The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-09
Fine Arts.

Fine Arts.
Goupi 4 Co. are about to dispose by auction OF
their large stock Of foreign American pictures.
Among them will BE- found Muler's 6ns work,
| ssMaria Antoinerts in Prison." "a Haberdier," BY
Merssonier, aud a number OF choice works BY Ed.
Frers, schsssnger verboeckhoeven Trayer Cha.
VET Landelle GUIDE (he Norwegian), Psyro, Bonhsur.
Lambnst Gauerman Fortin &c. The sale takes place
the 18th and 18th OF this month. In the meantime tho
collection will bs on exhibition Il the old Dusseldorf
Gallery.
Carmiencks has just finished capital view Of Break
Neck Hill, taken IRON tho Bulls Head the Hudson.
The picture boldly and effectively painted and is one
u the best landscapes that have By this artist
Cardinal wseman recently delivered lecture "Ou the
Prospects Of Good Architecture in London" before
large audience Of artists architects and others. IL
picturesque DISCOURSE being chiefly devoted 10 40
count Of the way in which tho ancient Romans would
hava treated such difficulties the railway bridge
Ludgate hill
Al the last eeiing Of the British Archaeological Asso
citation the Rev. H. HarshOrns exhibited the sguet ring
the celebrated Cesar Borgia This remarkable object
OF Roman arr is OF gold slightly eusmsed with the date
1908. Around the inside n che motto "Fays
ceque dogs avien que pourra.n box drops
into the 'front.' having "Borgia in letters reversed
and round 10 the words "Cor VIA" AZ
the poison he in the habit OF dropping into the
OF his uususpectug guests The sisue contained
elegantly chased silver box, surmounted by jewel
An English paper states that the COMMITTEES Council
Education have lately approved Of memorandum
the International exchange Of works Of which
stated that the period TO have arrived when riend
y relations might with reciprocal advantages be estab
shed through the Foreign Office, between foreign
ueums and the South Kensng,on Museum for the pur-
pose OF organizing system OF International ex.
change OF copies Of the finest works OF which each
museum possesses The object will be promoted
by correspondence with the governments OF the
countries which possess museums and WORKS Of art
now method OF restoring old paintings is said to have
been invented by Peteukoer afamous Bavarian chemist
and which friend OF his, Carl vogt (hmself man OF
European repute natural philosopher) hss brought
10 London and lately exhibited 10 practical example
sir Charles EastIake The process, sad involves
chemical preparation whatever. IS perfectly simple, aud
be applied and in hall hour. II may be used
slso by reversed application Of IT, TO give the appear
OF age newly painted pictures The has
already received considerable for his discovery
from ths'Bavarian government.
The Aloemeine Zeiuno gives account Of steps that
have been taken for securing copyright works OF
art In Germany; and borrow the following facts and
differences, only supplying condensation OF them. Nine
commissioners q German governments have met
Frankfort and published the project OF law the sub
ject, aud one or two pamphlets have been written by
artists on certain points Of the law proposed. Both
commissioners and artists agreed the idea OF copy
right that the artist Of has the right
permit the reproduction OF IN any way but there
some minor questions which the project Of the Law
differs from the ideas Of artists, and OF these
have caused much excitement In artistic circles For
instance, one paragraph says that thsmakng OF single
right; to which some artists answer, that these single
copies often made andsold works OF the original
painters. Several OF the chiefs Of the Dusseldorf
school suffer very much from the number OF copies OF
their works which made by people who seem 70
adopt copying theirrade and send these copies
America and other distant places where there little
danger Of detecting the mposture Agsn the project per
ms the copying OF works OF ART for industrial roducts
which the artists say would expose all staiuettes
and groups Of sculpture be pirsted with IMMUNITY,
~ would only be necessary 10 place them clock
letter weight TO make them products industry. ouos
again, the proect says distinctly that works OF art may
be reproduced in literary works long - the literary
work the substantive part and the works cf art serve
merely 10 illustrate the The artists think that this
n not q suncient protection II might be d1cult 70 dis
tinguish between work which the pictures were used
70 illustrate the and In which the text was writ
ton 10 esazs the adoption Of the pictures And an
thors complain when their most telling scenes are quoted
BY the reviews, srtisu may think themselves hardly
treated the public 10 srstinsd with the sight Of their
works without their own cooperation. III