New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-15
ART INTELLIGENCE
PICTIRES.

PICTURES
-Messrs Coupi g. Co entertained large party Of our
cron ON Saturday evening occasion OF throwing open
their new estsbli.hm. Mt 366 Broadway The store.
which Is ON the ground floor is fitted up with great ee
ganoo and adorned with the choicest ongravngs published
by the house This suppose tho largest private e5tsb
shment tho world connected with the production and .ss
ofengravngs and It's present extension here viii d)ub
have favorable influence in the development OF the public
taste We learn that ii was founded in 1929 at Paris bat
II was not I'll some years aerward tia the publication Of
the works of Decsmps Gavan Isabey and finally of au
Dcaroche established the present position OF the house
Next beautiful engravings OF the famous works Of Leo
pold Roberone of the most charming painters ever bora
in France whose early death rrepsrable calamity TO
Art-added to the reputation Of the publishers aud ut
tracied Other artists to seek the same means of publ y
Horace Vernet Steuben PhppoteauI Destouchas Winter
halter Grsrde' and many other Of distinction
added 10 the list Of artists whose pictures
produced in this accessible and popular manner and dis
seninated to extent otherwise impossible. Scar ely
less eminent the engravers whose services have at
various times been laid under requstion in this work
Among them are Henrique Dupont, Mercury, Calana:ta,
Prudhomme, Provost Blanchard, Girardet Briiou1,
Forster and others The branch Of the house 10 Lon
don was established in 1872 that 10 New York in 1917
and that in Berlin in 1851. The value Of such inst.
tuition to artists and to the public is very great to tho
former it affords market and publicity for their works
which they conld otherwise hope for; to the latter
renders generally accessible in the form Of cravings
the best productions Of the great masters Among the pab
locations of the Mesrs Goup best known in this country
are Gardes line engraving of Washington Crossing the
Delaware and various Autographs after pictures by Mount
Perhaps the beautiful and important work issued by
them Delaroches Hmicyele engraved by Henrquo Da-
pont The Marriage Of Cana after Paul Veronose is
another admirable print whose publication deemed 50
important by the French Government that it paid part of
The heavy cost Of bringing it out We should rejoice
such engavings become popular in this country SO far %
to expe the practice Of decorating parors with wrotchei
oil paintings old and new bought ut auction for a song
perhaps, but not worth the expense of hanging
The engraving of KAULBAcHs Destruction Of JsrUsa
e has been finished in Germany and has appeared al the
shopwndows of New York before the picture Itself
has its destined place among the escoes the walls
of the New Museum at Berlin Its believe the largest
steel engraving published End will render the ios
GUS artist widely known in countries but few Of whose
habianis viii ever have opportunity of seeing his pic
lures themselves This is scrptural ubec in far is
features in great measure suggested by passages OF
scripture foreteng the downfall of the Jewish Capital
Though regard the best Of Kaulbachs pro
ducon II is distinguished by all that breadth and richness
Of imagination and that power Of treatment which render
him Of the greatest of masters group Of angels in
the upper port OF
vine Judgment the rebelous Jews, especially of
wonderful beauty amount Of historical as well
biblical learning combined in this admirable composition.
The engraving highly satisfactory and does credit to the
state of the art in Germany whore produced We
Judge that in this country this will be the most popular OF
Ksulbachs pictures though his Dispersion Babel has
been widely circulated among our people
We have already noticed in terms of praise Mr. McRaes
engraving of Hicks excellent portrait of the Rev Henry
WARD BEEoHER and now have TO repeat the same com
mendaton in speaking of print since issued by the same
engraver after the artist representing Bishop WAN
WRIGHT Indeed esteem this superior to the former
work and altogether very beautiful thing. The Bishop
is repre- scented in his official robes and with the striking
success of portraure Tho Of the engraving and the
of the light especially pleasing and al
mirablo
We learn from Paris, that the veteran painter b. In
gres has Just completed picture the ceiling of
of the halls in the Hotel dc Vile at Paris The inject is
the Apoheoss Of Napoeon and the figures Of the size
of life The hero is beheld in ground Of celestial azure
clothed in Grecan chamys with scepter in HE hand and
attended by Renown The group is sustained in golden
chariot conducted by Victory while eagle floats
them Below this aerial the earth with the
throne Of Napoleon vacant and arrayed in mourning On
the right of the throne is France also in mourning follow
ing with her eyes the ascension of the defunct while the
other side Nemesis rushg orth 10 suppress anarchy In
the distance we the and the Island OF st Helena
Our readers will understand from this description that is
a very striking piece Of artistic adulation.
The German papers speak of newly discovered Titan.
which they class among the best works OF that artist The
subject is the Liberation of Andromeds from the Sea Mon
rer by Perseus mounted the winged horse Pegasus
The picture little than four feet long, and little
LEES in width and from passage in of Tsns letters,
is supposed have been painted for Philip H. 1t was
brought to Germany by French General some forty years
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