The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-10


Those of our readers who have taste for the |
beautiful in art can have their admiring eyes
fully gratifed by calling at Markriter's, No. $50
Seventh street, between ID and Il streets, with
view OF some Of the finest paintings we have
ever had the pleasure Of looking uponi these
splendid works OF art having been lately In
ported by Mr.. Markriter, for which he deserves
special credit Such 6ne gems OF art tend to In
spire and cultivate q taste for genuine merit,
genius and inspiration.
In the window may be seen "Thc Baptism" by
Knaus, OF Dresden, and is one that will strike
all beholders rs possessing perfect naturalness
OF home. scenes on the other side Of the Atlantic
10 those who have been abroad, and are familiar
with the manners and customs Of the "Fader.
land" or Germany on the Rhine. Some OF the
figures are both striking and amusing to
laughable dcgsee, and will excite smile on the
most Indifferent spectator. The good-natured
face Of the parson with the "young hopeful in
his arms; the look Of the proud and fond mother,
| and "papar with his second born-nosc now, TO
| him, alas "out of jolnt''-in his arms, stirring
| his sage tea with wooden spoon, IL artistically
| portrayed One the finest points In tho group
10 that OF tie hslf-grown "young lady," with her
back to the view, foot raised up in the act OF
scratching a "ny-bite" on her ankle, shoe slipped
of, and sole up, showing, very distinctly, the
nails therein. The grouping and coloring arc
uncxecptionable even to the most critical eye,
In the rear part Of the store Is a striking re-
presentation by Hannah, of Dresden, OF the
| great composer Mozart at Vienna, and the effect
Of music on the sentiments as expressed In the
"human face divine" The great musician Is
seated at the piano, in the act OF touching the
key which produces the enchanting note, while
he IL surrounded by the noble ladies and gentle.
men Of the court, all apparently enwrapped In
the rayishing airs OF the great master. The
| nd hran Ia lilul
skill, and the effective point Of the whole strung
together like "linked sweetness" Each face has
an expression OF its own, and picture In itself
In fsct, the persons represented look like minia-
ture human beings, so fine are they portrayed on
the glowing canvass.
Adjoining "Morart at Vienna" is its match and
: companion In the gallery Of art--"Mozart and
Beethoven" by the same artist. or the two the
latter is in our opinion, the finest delinested and
most expressive. Mozart with q sad face, but
full OF expression, Is represented as seated at
the parior organ, performing on that religious,
inspiring instrument, looking heavenward, and
! appears to be wholly oblivious to everything
happening around him. Beethoven and his friends
,. have Just made their entrance into Mozart's
, apartments; and Beethoven, full OF eestacy and
excitement, has turned around, and with the right
Z hand pointed to Mozart, his left raised to his
parted lips, . signal Of command OF silence, ap'
pears TO be carried away from all worldly affairs
.. in q transport OF admiration and delight. The
grouping and coloring In this piece cannot be
: comm ended too highly, with but one exception
and that 10 the blue tint In the German noble
mans rufied Shirt and also of Beethoven's, is a
, shade too dark for naturalness.
with this trihing exception, the painting
throughout all its minutia Is fautless especially
the gorgeous colors Of the court dresses which
are 80 richly portrayed, and even so well defined
irsthe costumes that Il is hard to be CONVINCED
. | that YOU do not hear the rustling Of the sntins
: silks, and Honiton laces. The lights and shade,
are decidedly brilliant, and not the least feature
on the piece Is the pet ap.dog with the inevita
bio blue ribbon (about yard long) around his
!, often caressed neck. He, too, like the othei
animals OF higher order, has bis ears arrested
with the sounds Otto him-concord or discord
: In hard to divine, but from the formidable bow
, in his back, and determined posture OF hia
shaggy tail, we are led to infer that he has fully
, made up his poodle mind to face the music.
We now come to the last Of the four artistic
gems, the night Of the angel with the babe In hcI
., arms from the terrestrial world To God" Tho
angel is pictured soaring over river In The
i moonlight, bearing in her arms the lovely babe
y who resignedly and eonfdingly clasps its iittl'
L arms around the neck of the angel, and Is appa
rently asleep on the bosom of the heavenly mes
senger. The angel, though fleeing upward ant
u onward, 10 pointing downward, and looks as 1
4. whispering to the sleeping child, ave are nov
e crossing over the darsRiyer; but, Fear notp
u am with ron " The hnantifnl "ainring Of thu
golden hair OF the angel, and the shade darker o
70 the little child, is so natural that 1t looks lik
= the real golden locks; while the landscape ant
:, the ethereal bodies the sky, the quarter-moon
:. and the stars, are finely represented In glowing
" colors. but, of course, softcned down to conform
to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the ray OF light emit
. ted by the moon, the pale, wan goddess OF night
Y, In this holy and hopeful representation by Kau
- bach, Dresden, of upward and Onward" innc
= cence and purity from an evil world to tn
n heavenly abode. In this connection, 1t may b
/, truly said,
:, "a thing Of beauty Is a JOY forever"