, 1870-07-24
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A farmer in Savoy The other DAY rlo~ed
M i }tonze statue, which waa sent to Geneva
II proved TO be nacchus, OF the beat pcriod
Of clsesic hrt. The figure is nine iuchcs high,
md i eent!dssed equal to the Fsun and the
M nasbedieune has completed the statue
OF yoltairc. which il about to ba erected IL
Parit. This work is reproduction u bronzc,
on larger eeaie, Of the well-known and e1-
nnititely chirseled 1na1bte stakue OF voltaiee
Is Houdoa, In the .s'on Of the Theatre Fran-
csia, The number Of subscribers to It At one
The statue Of Governor Jonathan Trum-
tpl1, bs 1ves, which ia 10 grace the National
cnritol AZ one Of Come ctlcut's contributions,
has Just been unraeked At the art gallery in
New Haven. It /. Of white rsrble. ssren feet
l'igb. dressed In The costume Of colonial times,
With cloak thrown orer it in graceful folds
In the right hsnd il manuscript acro1l, with
the inacIp'icn visible, - To the Continental
Congress.
The sculptor pazzi, Of Florence, has rusdc
statue Of ssvonarola, which It Is proposed
to eet up in Rome, which WIS the theatre Of
ac,icn Of the heroic fsiar, The place selected
is the outer court, or cloister. Of the Convent
Of st. Mark, one Of the ancient residences Of
the Dominican order. In which Sayouazola
paseed many vearp. The artist has represent
cd the monk in the set OF eresk;ug to the
fcorle, At the moment when he raises the cru
cifi1 OIL bigh and VroclAims Christ the head
and governor OF tho F1orentine Republic.
The writer Of recent article On "ssir
Charles EaEtlake and The English School OF
Painting" in the Quarterly Aerie.c, In spetk-
ing OF the picture Of Napoleon on board the
Eellerophon In Plymouth Sound. regrets tbs
strange disappearance OF this canvas. Lord
Clinton now writes to state that this picture
reFeion md ii good preservation. It wxs
t,orrht eoon 1fter it ras painted, by nj cua-
h4r OF his family, and !. late ~ the ye4r 1851,
sir Charles Eaat!ake knew it was to BE- teen II
Lord Clnton'a seat in North Devon.
Tho following interesting notes relating
ted Parie, June II: 'Ai1 Of the desirable pic
tnr9s IN the late exhibition we're sold Ut the
ereniug, and many O! them ~e1e brpugh back
srd 1esoh 1t advanced prices Take for IN
ttsree the picture Of heditatiou, oy Col It
ras sold Ut the opening to dea'er fW three
snece+s, and sdnoi.ed b everybody. An sms-
| ifrr wanted the picture vety much, and the
'cslcr was induced to rart with II for sf1 .hous-
| and fr1ncs. Since m England the tsEte fo7
FrrneE pictures has grown, up the prices
| 10, the works OF cur farurite artists have
doubled. The Eneli=a collectors psy any price
1 ,key have preference for the sane artist.
! ufom our 1mericsn arratetus admire. Tht
,nrks Of Gcsome, Baugniet, Boutiboune
echreyer, Zar,acoi=. fibcrt, he!esonier, Ros.
Ponheur, etc csnnot be purchased except =
| extr.saGant prices. Ii company Will
As waMs' tie principal English Pic
Es huncrlng the artist you raay gct !.
promise Of picture. bnt .tipal,tiag 1sscc i
out Of the question. II Tibert. 70 my gaess
tiop, how much a.ricturc like The spaulst
Mil conch Station would cost. answered NJ
rcn shoueacd francs At least. Sotwithstandins
tie high price asked for pjctu7cs here. quite
num1er Of fne works arr going to .amcrs;s
Ams as them, fsne, large example. ?!
Emile tesy;. beautifully finished VOTE TOTE
position, By caraua 'A1sbs Crossing q. q.
stream br sehrereE md o.hesz, aaa fsSm tat
easel Of John Lewis Brown. Voshoeckho7en
Boutibonne, Comrse-cai1, and Dsumsny: !
aei, h tofhf T fy tbassus; sss;
! franes. md ripgle figure, BY the same artist
Ks.dp :, sTsaty ;nss1, tsSasan, sSos;n
rirl plsJtuS With u Kitten, exquisite IN colo
nd efest. Is offered for nine thoasa1'
france"