, 1870-06-12
ART,

An art writer devoted to tho Renno is,on,
declares that, t'if Raphael painted an imnos
sible angel while Rosa Bonhour paints
probable COW, the latter is the truer artist"
The fott-hundredth birthday Of Abc1
p4rer y to be esi6,,rated May a.. 1871, BY a
Morks--engrayings, paiut.-e -egs, wooa-cuts, De
eigns. etc.
Undergraduates at Oxford a,,.. atole,
precious works OF art from tho GLearv u,
Christ Chu1rl-a marble statue Of Venus an;
come portrait tusts-nnd DESTROYED tLem hS
nte N = one m OF the quadranglcs, as "practical
Joke The authorities look ut It in o liifar-
| cut light, and are afler the odonders.
| 1.-THE Beautiful Melusina," ScLwlnds cele-
| brated painting, which has been on exhibition
! in Stuttgart, las just been bought out by a
fociety Of connoisseurs for 10000 florius, Iho
admiration OF This picture Is 80 groat tLat
numerous requests hare been received from
at lovers IN various cities to havo it on e1-
libition. Therefore, a sort Of triumphA tour
is projected for " Beautiful Mcluaina." after
Which tho pa1ning will be copiod for various
The Dresden Gallery Inns been enriched bv
tne purchase Of valuable picture BY Hans
Ho!Itin. the youi-ger, representing tile death
q o. virginia, Ihe Tribune Appius Claulius
place In the midst Of crowd oil poople bofora
him. Tho elevation Of style and power OF er-
preston shown in this picture nre eaid to pfacn
i 'n the front rink Of German historical paint
ings of the sixteenth century. It has yery ro-
Gently been discovered in Dusseldorf, but no
Sir Edwin Landseer still paints pictures
though bus great reputation is somewhat de-
clning. Ho ]las four or five new paintings in
the London exhibition this summer, and tho
:iMenaum expresses admiration for The pic
tura Of monkeye, which ia named doctors
M sls't 70 toor Relations, in the Geological Gar
dens.' A poor sick monkey baby is clutched
fast IN its mother's arms. She looks upon il
LII m ne1ahly tender and maternal way. The
nlRery OF tho little one and the love Of t}ls
mother afo rendered with intense pathos. But
the AmeHauD. thinks that only 'stho express
GO: commands Of Her Ma5esty would have INDUCED
Fir =: Landaoer to send, or his follow-Aca-
aemicians to exhibit, 10 dreadfully lly-unfortunate
e Production-one caunrt cal! It picture-as
that with tho title, Queen Victoria Meeting
the Prince Consort on Ills Return from Deer
Stalking, in the Year 1850"
HoHton AdteTtiser in enthusiastic terms Of
tho portraits in Healey's stndio there. There
i one Of Mr. Motley; another Of General
Fox, brother OF Lord Holland; also, Of NJ.
Walters, Of tho London Times, and an ex-
trcmely striking one of Mr.. Rolman, OF Bos-
ton, brnthe1.in-law Of Mr.. lIotlcy. Arch.
tp5hop henncks as q remarkable picture.
claimed: "very like, very Ike it loooka M A. a.
hctly like him and seems to be saying, i pro
test! :" An unfinished, but yery striking
flcfuro, represents two well-known Oriental I
Armenial Archbishops, brothers.
inc FAMOUS collection Of antique gems
oelonElnS to Professor Derghau, OF tho Acad-
rmy o1 Fine Arts in Nuremberg, and known
among aEchnologists as the largest and most
sainablo private accumulation Of the kind in
:x1stencc, is now offered for sale, Professor
eeTgnn gathered much Of the material in this
during his residence Of thirteen
ears N Italy. He was insisted by the dis
:mI Braun. The collection containa over
'ieht hundred engraved precious stones, all
hti4ues, and includes all the various gems
lsed BY the ancienta for engraving, and be-
ween Hi1 and seven thousand copies in glass
I famous antique works Of art. The collec-
C1m asked for IT, -