The New York herald., 1874-07-11

Some few indeiatigable workers still resist the
pressure of the hot weather and stand to their
easels with a nrmness and devotion quite heroic.
Among these is M. F. II. de Haas, who Is busy get
ting ready for the exhibitions to be held this sum-
mer at Chicago and Boston. Several coast
scenes on his easel are well forward. He has JUST
! completed picture for one OF the prominent ars
dealers in this city, which diners in many import
ant respects from the usual style Of this artist It
Is called moonlight on the Bay" It represents
a ship lying parity In shadow with stream OF
moonlight thrown across its bows. This simple
motive has been handled with more than DO
Haas ordinary dramatic power. The sky too' is
very carelully painted and there rs an absence OF
the ragged cloud effects which too often lnteSiere
I with the value Of the sky compositions OF this
artist The light eects have been aamIaGy sr,I raias
Mr. DE Haas considerably in the estimation oi ars
cOnnOisseurs ,.., 49,,
chicago VIII nave grand art eAnioiuon snao
j. B. Irving seems to have made up his mind TO
soldiers Of the oiden time He has painted types
OF the different classes OF men-at-arms ana Is now
at work on a standard bearer. When not engaged
in this romantic art he turns his brush with good
success to the depicting or eyeryd people, anu
class Of picures represents an Old lady Sitting in
her own room. 1t Is simply portrait yet the
composition is 50 carefully done and the detail SO
value Of study 1t Is not often that modern
painters go to the trouble OF making pictures IN
which to set a portrait, and what Mr. Irving has
done In this matter Will therefore be the more ap
preciated by those who desire to see art produc-
tion raised TO higher level than II can CLAIM at
An enthusiast for the work Of the early schools
OF painting certain Abbot Malvezzi, OF Bergamo,
has lately brought to light Interesting fresco in
the Church OF Santa Maria Maggore. IL appears
tnat during some repairs to the church suspicion
arose OF the existence of frescO and after consid-
cradle and anxious labor perfect specimen OF the
art Of the fourteenth century was made visible.
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and this fact established its title 70 rank among
the most ancient rescoes preserved in Lombardy
belng in truth, only eleven years alter the date as
signed Tor the death Of Giotto
The Athenoura says:-Four Of the new pictures
purchased at the sale Of the late Mr.. Parkers COL
lection for the National Gallery have been hung
for public Inspection These are, Bottceu's mars
and Venus" ana venGs sG,ee Tr,nmnn
OF Chastity" called; and the Return OF Ulysses
TO Penelope" by Pinturrichio. The picture of
Pudella Francesca appears not to have been re-
painted in any fair sense OF the term but certain
mechanical injuries having been rather roughly
means Of great Importance, win probably be re-
moved. There can be no doubt about the value
se aaeon 1l to he Natona Gser Other acqu
sitions from the Parker collection VIII shortly be
on view in Trafalgar square; -,
Champs Elysees amounted this year TO 1S0,000f
That sum the largest which has yet been real
ized In 1873 the figures were 172,000f, and IN
1872 only O0Of. This season the works for the
installation at the Palals cost only 6o,OOO.. while
The first period of the exhibition at the palace
Of the Corps Legslatif. in aid OF the Alsace Lor-
rainers, produced sum OF 217, ,0l0L To the credit
Of the workmen engaged in first unpacklng and
afterwards replacing rhe articles In their cases. 1T
may be mentioned tnat not picture was damaged
any piece OF porcelain or other curiosity either
chip ped or broken.
Goupil's Gallery.
Two pictures IN this gallery will irresstibly at
tract the attention Of those interested in art-the
one brilliant and almost gaudy canvas Of the
new school Of art which is coming INTO fashion;
the other, o small soldier subject by Detaille, in
which some OF the best qualities OF the French
school are visible. Japanese shop furnished the
motive for the former, and. SO far as it may be
quite true to nature may be defensible but we
prefer the SOBER grays that temper even the sun.
light of Detaile picture to the brilliant colors,
snowy almost to crudeness, which lend mere
triciOus charm to the new school, which the Japa-
neSe picture represents.
In the department. OF sculpture an ideal bust OF
the most charming ana womanly OF Dickens Dickens, char, mar
that decision Of hand and delicacy OF touch SO
seldom found combined IN the one artist. 1t is q
task OF ordinary difficulty to attempt to give
of deiicate shading as "Agnes" in Dickens
'David Copperfeld," I" one OF the sweetest and most
beautifully balanced creations of that master mind,
in which the woman and the angel are SO blended
that 1t is difficult to decide where the
merely human ends or the seraphic begins.
has attempted to express in marble what Dickens
suggested to the Imagination, and has succeeded
beyond expectation. The wOmanly sweetness and
purity Of "Agnes' has been expressed with IN
Unite deicacy. and yet the dignity and strength
underlying her character shine through the gentle
ness and sweet serenity OF the face. The execu-
tion OF the work Is very creditable, the modelling
being firm and delicate and the work, as 1t should,
showing traces OF the chlse. Its finish is no mere
sand and water polish. nor has the file been
! allowed to supersede the chiseL