New-York tribune., 1866-12-22

the Rome the first century bu Tho Poet is genuine
attompt at painting This does not look Ike
our modern ideal Of poet but he our notion Of the
materofact unimaginat7e Bomnn breed This maR might be
Ovid Virgil he has hardly eonho"m's enough for
Horace he looks as be could be dull the best Of
them The details OF the apartment arc vel painted the
books the bronze table and the Mosaic work Of floor and Ta
these things could hardly be done better the artist do1ht
enjoyed working them We praise tae attempt 70 bring
before the Of past age M men and women It's man
and should ss more sentaneiy OF feel
ing laborod restoration the artist hA wrought with
classical dictionary his sGo Tic detail Of Geromet large
picture King Candanes instance Of how an imasna
tye parter-eyen when Of ts FIST oterohooses rather
to invent than TO copy and gives his picture asayo Of life
and reality by preserving harmony Of conception Alma
Tedemas Poet and Dancers modorns, necessarily
so since they copies from the antique bronze or modern
and there is inoongy between the faces which hook Ike
men and women Of to-day and the costume and accessories
which are copied from the suFoe with pansising accuracy
people are also modera but he not OFT OF keeping
whthe things about them Loso things also ele plainly
the invention Of the arnyenon playing about the merea
hint OF antiquarian THIS picture Of Gerome however
is not at all pleasing The subject unnecessarily coarse and
It is not prudery which say The figure Of Can
daness wife by beautiful and the painting OF her
body is hard and wa1y not work to add 70 G6romes
reputation and we sorry IL exhibited The water
color drawing by him. Crock Children at Prayer Is much
better worth studying Leys Proposal viii dsppOnt those
who enjoyed year his fne Studies for frescOes this
is the poorest thing have from his hands sho
figures arc stiff ungany there expression in the faces
and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with this great painter-aTe
without any interest beauiy whatever. His two pupils
Lagye and KJcr hardly make amends for the masters failure
Lagye socms TO be imatOr and Koierslthough LIS
Faust and Margaret OF s year had much In 1t that was
pleasing bOth conception and exoEOnscens TO have gone
ever bodily 10 Dusseldorf ard "The Parting repeats ~ the
traditions of that now ouigTovl school Hci!buih, almost
always douby interesting both in subjects and IN his way Of
treating them disapponts las Aboution Of The Vcun
Sin" The subject is Ono yia fJr Of his powers
10 have chosen and has been able to elevate by any
revelation Of character worth ing II pleasant how
ever to see bit 0. St f..,hioy painted and tShow
ju.t where we may day famous painting All this
mmery seems takes place directly in front Of Domenioh
mo Last Communion Of ST. Jerome"
is Iorhe pretty picture carefully painted than
has been his wont Of late very fine color by
Me!,soae. which us surely It's way into Of
private rlleries Next 10 Mr. Ecmonts Chess paycs and
Air VOTES Smoker it t finest Messoner that We re-
member seeing this Sde to water The original sketch for
Migass Order Of Rebac will bo interesting to amateurs
but have good specimen of Miaiss full powef II
only to look ati We believe collcconcven small one-of
first rate Eaglsh psurcs including Turner Holman Hunt
William Hunt Aii,leis Hook, Sandyb, Iossc;d Burne
Jones Midox Arthur Hughes and Brett would prove
most attractive snG rcnuaerstve exhibition The tsh Is we
ore being with secondhand thrrae continental works
and tie public viii be glad Of change For the rest this So
ry Of Mr. Pgcram contains Many specimens Of men Wh- have
sent us better within the past two or three years
their regulations will assuedy su'r Il ey insist on proving
that they too can t Choose paint indifferent pictures