, 1875-07-11

i TeritabIe Panl Fer0nesc-.-A New
Disciple 10 C0r0t.
Descriptions Of Works Of Troyon,
Rousseau, and Millet.
Sketch of Millet-A SanoVar Sold in HeW
York-Prize far an Improve
ment in Plaster Casts.
THE ATHENEUM EXHIBITION.

THE A1HEnRUm EXHIBITION.
THE CRITICS DIFFER.
There is 4 remarkable collection of French and
Italian pictures now On exhibition at tha Athe-
nmum in Boston, which has attracted the more
attention because it tss excited quarrel among
the art critics as bitter and savage the respect
ability of the Boston press viii allow. And toll
erably bitter aud savage 1t has been insured to
be by the support Of the defense by William
Hunt and his followers, whose fault Is not deli
cacy either on canvas or paper, though TO DO
them juatico they also have their morsel Of e!ez-
nal truth.
These pictures arc the property OF
MR. QUINCY SHAW,
i gentleman OF fortune, and aon-in-law OF the
late Mr, Agassiz. He is NOW in Europe, and
has allowed the pictures which usually hang IL
the parlors OF his house at Jamaics Pond to
occupy for the time three wallis OF that room in
the Boston Athennum the remaining wall OF
which is monopolizod By Kaulbach's great car
toon Of 1.-THE Reformation" They arc de-
scribed as 80 noble and impressive that, IT not
worth journey to the East expressly to see,
they ara certainly such that everybody who is
going East for other reasons ought to be told 10
70 and see them. AIR. Henry james, Jr., in 3
paper worth reading, ION Some Pictures Lateiy
Exhibited" in the Gazary for June, thus refers
to them:
1.-The Italian works are beautiful Gins d.
Conegliano. q small but interesting Tlntoretto,
and superb Panl Veroneae- This last picture
1s treasure-A triumph triumph we meaI
especially, for American empty-handedness IN
thus line. It is complete and admirable speci-
men Of the master; broad. authentic, ul-
tarnished fage from the book Of Venetian glory
THE FRENCH PICTURES ABE SERIES OF TRoYoss
AnD M1lLETs.
the former brilliant, but not, 10 our mind, paz-
ticuia;ly interesting the latter dusky, 1abored,
concentrated, and OF extreme Interest,".
! The following description Of the principal
picture Is from dppletons' Journal.
painting by Paul Verouese, which is pronounced
cou p.ete and admirable specimen cf the uastez
il on yisw. The subject l. the marriage Of Sc Cath
s1tne UNI - colofs 30, ~ .no sna1oms: ~ w.
painting, uniting. BY this glowing color OF the dark
oak-ieaf In autumuor the purple le:ch Of SUMMER,
ri Harmonious whole. In tbs midd,e Ct the cangss
ails the a1adonua, true Vaneiian woma1 whose look
is mild but her features, her nose, her hrs and tie
contours Of her threat hCT hauus, dr and a.!
most Greek In their perfection Of form. Folds of
riel uress form the background which reposes the
bsautt,l as a1,e human fesh, and certainly nobody
bu Titan, perhaps, ever pnnted any more delightful
to Icot upon from its color and tia soft roundneea
The most e1abozstely- painted figure, anl
evidently tbs which the artist hteEsd most,
ia St. Catherine mstu1e d4me with reddish hair,
veronese used IN Of the principal women IN the
Marriage Of Cana" The hands Of St. Catherine ae
fui in he works ii tie old asters, who paints1 In
9er. and ngerhra the knuckes, and the contours Of
tue wrists carefully they formed the chief in:
terst Of the uicture The sont is atrsd In dress Of
st1f ioersd bro1ade, with the skirt plaited around
tie waist md square, low-necked bodice. Lace and
jewess deeorase the figure Of ts!s staey Venetian
posed and proud. At tbs left sdds OF tho painting Is
tho figure OF angel pa5ing on y1ol another angel
stands beside the Yizxn ana htte eaerao ~ ehtang ea
xi1tful cre4tures IN misty dRht and shade, but Of
color full enough to fae Into chaknesa every real OBJ
tect seen under Cur own cool daylight.
IN ELOQUENT ACCOUNT OF THE ernER PICTURES
comes in IN Informal private letter. WHICH, a.
though not prepared for publication, il PUBLISH
ed by permission:
First and foremost there ts a rn,gnifcen, Troyon,
group Of trees caks apparently, with infinite foliage
There IL black shadow under them, and running
wner and sultry aky behind Tnero il also anotha-
TrQyon little thing in quite another style, two chnh-
by children running ACROSS windy beach under hns
unbrella. This seems mere SKETCH but the other is
elaboratey finished So IL a charming Rousseau.
sa s. al ss and s poes
Of water. Then thera is very 10y
ahle picture Of peasants coming ont q ehur: b,
With (Drionl. There aged people and rosy lit
te gfrls and tall elder with dowera shut In their
md here also Is extremu patience IN de-
tail. Every poppy distinct in the grass BY tbs road
There ara two or three Daubtgnys and Lamtinets,
over which ons would nger II there were not 80 much
else.
THERE Is At LEAST ONE CoRoT
more acceptable to most folks than thoss we usually
sse.-more commonplace. should say. And must
dgress tell you about my miraculous conversion to
Coros -. had been wont to laugh, with about half
the knowing ouee 1t his sRs Rreen "ooly Trees mud
smoky ,hes nn stanang nsioro % soe n o. hv en tes sss
from hearsn tn4t hare and here only was the verA-
bic atmosphere Of spring; the mysterious, Vernal
nal cheer For the next Vi. weeks saw corot every
where. The tones Of his trees snd skies haunted ne
a. the rhymes Of nav poet run in the head To
may goat over an authentic Paul veronese. in which
rather under witted looking St. Catherine in curious
btocade ia being behothed to the infant Jesus.
must hasten to
THr WONDER OF THE WHOLE COLLECTION, TIE
mILEE5.
Strange things they are-nye or SIX in al but two
ia1. duli. monotonous Color. ons il = Novsn,-
9a @isppsa EDE1' & ragged eiost stands under
landscape Tie world Is brown and the aky is bro"n-
6h-grny. with streak OF scky 5allo" On tho hos1-
zoa. It has no beauty, OF course but tue sentiment
oyetpower1pR. The other ia famous one, "The Sow
er" Here, too. the atmosphere Is 20 duaky and the
color 20 faint that hare fancy i is meant to show
that the peasants toll lasts longer than the daylight
The great imbrutelloong fellow tr4mpe aions. fing
ing ont his reed with m action perfectly terrific.
ali Ills consciousness has evidently gone into NJ mus-
ces his drudgery Is perfecly but there 10
lower in 1t which contains scdening suggestion Of
the Commune. This IL
THE TYPICAL FRENCH PEASANT,
inst a. him in the pueuc first part Of fThe
rala Two C1Eea. "a cruelty OUTRAGED creature. In