The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-23
HEW YoRK,s ART EASUREs.
Though Gov. Morgau's collection at Il

l hChutUll OF " tue idIktsts ~ 10 NV NV
| most important. Tue number Of valuable pic.
| lures Ia by no means less 10 the much smaller
| collections OF Mrs Parou Stevens, Mr.. John II.
| Sherwood, or Mr.. Oh. Stew TT Smith, than In his.
| Mr.. @, s. Smith, for instance, has but twenty
Ave pictures yet there are only three or four Of
| them which are not excellent. He has two
| schreyers which must be pronounced to be
| among the best works Of that artist "Tho
Attack" II fun Of life and has nothing OF either
| the exaggerated bright, or the exsegera
faded. colorine OF some Of his other canvises.
I he subject Of the picture consists once more OF
| mounted Arabs, but, somehow or other, Schreyer
| always manages to render them fresh and at
tractive. Hts other picture is a " Snow Storm in
Russia" which, In this class Of his works. stands
second only to his "wsllachian Teamster en-
tangled In the Marshes Of the Danube" the prop
| erty OF Mr.. John Wolfe. The painting. draw
| ing and coloring OF this picturesrs equally adj
| mir bic, and the only fault of the composition
| IL that Russian peasant Is made to drive In
| winter "a cart instead Of a sIedge. Cdbaners
" Echo" ana Steinneil's Poor Student OF the
| XVI Century are the next two beauties OF this
| collection. Had II net been tor the some what
| exaggerated expression of the face Of the wo-
an In this painted Greek legend Of the Echo"
| the picture would have been a perfec-
| ton In its way Another good study Is
| CHI Chaplto's Pre- psrinp for the Bath" Both
| artists have eouslly succeeded in producing
| most attractive female forms without in any
way orending the feeling OF decency. stem
| heil's Poor Student Is a very hue piece OF
work, both as a study Of details Of old costumes
| and customs and AS a painting IL is to be re-
eretted that tnis ob,e artist ia not more popular
with our t,ieture buvers We have seen only
| three pictures OF his in New York and every
one of them il worth more than many a biah-
priced canva,s of some of the great modern
| fovor,t.a
Resides these ,ic,,,res Mr. e. G Smith sbovs
ia "A M.draz,. A Detaill,. 3, n,up,er-nu. a Knaus
am, n G.ron,s ma nonvucrenu ia nor a. thc
| ver, he., but neve,,tele.s ,rod,tccs nm e.cei-
lsut l,nrr..s,nu urnba,lv an orcount of it, nat
r,nrs.entiu,, tina ev.rI.s,fn,, ,nother and child
Its sun lee, this Tim. IL tho ali lie scho,ar"
| he Detail is ex client. Some French CHI s.
| Sc r. a duty lie on the pavement Of IN arch
way Tue effect OF Eight to he seen through
that Hrchway is splendid, aud shows that De.
table can do something more than mere soldiers
| figures. The Little Gretchen" OF Knaus Is, as
are all his chiidren's heads, charminely quaint
and pretty. Madtazo's "Spanisl Lady" Is evil
IDENTIFY msnoner, for t. represents one OF he
most vulrar female types of spain. The paint
ing Is good, es cially so far as the shawl nd
the aOwels arc concerned; but the picture is
| void Of interest. Gerome's Lion on Guard 4"
| Is the poorest picture We have seen by this ar
ust His genius IL much more that OF a COM
poser tha II OF painter HIS great works are ell
historical and antiquarian essays written on
canvas. There are plenty of admirable delinea-
tion aud drawing In them, but the BACKGROUND
is always neglected, and the paiutins itself FREE
| qucnty such as people usually pass by without
I paying any attcntion to when It comes from a
| less celebrated brush III tue Lion On Guard"
! Gerome mad no Roman costumes to give, no
aniiq titles to reproduce, ana the picture Is
almost failure. A lion, ly.Ry IN tue cavity OF
so1e rocks, watches an g Gle apparently IN
clned to steal some food f.om him. The hon
looas tame, the eagle small, aud the scenery Is
wrapped In KIND Of gravish darkness, which IS
by no means chardt teristic VI tue countries
winch bons usually inhaoit.
! Among the other plciures Of thIs collec,inn
We aud: Glide and seek" by verha :. vtt,
| pretty children an some very fine f.,fnItirs and
/ c.ruets: a charming "S,wiu. Girl" with a cat.
/ by Jo.r,ltn; "A good 1,ure OF A country mn
! keeper ov IIiddeman; A very lne. though rather
too ut..IV ol,r.I "Fluwer Norls.t NJ lam
riers,r ~ Cla,rin; an lther pretty sunll win A
/ cat, by PER- ult; some very hfelike sheen, Dy
! Tchagsenv; and a very good sytiuion, rne
List throw OF Dice"
| MIS- Paran steyens's wer-known collection ia
also PIC tures stronl ANA contain, sew.
I
| eral G nyases which have become u lie celebra
ed. Profnint mt among them are "MirAueau at
! tue Assemuly," by AIRY Schetier and the "Ds.
throned Idol" by orace Vernet IL Is highly
| Interesting to study from specimens ike these
| the progress wnich art has been making W thin
| the AT twenty years Put a good Z.macuts or
| MadrazD 10y the side Of this Ary Scnerer or
| Horace vernet and you will le.rn more OF the
modern history Of painting .han volumes Of art
| oIiticism co Id possibly t.acL YOU. Mrs
! Stevens has also the GOOD luck to own the bsst
cattle Iiece Of Rosa Donheur ever known In this
I country, and two excellent works Of modern
Flemish artists On old Flemish ,uOj-cts. Iheso
| are Lagye's Lesson" aud Di,eus's Marriage
Festival" Ans.lna's Admirable Nv omen Of
b u-es," though more modern 10 Its subject,
| should bo laced in the same category
These valuable worAs do not by any means
complete the inventory Of Mrs Steyens's artistic
riches. She has u charming Meissonier's CIV
ilier" slumbering In an armchair; n very fine
| landscape anu cattle piece by lroyon; an excel
lent piece OF fun by Makart-" Eastafi IN a B4s-
ket;" the well-Knowu 1.-TWO Sisteis," by Cou-
ture; an exquisite "Child aud Marmot," by
Saint Pierre, and "A VERY good Miilet Won N