, 1870-07-03
ART.

Four maeuihceut btonzcs found ut Ho7cu-
laneum iu the lset century. ha<s recently been
added to the collection in the Louvre;
The E400 prize offered by the Art Union Of
London was won by Mr.. c. 7. Mehck, OF st.
Johns, New BrunsWick. and smother important
prize went u South Australia
The sum Of Eli, ~! was expended 10 ~
purchase Of pictures ny th' H7tish National
Gallery from December, 4s.; - .As end OF
March Of the present year: .
From the returns OF the nunster OF Couh'
merce in the PontiticiA STATES, We learn thafs
have been exported from Rome, in the year
1868 pictures by the old masters, valued at
Is. 9.176 francs modern pictures, SIS, 935 francs !;
antique sculpture, 2s,G34 francsi modern
sculpture, l,37a, ,094 francs. Total. ,3327 H.
francs.
A tine art exhibitiou-the nineteenth tn
ennial-wil] he held this year in Antwerp. The
exhibition il open to the artists Of al COM
tries, and contributions muet be sent IN on or
before the osth of July, addressed to the So
cicte Royal des Henux Arts. Rue de Venus.
The exhibition ia announced to open Oh the
1ish Of August.
for "Edwin Drood." has also illustrated the
.'nuthosizcd CuEl:sh Translation" OF The
Man who Larsl.s." which, .,y the way. has on
Is Just srpea.ed in Lonloi..
-Woolner, tho English scnlptor. is to exc
cute bust Of Dlckea-. and Will hare the AL
=
Foec. He has already produced excellent por-
trait buEss OF Tennyson. Browning, Carlyte,
Gladstone. John Henry Newman, and pther
eminent men.
The pictures rejected by the council OF the
Royal Academy, London, are said 10 harS been
more numerous than usual. 1t is said that
among tho rejected il an artist who not very
lopg ago obtained the gold medal, and who.
FAYE lhe lrl Journal, has been improving
ever ei,,ee, aud offered but oae picture, for
which there Eas nu place.
AT secent annual ,nc,:tiag Of the -Ame.i-
csn Sumisnaiie ull Archaeological Society.
the collections we're reported as being colsll-
crablY Increased during the part two yeara,
the coin and medal departments containing
more than :, 800 specimens, exclusive Of du-
p!ieatcs. There are about Goa specimens ia
the othc- departments. The i-.te Of the
journal published by this society has bscu
changed from monthly to quarterly, and the
pr.ce Of tue publication somewhat reduced.
The pasieuoc and in2ussty Of German sci
eutiGc md literary men ars fully e1emplifiea
| il the folio work called Monuments of Ger
man Architecture, Sculpture. and Painting.
| FROM The beginning Of the Christian Era to the
Present Time, Ly Ernest ToetsteS. It WAS b.
Gun sis,cvu 5cars ago, aul ha. cost oee1
50,1O0 thalers. There are COZ eEstasiIgs, tollo
eizc, and 10 folio pages Of reading matter,
treating Of the gradual development Of the
Gc1nan art. Il is thought that there is moth
ing Of The Kind that cat, equal it in France;
England, OF Germany, in astistic execution and
careful research.
1t il proposed to raise the sum Of 10000.
10 be given to the corporation OF Yale College.
10 be eApeuded III obtaining suitable statue
! il brouxe of President Dwight, and placing
tie same in tue vacant niche provided for such
an ornament upon the beautiful editeo juat
erected for the Theological psparttnent-
AT 4 recent art Aale IN New lork. Lief
| s,alt's picture OF the "W'ind River Noun
tai.,s," California, was sold, after spirited
competition, totieorge A. Norman. OF Nav
port. Il. l., for t935. Clurch's picture Of the
''An]ea Of the Equator" WEE Lisa,os1l Of tu
f. W kterrv for Sh,G1,