New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-14

neShbors ii soemed-fresh from long walk on the cam
psfenfv was German and tho other French, and they
brought her Offering Oi flowers and ehaterea 70 NJ
with afoctiOnate viyacity and, as we were aoou,
leave Miss Bremen asked them TO accompany her anu
"A visit 10 the edge OF the IarpeIih IoSh, @ ~
We left the TOOm she took bunch OF roses na ~
vase ana cave them TO Miss Shepard who told her tbat
she should make her six sisters hapy ~ SNls Oo "a
each Then We went down the lntIleate siIs a tha
emerging into the garden. walked round the brow OF Tue
hill which plunges headlong with exceeding aotuP
longer quite a precpice. Then reGnered the mouse,
and went up stairs and down again. thrSngn s,I neo
passages till got into the street which was sun Pot
pied with the ragamuns who infest ana DurrON III Una,
part OF Rome. We returned through on alchway a th
descended the broad flight OF steps INTO the psz. head
Capito and from the extremity OF 1t, just at me heaa
Of the long graded way where Castor ana nnd o
lowed somewhat winding path tl we cane bar ro
court Of palace This court Is poruereo w Of
the Tarpeian Rock, about the night oi d ioui''0i'
on the edge OF this before VIC left the court Miss
Bremen babe farewell, kissing my wife most %
ss on eaeh cneek NV hand and we parted probably
never 10 meet again. God bless her gOOd heart -,
She is most amable niue woman. worIny " % bv
maiden aunt Of the whole human race do her:
tbe-by that she docs not like me hall so wen as uy ed
il is my Impression that she thinks me unaniaoe, OF
that there something or other not quite rgnT n"
me. sorry If IT be so, because sucn goot' h
at the bottom Of her harsh thoughts when IN
rare cases. she allows them TO harbor with her
The residence of Mr. Hawthorne in Florence ap-
pears TO have been more to his mind than his So
journ in Rome. He devoted himself assiduously to
the study of the celebrated artistic masterpieces In
that beautiful capital, and the critical remarks
which they called forth, if not always OF value IN
technical point of view, possess apecular interest,"
~ the faithful record of the impressions produced
on his frank and susceptible, if not sympathetic ma
ture From his description Of the Uizi gallery, IN
which Of course the Venus de Medici was the chief
object of attraction, we take the following some
what curious paragraphs:
There we're many beautiful specimens OF antique ideal
sculpture all along the gallery - Apohos baenus .
Venuses, Mercurys, Eaurs-Wiih lie general ch.raotcl
Of all OF when was i1ni.dr enough 10 IecOShZ &
at a glance TIE mystery aud wonder or tAe sduery,
however tie VENTS dl Modci coulu noN.efe SEE anu
indeed vas most arald 70 see ~ lCI t
aprrheuQed me extinction OF auchcf OF nose hSbis
that shine along man' pathway, ana 20 nt ~ nun ~
the instant e c9ncs "it-l4 yesnot Oh tuo 80
his hopes Nv European experience mas tA -sl' neg
inaIy such was pretty wen ccntenled tes % o,
~ ard The famous statue IN INC WIFI " -.
Journey from end TO end OF the gallery, which terminates
the opposite side of the court from tna %here ~ CON-
mences. The eeling, by Tue ny tn,o1sn .le d
length covered with frescoes, and the ho0r paxeu
with a composition Of stone smooth aud polished iiRo
marble The final piece OF hcuIpluie, av aU ~ r W
the gallery is copy OF the IGocOon cOnslderec vety
hue. know not why, pnI ~ u1u nov 80 i row
the of IIigty and terIlbe repOse-a IepO5o
ing out Of the nhnitude OF trouble-that h@d lei' III
ParIle With tho gallery both sides Of the palace
court there series OF rooms devoted chlenI 10
pictures although statues and bas-reheis are HKeTse
contained In some OF them. remember an unlllsle9
bas-reef by Michael Angelo OF Holy Family Whlch
have been az work upon it only hour ago. Inc PIE
lures / did little more than glance az, I'LL ] had
almost completed again the circuit OF the gallery,
through TINS series OF parallel rooms, and tlen |
came upon a collection Of treuch ana Dutch ana
the Italian generally. There was beautiful picture Dy
Claude, good as those IN tue British National
Gallery and very like in subject; tho sun near the
horizon course and throwing its line OF light over the
ripple Of water WITH bhP m one sSSre anu L o
by Rembrandt; fat Graees and other plump nudes by
Rubens pans and earthen pots and herfings by
TenIers and other Dutclnen none by Gerard Dow,
think but several by Mieris all of which were Ike
bread and aud ale after having been fed too long on
made dishes This is really wonderful collection OF pic
lures; and from first asirom Gotto to the men of
yeserday-they in admirable eondton, and may be
ppreciated for all the merit that thoy possessed
i could not quite believe that was not TO ind the
Venus di Medci; and STILL as passed IRON one room 70
another my breath and fell little, with the half
hope hafear. that she might stand before me- Really
did not know that cared so much aOout venus, OF
any possible woman of marble. AT last, when L had
come from among the Dntchmen, believe, ana was
looking works Of Italian aitsts chiey fl0reh
tines caught glimpse OF her through the door OF the
next room. 1t is the best room OF the series
octagonal in shape, and hung with red damask
and the light comes down from a row of Windows.
passing quite round beneath an octasona dome. The
Venus stands somewhat aside from the center of the
ROOM and surrounded by an iron railing pace or TWO
from her pede tai in 'front.' and less behind thnk she
might safely be left to the reverence her wOmanhOOd
would win without any other protection ehe Is very
charm about her unreached byIany cast or copy. Inc
hue of the marble is just much mel0wed by TIME, as
TO do for her all that Gibson tries or ought to try to DO
for his statues by color softening her. warming her al
most mpercepbly making her an inmate OF the heart
ness for her affection not as If she were one woman
but all womanhood in one Her modest attitude which
before / saw her | had not liked, deeming that IL
might be an artificial shame is partly what unmakes
her as the heather goddess, and softens her into
face not that she really thinks any body looking at
her vet the idea has fitted through her mind. and
startled her little. Her face is 80 beautiful and intel
ectua that it dazzled out of sight by her FORM
Methnks this triumph for the sculptor TO achieve
may as well stop Ii is of 10 throw heaps
of words upon her. for they all fall away and leave her
standing chaste and naked grace, as untouched as
Sac has suffered terribly by the mishaps Of her long
existence in the marble Elch OF her reg ns pee
severed her body has been broken quite across at the
waist her head has been snapped Oil at the neck FUR
thermOTe, there have been SreyOus wounds ald losses
OF substance in various tender parts OF hCr person But
account of the skill with wch the satue mas een
restored and also because the idea Is perfect and nde
strucble all these injuries do not IN the least impair
the effect, even when You see where the discovered irag
nents have reunited She is Just whole when
she left the hands of the sculptor am giad TO nave
this Venus and to nave found hSr 50 tender ana 50
the same glance, painted Venus by Titan, reclining
on couch, naked ana lystiul
We will close our extracts with sketch of Mrs.
Browning, whose large sympathies seem to have
found their way TO the heart of the writer, in spite
of his habitual reservoir the expression of his per-
sonal feelings:
We went last evening at O'clock to see the Brown
ngs and, after search and inquiry we found the
Casa Guid which is palace III street not very far
from 1t being dusk, could not see the exte
Tior, which, If remember Browning has celebrated IN
song: at ali events Mrs Browning called of her
poems Casa Guidi Windows"
The street is a one but entering the palace
we found a spacious staircase and ample accOmnOda-
TONS OF vestibule and hall, the latter opening
| balcony, where could hear the chanting OF
| priests in a church close by. Browning told us
! that this was the first church where
tOro had ever been performed. He came into
the anteroom TO greet did his little boy Robert
whom they call Pennini fondness The latter cOgnO
men IS dimnutive OF ApenninO, which bestowed
upon him at his first advent into the world because he
was so very small there being statue Florence OF
colossal size called Apennino never saw such boy
as this before; SLENDER fragile and sprtkenot
n he were actually In Ill health but he had little
nothing to do with human flesh and blood His face is