New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-09
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crowds besesed the doors Of the room before the hour
appointed, and the sale occupied three days 1t Is
decided event. because the really great pictures Of the
old masters are now individually known and excite an
individual interest We have already spoken Of the
Murios sold and of she great prices they brought We
add an account of one of Ttans small but celebrated
pictures sold at this auction. recent work OF Mr..
Huntngton's, treating the subject was sold on
Tuesday In this city. a.
The last of the reserved pictures was No 1872 The
Tribute Money" by Titan. This picture contains only
three figures the Phssees, who asking whether
tribute ought to be paid TO Caesar, and the Saviour, who
replies to their inquiry The three figures seen to the
waist only the picture being about tnree feet six inches
high by three feet wide. The Pharisee who interro-
gates has the lair short and gray beard his features
give the idea Of sudacious provocsion. The old nan
behind him has Jewish cap and wears spectacles
The counenalce of the Saviour Is marked rather by an
air Of grave dignity than by divine Inspiration He wears
blue mantle over his crimson tunic It's the colorng
of this picture which h above all and which
renders Il worthy 10 bear the inscription "Inanus r.,
which Is seen on it, 1t was put up at l5OOOf, and rose
rapidly to 50O pause ensued at that point but the
biddDgs then resumed up to 62OOO, when II was
knock ed down 10 Mr. Redburn, bis principal opponent
having been Mr.. TowDend.
Several of Turner'S early works, of a
small size, were lately sold auction in London, and
the high prices paid for them indicate the practical et
nation in which this gres. artist is held. We quote
The works in oil Of this amented artist Caer
phiy Castle, painted as early as 1927, 81 guineas
small landscape, Illuminated by fine glow OF the setting
SUD- IA inches by 90 los guineas view of the Thames
showing ST. Paus ano part Of the metropolis taken by
him before his southern tour 90 gneas view on the
Tegn SO inches by a. l5 guineas aview on the Wye 80
inches by a. 300 uneas Graville on the Seine small
water color drawing and engraved in HE southern tour
% guneas three other sketches-the Confluence OF the
Seine and the Marine, 40 guineas the Chateau de Ia
MaIeris Al guineas and the Italian Boulevards at
n.wl Horra A "a
fully coored large sized view Of Edinburgh from the
waters of Leith 200 gineas lin water COLOR and the
Brunnig Passage from Marngen TO Grunnenwald also
water color of his later works and most gorg 5ousy
tinted, us guineas.
"A singular circumstance lately oc-
CURED in Paris bridal party repaired to the church
to complete the nuptia ceremony, and as the bride
groom stepped from his carriage he was closely scru
nzed by the coachman, who seemed struck with con.
sternatiop, and suddenly Off The bystanders
thought him taken suddenly mad, but remarked great
uneasiDess the part of the bridegroom, who how
ever, presently mastered himself As the party, after
the ceremony moving from the church, the bride
groom was arrested by officer, who told the appalled,
bride that her husband murderer, who had euded
ju,tce for eight years. and that the coachman Glanced
TO have been prvy the murder, in manner and
instantly recognized the cupdt The bride fell insen
sible, and lies in a critical condition.
--Signora La Grange, who sang without
much In Paris two three years sn,e, has ap
appeared In Lucia at the London Opera, and according
to the Times, with indsputabe success She has sung
much upon the Continent, and s by no means young
woman Her voice has been racked and injured by
verdis music. Mario has been singing 10 PHritaHi
with Gr and has proved that his voice Is good as
ever. Wenote that Marin sang out of tune from first
to last and spoiled the popular duet Suomi Ia TrOmba
which, instead of the usual encore scarcely obtained
hand"
We are truly sorry to read in Ger
man journal that the Council of Venice have resolved
to build another bridge the Grand Canal. 1t will
extend from the RIGA OF San stefano to the Academy
of Fine Arts where there has heretofore been the most
thronged ferry in Venice The bridge will be built of
Iron, upon new plan and under the superintendence
of the English Engineer Neville. The cost to be de-
frsyed by tolls This will be the true Bridge of Signs to
all who remember the striking point upon the Grand
Canal which will be materially injured by the new
structure.
For the first time since the year 1847,
the Artists Festival was held in Rome this year on the
9Th April The headquarters of the occasion were at
the old tower of the Pon SdldrO over the Ano, upon
the Csmpagna The Germans, usual, took the lead,
and the account embraces all the games and jollity
which have marked the festival from the beginning
1t is understood that Nr. w. Edmond
stoune Aytoun-so well known for the "Lays Of the
Scottish Cavaliers" and other writings, both In prose
and verse; receives the vacant Office of Sheriff and
viceAdmiral of Orkney. He called to the bar in
1910, and was appointed Professor of Rhetoric and
Bellies Le,,res In the University of Edinburgh in l5i5
We learn from the German papers
that preparations making by several Societies of
which the genial LEuTzE is member to give him a
public and festal reception upon his arrival in Das-
seldorf
-Hittorf German architect from CO.
ogne to erect the French Crystal Paacen the Clamps
Eyste The summit of the building will be higher than
the loftest point of NOtre Dane
Rachel has been invited by the King
of Prussia go to Berlin and play before himself and
bis imperial guest
- The telegraph between Dover and
ostend is nearly completed. twill be seventy English
miles long.
In the month of May the exhibition of
the Amsterdam Academy Of Paintings opened, and
commanded great admiration from the critics.
A colossal bronze bust of Herder is
to be erected in Mohrungen his birthplace In Ger
many
The RELIGIOUS EXcITEMENTIN SWEDEN
AND EoRwAr.-The situation of the State Church has
been matter of anxious discussion among the Priests
In Stockholm and the wish Is expressed that General
Council consisting OF Priests and Lsity should be called
by the King to take to the progress Of
heresy OF that ssimpe Synod OF Priests shall undertake
IL Meanwhile the tendency toward religious freedom
constantly increases, and ruion has been formed to
further the cause
THE Arctic SQUADRON The follow
! ing extracts from letters, dated Nay g. 1852:
| "HER MAJEsTY's SHTP INTREPID. al sea
al embrace this opportunity OF seudng short note
ly these steamers which have lowed to af So $
| N, Ion. 81 49W