New-York tribune., 1873-06-14

Testament has come upon passage which ioro. ,S
Glory and the Suffering that await her SOD lno
himself, seized with Prophetic power Vi - .ol
20 the passage and reads IL aloud. mean"uio ~ "a tbe
neeling before the group OF Joseph M ' -; s,,,,,
Child fills tbe air with music. SOMETIMES III "oH ~
rh n,oot ar r,ov Family is represented as alone
nt otber times as here, there are a''ehu"n' a
-o,s A,aroa del sarto's VIRGIN OF uo 0eo"'
IN u,. Clos,er OF the Annunzlan III f'
ence ,s an example OF the iol"'i' 49,
Rotticcufs lovely circular picture !"
Tre,T 10 a celebrated example OF the Ia'"i'
NHller's picture is very lovely pure anu
-, and very original withaL 1t certainly
S 80 not recall any model. But Mary is al
nos, TOO young aud the artist has heightened the nten-
t Of hs picture aud seizes our sympathes by taxing
daring liberty with probabilities This Is iaul' Vi
which no Italian painter ever guilty The virgin 10
always with them woman grOwn-a noble sta'eiy
figure IN all the works of the finest period, woman
capable of bearing heroic offspring. In faet the Vpo
of the Virgin was the Roman Juno for the painters Oh
the Peninsula Of Che Greek Hera for the Byzontlnes
They would not have understood the giving Christ or
mother tender undeveloped girl and the choice OF all
the artists OF Oyerbecks school Of such model SHOWS
an unhealthy state of feeling. Still everybody should
see this cartoon as well Miler's smaller picture
They are excellent examples OF a school, no longer VITAL
with whose fame not long ago all Europe rang RON
side to side and all the air was full OF notes OF war
DRAWING BY MISS M'DoNALD.
Miss Margaret j. Mcdonald, a young lady
OF whose talent we have often had occasion to express
our appreciation in THE TRIBUNE. has placed in schauss
gallery small watercoOr drawing the hrst,we DeleVe
i'm which she has attempted the figure. Up to the pres
ent all her time that been taken up with the Ia
borious duty of teaching others-and few human en-
ployments are exhaustng and absorbing as teachhe
when il is done with cOnscIencehas been occupied WIN
study the constant aim of which has been the attain
ment OF accuracy the representation OF Whatever op
iccts would remain quiet long enough to be Drawn o
painted The result has been that Miss Mcdonald has
beconc one of the most accurate draughtsnen m
America but we are not sure that her excellence as an
artist has not been hindered by too limited range Oh
study and a too constant adherence to stife SUBJECTS
For we are very sure from few drawings Of animals
that this lady has made and from the present drawing
IN Mr.. schaus's gallery that she might have dstin-
guished herself in higher walks, and that she
may stin distinguish herself. In the lit
lie drawing under consideration Miss Nc
Donald has avoided the direct dealing with the human
face but her treatment OF the figure is remarkable Tor
the way IN which it renders the ntentncss of the sub
iect-a young girl seated at an easel making drawing
from flower She is not playing at work-she Is work
ing ard her body is as absorbed as her mind. MISS
NcDonalds color somewhat crude, and we think the
ro masses of crimson and green in the curtain and
lounge might have been broken up 10 advantaGeWith-
out losing the effect sought III masslng thch O ~ Is SO
rare 20 in wOmeu's woror IN mems either io lnat
ratter-anv love tOr breadth and simplicity thdt we
rather praise Miss McDOualds drawing Tor the posses
sion Of these qualities than crirlse me heth9u 10y
which she has sought them In TINS unpretendlhE Ite
work fDerc IL good solid execution, and careful, lulei
pput drawing Trare air, ana there - ghJuc lttl9
iusnttivelv, in looking at IT, that the artst was III
earnest and eanestncss alone COnsecrates makes lu
uinsically valuable all human laoor IL Is because
possesses these sterling merits thaJ we nave EEt -
much space to what may seem TO many an uhhpof'lnI
production.