The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-27
ART MNTTERS.


Sncdecor's Private View Last Whit.
Mr. Snedeoor has q collection of ,~ater colors and
| oil paintings which Will be sold the week aftee
next, and private view OF which was given last
| evening &C the SOmerv1Ilc Gallery. Among the
more noticeable OF the water colors are an .'Egyp-
tan Guard" by Bargue, pupil OF Gerome quite
batch or charming little productions by Meyer
Won Bremen; cottage Life Scene," by Cherry (;
three or four fascinating pieces OF work by Cpriani
| of which a man watering some flowers marine
| view and Roman girl are particularly
| truthful and forcible; an altogether unique
creation by Eugene Delacroix, represent
ing death on q black horse riding through
space several lovely landscapes and water views
by W. I. Richards; a splendid bit OF elaboration.
n color by Louis Lelor, Offering lady In yellow
and blue, reading; a "Turklsh Onicer.n by Worms;
magnificent composition, worth $1,000, by
Simonetti, exceedingly rich ana powerful, en-
titled 1.-THE RendezvOus;n sPlum Gathering by
Boughton and another one in his chaste and pen
sive style, showing young girl in the woods;
some son pretty and ingenious Normandy girls, by
"Peasantess and Children," in the best style Of
Guillemn; an Egyptian Rabbit Seller" by yibert
realizing the reckless laziness OF the trOpc huck-
ster; wonderful drawing. IN black and white, by
Di Ntti. as fne in its way as some things by Mels
sonier; some Dancing Girls" extremely grace
Guise," very sombre and tragic, but exceptionally
forceful by Vibert; Buckeyes 'Marrage OF Str
houses; a piece OF Spanish intrigue, astonishingy
well rendered by Agrassat; man leaning against
almost s in s an
| marine view, by J. D. Hardy; Chinese beauty,
Sy Gastres Spanish artist t. strong and
English scene, charmingly colored by Samuel Cole
man.
Among oil colors are to be discovered quite a
| number OF exquisite specimens. Curiosity" by
| Waiter, Munich artist, will appeal irresistiby
an old man looking through the panes of
closed window and observing youthful
are Kissing each other. The expression on the old
mans lace Is uninterpretable in words, indicating
e ah Ms u m
ent. Meyerheim contributes "Mother and Child"
otto mann has splendid elaboration in color
, handsome lady despatching pretty and lively
looking maid on some engrossing business, prob
and brilliant view Of Venice, and is OF the few
artists who might go on successfully treating this
painting is sne Valued at att IS ns
contributes very gracefully treated theme,
probably his first intentions to demure maiden
Knitting In the SHADOW OF wall. voltz, another
Smoke" by Echtler, offers two young rustics, in
Juvenile secusion, undergoing initiation into the
ana mserss o. tobacco - team mo
going through the "He loves me-loves me not"
business and the skill and taste of Caraud
evident in most deliberately painted gem, called
| "The Sacrament" and representing some fashion
Lords supper in a French cathedral. There is q
remarkable picture by Hebert, one Of the
lection. It is the original Of Of which which one one
In the gallery Of the Luxembourg Palace s an ex-
ana W nsSmn has two
and the other Is called TThe Woodland Spring." A
lady feeding some pigeons is the graceful theme OF
Rico, and Erdmann has another large and brilliant
picture, called 'Breaking the News" in which the
characters are mother, her daughter and
| the cOntending emotions Of the hour. All these
pictures Will be on view during this week and
| next.
Fine Art B0Oks-A Unique Collection.
! Very seldom is such q collection OF fine art and
illustrated works offered to the public that is
| which is now on view at the Clinton Hall Book
| Salesrooms. Over three hundred valuable works
are included, and among them are to be found
picture galleries, antiquities, architectural works.
costumes collections Of etchings and original
drawings. There is a complete set of the Gazette
| des Beaux Arts" comprising thirty volumes
in twenty-six; Pranesi's great work on Roman
art and antiquities; Botta and Flandns cele-
o Iho;a Boyers &am se'sH istory OF EnSanS
in ten Volumes illustrated, all In desirable cOndi-
ton al, and many Of them !, In elegant bindings.
| Of glOatng over the works Of Montlaucon and
Picart; life and Genius OF George Cruikshank"
extra illustrated royal quarto; "AnJichta d'Erca-
lano," nine volumes, folio; Pirols Antiquities OF
| Herculaneum," six volumes, royal quarto Demons
| Egypt" two volumes, folio, government edition,
| on large paper; Stewards "Ancient Monuments
| folio edition; photographs OF the French Expos
ton Universelle 1867" fOliO photographs of Paris
and Envlrons" folio; "Paris in Its Spendor," three
| volumes, folio; BOissere's Cologne Cathedrale"
| folio; Wrinkles ''Cathedrals," three voume3
Pyne's "Royal Residences" three volumes, quartz,
colored copy; Billings Architectural Antiquities
| Of Scotland" four volumes, royal quart0, proofs
| the works OF Hsgarth Gray, StOthard, Sir Joshua
| Reynolds Raphael, Da Vinci, Michael Angelo,
| Durer Rembrandt Rubens Salvador Rosa ana
| WOuverman; the "Musee Francais." feur Volumes
| folio; the "Musee Royale," two volumes, foo
| III VaticanO," ten volumes, folio, half veum;
| Florence Gallery" four Volumes folio; "Orleans
Gallery" three volumes, folio; "BOissere Gallery
| lat Mnnlch), elephant folio, half morocco; 'Turin
Gallery" four volumes, folio, half morocco; "Staf
| ford Gallery" four volumes, felio, large paper,
| colored plates; .DusseldOrf Gallery two volumes,
obong ioo; ''Roughton Gallery" two volumes,
folio; "Dresden Gallery" imperial folio; Munich
| Gallery two volumes, imperial folio; lie Brun
Gallery" three volumes in two, folio; "Gaerie de
| Boyer d'Aguilles," folio; ''National" and Law
| rencer galleries, both folio; "Peussn Galery;''
| Armengaud's "Galleries Of Europe" three vol
| umes. folio; Boydes shakespeare Gallery"
| folio; Claudes "Liber veritatis," three volumes,
| folio Masterpieces OF Italian Art" folio;
| "Euvres de Joban Forquet," two volumes, and
"Les Evangiles," two volumes, with miniatures
| and Nominations.
| Artists Reception To-day.
| The artists of Studio Building, Tenth street, In