Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-12
XDvEl,TIslSo RAaEs.

Of glorious paintings by artists still living
They are, OF course, very different from the
old school, end have much more FIRE and en-
ergy in their composition ! believe it is cOu
| sidered an outrage upon all art proprieiies to
admire any picture that has not the dust OF
ages upon il; out could select from the Lux
embourg four or FIVE which ] would value
more than all the ancient masterpieces ever
saw. One OF them would be "I'he Massacre
OF the Mameukes,' by Horace Vefnet The
old Pasha sits upos ibe house top, with three
or four OF his slaves about him, with his brow
knit and his hand grsspng the ieweled bilt
of his sword, while in the eourt-yard below
the doomed victims are making gallant bot
vain attempts to escape from the trap ito
which they have been so trencherously drawn
You detest the luxuriUus and hlood-thirsty
villain who has ordered the brave men to be
shot down like sheep, BY his concealed aud
projected soldiery, and yon would rejoice if
you could believe that some lucky shot from
below would put period to his miserable lie
But he sits safely behind a wall, and learus.
not with his own eyes but irom a negro slave
who carefully peers over into the arena OF
the progress of the slaughter 1t is a good
thing, once in while, 10 be outraged aud ia.
dguant at treaehery, cruelty and cowRrdice,
and this magnificent picture gives US the oc.
ca+iou. s,r
Anoihe, one that would choose is "The
Death of Queen Elizabeth" BY Paul Della
roche. The proud and naughty Queen lies
upon soft cushions on the floor of one of tue
rooms OF her palace, surrounded by her ply
sloians, her maids and her ceuuselors, strus-
CHING With determined energy against that
king OF terrors TO whom all must succumb
She is still a queen, though dying one. Her
pride is still unbroken, and there il but little
evidence now Of that weakness and terror
which made her eXclaim TO the anxious but
powerless physicians, millions Of money for
n moment Of time We remem bered, as We
gazed her Jealousy and her cruelty TO her fair
cousin, MARY Of Scotland, and we thought We
would rather die by the axe at Fothernpay,
with souls reeonciled 20 God, aud our last
words a prayer, thau upon bed in the midst
Of splendor, all unprepared
Another is "The Last Victim Of the Reign
Of Terror. The soldiers have just entered
the prison, in which young and old Of both
sexes, aud OF high and low degree, are COO
fined, and the officer is slowly reading the wsr,,
rant The prisoners are listening intently,
and every face is a study II is thrilling 10
look at aud think abont, but see no reasDR
for calling il the last victim There is moth.
dreds yet to 60.
In The Temptation" by AIRY Scheaer,
representing Satan with Christ on the top OF
the mountain, the face OF the Savior is r won
derfnl conception Not word is said by any
Evangelist or Apostle concerning the charac
teristcs oi that face, the color Of the hair or
eyes, or the proportions OF his form. and hence
there can be no likeness; utsiill the momeut
saw The purity, gentleness, wisdom snd dg-
nifty in this face, said, This is He"
In Judas Kiss, by Auguste Ernest He
bert, the expression on the face of Judas, As
be leans toward the SAvior's cheek. makes
ones blood boil with hot wrath at the smiling
traitor. Why did not Peter smite him INSTEAD
of the soldier
There are no liner pictures than these in
the world, at least discovered none--aud As
before intimated, they are all by living Ariisls.
When they die the pictures will be removed
to the Louvre.
We could see out OF a window in the gal
lery, the corner Of the garden where the gal
liant Ney was shot to death AS a traitor He
was false to lhs Bourbons, but be deserved Il
pardon from them Tor the bunder which lost
Napoleon Waterloo |; is only of late that
the indignation ol Bonbparrists has sofened
toward him, and that justice is being done ~
his memory.