The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-07
A Vermont Studio.

The writer recently had the pleasure of
visiting the studio of Miss Lucia M.
Gilbert, in Pittsford, and examining the
pictures of this artist, and number by
Miss Martha T. Wood, who has made her
home in Pittsford for some years. He was
first shown to the room containing Miss
Woods pictures. The walls were covered
with pictures-landscape figure pieces,
portraits and heads-some of them copies
frcyu paintings of old masters and many
sketches from nature and original compost
tons.
The most striking thing in the room is a
copy of the famous Finding of Moses, by
Paul Veronese. The picture contains two
kneeling female figures, one with the child
Moses in her arms, and Pharahos daughter,
| attended by three ladies of the court, press-
ing up to see the infant. The painting is
| splendidly done. The expression of won
| der and admiration on the faces of the
women, and the contrast between the diff
ferent faces IS fine ; the graceful flow of
draperies, the rich warm tints, the firmness
and smoothness of the painting, must excite
the admiration of every artist or art con-
noisseur.
Directly under this hangs a charming PIC
ture of two children, copied from one by
Vogel, court painter of Saxony thirty
years ago, which hangs in the Dresden gal
lery. One of the portraits is said on good
authority to be one Of the Saxon princes
sweet little fellow with round, laugh.
ing mouth, rosy lips, dmpled cheeks, with
the light playing upon curly rnglets Of
pure gold-while in the shadow is one OF
Vogel's own children, darker and graver,
but scarcely less beautiful.
On one side of the finding of Moses is q
copy of Rembrandt's laughing girl, with
its abrupt, striking, almost arbitrary light
and shade and on the other a portrait of
a man homely enough for an executioner,
yet face full of decision and character,
after Velasquez.
On another wall hangs copy of Van
dykes portrait of Richard Cromwell, stern
and forbiddiug enough, with its dark,
sombre tints, to have been admired by the
puritans even but painted with great firm.
ness and force.
Miss Wood evidently improved her time
in Europe to the utmost, as she has beside
the pictures mentioned, all of which were
copied abroad, great number of studies
from celebrated pictures and from life
there. Among them is study of Rem.
| brandts annunciation of the birth of Sam.
son to Manvah and his wife, which was
done in single day. Although the paint.
ing is rough and uneven, it brings out the
expression of mingled awe, devotion and
thankfulness on the faces of the kneelpp
figures with great power. 1t is sketch
for large picture.
She also has many pictures painted on
slate, which makes fine background fol
little things. Among them are four OF
Raphael's hours a most beautiful Mazda.
len three pieces on one of which are the
mother and.child and on each of the Others
magnificent head of Venus copied from
the Venus and Adonis in the Royal gallery
London and number ot sets OF jewelry
painted with figures, among them a Sc,
with the mother and child Of the Sstnt
madonna on the pin and a cherub on each
earring, charming ornaments. Although
painted slate jewelry is very common Miss