EtatamiT 41,31.•Assrsi- Fisa rint a, •No.
bhityind 9,44ii.4e,:irtaitea to inspect theNljare.
rootns. iCateonquitur Sow,- 93, Bishopssate
Withini.ivbetieiverNbitcd an absortment of new aid
secoadittgbitistattGlasses, admirably suited to every
descriok,n,qf *44:4 or'slioing-rooms. In the fiir-
niture depot/twat comprised every new and ele-
gant •artie. lelef.Mpholstery, cabinet, 'and Chair-w01k,..1
the prit`ei.Or*ltidrare reduced to such a scale of •
ecouottl,t4sAaktt4 ensure
.the patronage of
'rank ana- fiillitiii;,4Aritons the noielties, Will be'
fantod airatisly Invented chamber convenihenCeitipr.;
itt 'tif!efia kr/I/oldie/0g in which nli-sillavitiirtitreti
Tilrki3y and othei'Clatiltting;
Plice.- •