New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-02
PICIUHES III COT1IERS.

On Wednesday evening there was private
view at COtcrs rooms, No. IA Fifth-ave OF number
Of pictures by European artists which the Messrs Cot
tier have recently in ported The thick carpets brca
brac stained glass and rich furniture made luxurious
setting for works of art tie inspection OF which the
ucss would have enjoyed still more but for the quality
OF the gas with which We are supplied this Winter The
rear room on tine second floor, with small adjoining
cabinet contained the most important pictures first
among which should place COrots Orpheus, from
the collection Of Prince Dcmd0n
This is one of tie largest COrots exisence-an up
hight picture about by five feet in dimensions. II
represents piece Of open country, with small temple
in the middle distance clump OF great trees on the
right filing nearly half the canvas and the bgnre OF
Oruheus OH the left mailing with upllted hand ana yre
the coming OF the The sky full OF the OVchest
morning light which grows brighter and purcr as one
eazes upon it, The bOdnesS and strength OF C0rots
manner have received better illustration than in
thc trees and sky OF this picture. On the neighborng
wall there is landscape by Daubgny. of nearly equal
size said have been painted in friendly rlvary WIN
Rousseau in the management OF greens 1t Is an exceed
incv interesting piece OF work The right man, present
ing two great trees stretching their boushs over st
riece Of water are quite suggcs of Rousseau HIMSELF
INT the left hail. full Of intense vevety dark green Is
less agreeable. The sky, excellent as II IL throughonf'
docs NOT unite harmonic the two but the picture can
not he fairly Judged without daylight view small
LANDSCAPE by Rousseau Is more III the manner oi Dd|
than we usually find in his works There are two other
Corots in the ROOM both worthy Of careful examination.
and ondscape by Constable restless IN its distribution
NJ light and color but very sody and honestly painted
Tho cabinet contains a recent picture by Orchdrdson,
The Old Soldier" which enjoyed a sufficient Dght IL
tolls ts story at the first glance. Room figures, aces
orieo are admirably drawn, and painted we'll but not
,o we'll II ia delightful to find so good genre picture
erop the artist has not wrcaked his soul ON technical
perfection. =, vt.
In the outer there Is water-coior Dy vi. jules
assore which is quite remarkable for size and char
.er II ust be al least ten feet in length by four In
bgnt and the title "The Empire City, shows that II IA
. kctcb Of New-York from Brooklyn Highs Inc color
- tho East River and character OF the shipping re-
mind one Of Whisers Wrapping pictures, when seem 10
hove given the poet Morris his epthet OF waters wall
\, ssore has indeed discovered new American Color
is better adapted to the Lower Mississippi than our
, ryers The city also loses her aggressive Drlsht
- in his hands and is apparently sobered by the aust
-. os so might she look, three centuries hence II ihe
,h,, rust and brown mold should not be scraped on
- The mean time Among the other pictures when We
,e horcly suace to mention by name, are brace OF
Ihrrs in stone quarry. by Milet landscape by '"
N,s and 4 large picture OF two children crossing
I., IN. Hucb Cameron, wherein we IND very loNeIy
ebrointing In fact this IS one OF the WORKS oes'
,or,b .eenr There is also Daz not particularly soou
and an excellent velasquczy portrait OF "omah' W
Melting.