The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-11-26

temGle and her infant from q savage who has
Just raised his tomahawk to murder them. Part
Of the group, the hunter and the Indians, is al
ready in marble, and certainly the effect is Won
derfully fine and noble The hunter has ap-
preached his enemy unexpectedly from behind,
and grasped both his arms, holding them back,
in such manner that he has no command of
their muscles, even for the purpose of freeingI
himself, Besides the particular incident repre-
sented by the group, it may pass for animage of
the aboriginal race of America oveIpowered and
rendered helpless by the white man. Greenough's
statue of Washington is not as popular as it de-
serves TO be; but the work on which he is now
engaged am very sure will meet with differ
ent reception,
! in letter from London, spoke of the beauti-
full figure of the Greek slave, by Powers. AT
Florence saw in his studio the original model,
from which his workmen were cutting two CO.
Ipes in marble. AT the same place | saw his
Proserpine, an ideal bust of great sweetness and
beauty, the fair chest swelling out from circle
of leaves of the acanthus. About this also the
workmen were busy, and learned that seven
copies of it had been recently ordered from the
hand of the artist. BY its side stood the unin-
lshed statue Of Eve, with the fatal apple in her
hand, an earlier work, which the world has Just
begun to admire, ! find that connoiseurs are d-
vided in opinion concerning the merit Of Pow
ers as a sculptor.
All allow him the highest degree of skill in ex-
ecution, but some deny that he has shown equal
ability in his conception. "I1e is confessedy,"
said one of them to me, ''the greatest sculptor
ofbuss in the world-equal, in fact, to any that
the world ever saw; the finest heads of antiquity
e, H. 1t | IL
On TO express his regret that Powers had not
confined his laboTs to a department in which he
was so pre-eminent. have heard that Power,
who possesses great mechanical skill, has devil
sed several methods of his own for giving preci.
sion and perfection to the execution of his
works. 1t may be that my unlearned eyes were
ddzzed by this perfection, but really cannot
imagine any thing more beautiful of its kind
than his statue Of the Greek Slave.
Grey is at this moment in Florence, though he
is soon coming to Rome. He has made some
copies from Titan, one Of which saw. 1t was
a Madonna and child, in which the original paint
ing was rendered with all the fidelity of mirror.
SO indjsputably was ii a Titan, and SO free from
the stiffness of copy, that, as looked at it, |
fully sympathised with the satisfaction expressed
by the artist at having attained the method Of gi-
wing with ease the peculiarity of colorng which
belongs to Titian's pictures.
An American landscape painter of high merit
is G. L. Brown, now residing at Florence. He
possesses great knowledge of detail, which he
knows how to keep in its place, subduing it and
rendering it subservent to the general effect
saw in his studio two or three pictures, in which
[ admired his slillin copying the various forms of
foliage and other objects, nor was less pleased
to see that he was not content with this sort of
merit, but, in going back from the foreground,
had the art of passing into that appearance of an
nfnity of forms and outlines which the eye
meets with in nature. could not help regret
ting that one who copied nature SO we'll, should
not prefer to represent her as she appears in our
own fresh and glorious land, instead of living in
Italy and painting Italian landscapes.
To refer again TO foreign artists-before left
Florence | visited the annual exhibition which
had been opened in the Academy of Fine Arts
There were one or Two landscapes reminding me
somewhat of Coles manner, but greatly inferior,
and one or two good portraits, and TWO or three
indifferent historical pictures. The rest appear.
ed to me decidedly bad-wretched landscapes
portraits, somc of which were absolutely hide
Gus, and stiff, ll-colored, and full Of grimace.
Here at Rome, we have an American sculptor
of great ability, Henry X Brown, who is just
beginning to be talked about. He is executing
: statue Of Ruth cleaning in the field of Boaz, ,oi
I, which the model has been ready for some months
and is also modelling figure Of Rebecca at the
Well. When first saw his Ruth was greatly
} struck with it, but after wishing the studios O
! Wyatt and Gibson, and observing their sleek i'm
itations of Gecian art, their learned and fault
less statues, nymphs or goddesses or Gods of the
Greek mythology, it was with infinite pleasure
, that my eyes rested again on the figure and face
of Ruth, perhaps not inferior in perfection o
form, but certainly informed with deep human
feeling which found not in their elaborate
works. The artist has chosen the moment il
which Ruth is addressed by Boaz as she stands
among the cleaners. He quoted TO me the line
of Keats, on the song of the nightingale
! t'Perchance the self same song that found path
d To the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home,
1 She stood in tears amid the aliens corn"
She is not in tears, but her aspect is that of ont
0 who listens in sadness; her eyes are cast down
and her thoughts are of the home of her YOUTH
1.-THE land OF Moab. Over her left arm hangs
, handful of ears Of wheat, which she has gather
ed from the ground and her rests on the drape
n ry about her bosom. Nothing can be more grace
: fu than her attitude or more expressive Of mel
: ancholy sweetness and modesty than her physog
+ nomy. One of the copies which The artist wa
+ executing--here were two of them--is desgne,
$ for gentleman in Albany. Brown will shortly
i or am greatly mistaken, achieve high repu
+ tation among the sculptors of the time.
Il Rosseter, an American painter, who has pass
ed six years in Italy, is engaged on large pic
= ture, the subject of which is taken from the sam
y portion Of Scripture history, and which is intend
If ed for the gallery of an American gentleman,-
e 1t represents Naomi with her two daughters-ir
IS law, when "Orpah kissed her, but Ruth clave vi
b to her.o The principal figures are those Of th
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