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his studio. It is to be hoped that the ssles Of
pictures will be in proportion to the exceptional
elegance OF the exhibition arranged by the skill
Of Mr Beard

his studio. 1t Is TO % 0opod IhAt the s8sea o.
pictures will be in proportion to the exceptions
ELEGANCE OF the exhibition arranged by the skill
Of Mr. Beard.
Some bas-relicfs Of owls on oblong panels sim
liar to the etorks that have boen 80 popular
modelled by D. G. French in Florence. appear
in jansen McClurg's window. They are OF
plaste. but finished With gilt, and SILVER, the
ground of tho former and the birds OF the latter.
q treatment generally not so favorable to such
things ~ neutral tints OF paint.
ELSEWHERE.
The Grand prize OF Rono for sculpture h8s
been awarded by tho French Government to q
young Anez1cau student N Paris named Hughes.
An outrage has been perpetrated on Dr., RIM
mer, the weli-known sculptor and artistic auat-
omist OF Boston. He received an order for q
colossal female figure for the monument about
10 be erected nj Plymouth in memory OF the
landing OF the Pilgrims. The figure Was CON-
pleted and the artist paid The Committee has
now delivered the model over to Mr. Perry, y
much younger artist. to remodel the head and
drapery in accordance with their onn taste, ard
DR.. Rmmer. whose statue Of Hamilton stands
on Commonwealth avenue. is deoarred By the
dalicacy common to artists from protesting
acainst an act which ia altogether against artistic
good faith. and which "lli ct least destroy Gil
the original character OF his statue. They do
not Seem to be entirely civilized and enlightened
in Massachusetts yet. It is surprising that an
artist can be found who is willing to make over
another mans WORK in this. way, and the most
charitable eurmiso is that 1t ia attributable to ill.,
experience and want of work.
poPPKA AND cLYT1E.
The Ottoman Museum OF Antiquities At Con-
stantipOple has lately been enriched by the ac-
QUESTION Of two lfe-size statues Of Roman work.
1naushp found in Crete. One is marked With
the name OF Claudia, the daughter of Nero, and
the the other is believed to DO Poppea. his second
wife, of infamous memory. Claudia was only
four months old when she died, but is repre-
sented a. a maiden Of II OF l8. PoppBa died
from the effects OF her husbands brutality, but
he incurred her bitterly, pronounced her funeral
Grafton himself, in which he was restricted to
the praise OF her beauty and natural endowments
(because OF her notorious lack Of yirtuous quaIl-
tles), and caused statues and temples to be
erected in honor OF her and her daughter.
In one OF the interesting series Of articles
called "In Studio" by W W. Story, IN Black
GOOD the following remarks arc made BY this
very competent authority:
The so-c.led Clytte Of t.e British Museum Is sup
posed 10 represent Cyte because II has the esreH OF
she WAS enamored Of Apollo md WA changed into the
hauotrope or sunhower. But ! believe il Is the
portrait Of Poppaa the wife Of Nero. 1t Is piainly
not M ideal buBt and even il 1t represents Clye 10
portrait OF real person that character. It haa
some OF the features charactaz1sucs. methods Of
treatment adopted BY the aneients in their Ideal
aud EXPRESSION. This workmanship Is not Greek but
Roman, and belongs to the period Of Nero or there
abou8. 1t strongly resembles IN general character the
portraits Of Popp@a on tha coins, snd particularly
gem representing her in possession Of the Earl OF
Exeter In al Of them the eyes despset the orbit
large ths chin full but slightly 1etreating. and the
wAoo contour Of the face similar. The forehead OF
the bust as low nars the hair s in the
Roman fashion Of her time and richly crris aud
waves, ss did her amber locks. The air Of the head
modesy inclined and full Of sentiment, answers to the
character and attributed to her by the ancient
WRITER'S who say that Rhe affected at leaEt retiring
and modest dsmesnoz The Leaves Of the sunaower
only indicate IN apoheoss Of the person fepreaented
and Tits would properly belongito poppga for Nero
distracted by her DEATH which he had brought about
himself III moment Of passion, ordered that she should
be enrolled among the gods, and himself wrote her
funeral eulo2y, and presided at her apotheosis. II
the YEA be those Of the sunaover-uhich call the
is not certain-there aso in this \
rscuur appropriateness to PoppGa. for Nero called
himself the Of Apollo, from whom he received his
golden locks and a. popp#a loved him, died By his
bands and had herself the same golden ambsu hair,
thor might ~ 6tly surround her bust II Clyttse.