The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-01
THE VENUS or MADISON SQUARE,


our wealthy amateurs have larger collections ot
pictures, but none has more select assemblage
OF bric-a- brac, or more valuable aud disordery
library The parlors are literally crammed
with objects Of arts and vGtu. some of which
have not only high artistic. but a great his
torical value. Tho dining room is "a chef
dGtwre of Intelligent decorative art Tho
costly ancient tapestries covering the walls and
vast Arrangement of the rarest china and
porcelain would have made IL n model room
of its kind, had the apartment been better pro-
vidcd with daylight.
Up stairs, in "a library upon which thousands
of dollars have been spent, but through the dis
orderly shelves Of which no human being. ex-
ccpt Mr. s. L. NJ Barlow, could find his way
has been hung up within the past few weeks u
picture which would have had place Of honor
at the Museum OF Madrid. at the Louvre. or at
the Ermitage Of st. Petersburg. 1t is lie-size
picture Of sleeping Venus by Titan That
the picture is a genuine one cannot be ques-
toned by any intelligent artist or critic. Ii is
evident. not only from the admirable painting
itself and from the inscription on the back Of
the canvas. but also from the history of the
work
In the revolutionary years Of 1slS and 1s49.
Nj. Paul $. Forbes was In Rome. One day
monk called upon him and said that there was
to be had a magnificent Titan. which had been
for nearly 200 years laid away in the vaults Of the
Vatican. One of the Popes Of the seventeenth
century. having found it altogether too nude.
ordered the canvas TO be taken down from the
frame, rolled UP, and placed in the vaults Of the
palace.
On hearing this story Mr.. Forbes agreed to
"Ne 'VON at 'ic pi-'uro' anu ,heh pougnt ',he
~ 'i'n.o was s'Neh W "lW " cas' MS
We y" J" i"' piicc win ~ @oV' anu ipr
NAM ,'"is W. Va"Nu9 ron'neu uhAhown 10
a. '''' W. o'ocs ni'ue preseh. Oh II 10
W. "'''o"' WIN ~ 700 lluch ol "orshlpper Oh
az w y. E"N'Ihcu ny tIe CONSIDERATIONS Whlch
"'''"'Vu 'io "ior's"iu rope oi the seventeenth
century pcslues' inc picture IL IN no way
my ,"pi"pVi 'h"h thc c'icor",cu venus uei
i"Iuo Il. 'ue Louvre OF tho Nenuses oil 'he
sa",c muster IN ,he museums OF Florence ana
'i""rlu' MS venus recreahuose con Ia Mu-
sp" un Ic'rno IN Tue M"urlu museum IS
''io'o oDl,e',oi"u.e' peihe por'r"i, oil 'he mis-
'r'ss oi ruilp II. 90 iar as purity goes tho
he",es, approach 10 Mr. barlow picture Is the
ueiour"'co venus rlsihg from ,he sea called
''nus IA colu'ie' Which Is 10 De iouhd IN
'"c ""horu gallery Inc entire pody ls' OF
course huue' ana Is IN the Wtltude In which
IMAM usually pi"ccu MS recruitment ieniale ng-
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the convos ia boraver Tho rorfumo ., chus,i,r
which the ereat master has succoeded in thro,v.
inc MI ovor tho nic,ura in snito ., a. snh;o,,
II is the cbastost of his yenuscs Wha,eyor
,herc il carnal and sensual ebont her IL NOT
n matter Of conseiousness on hor mart Somo-
thing whispers to you while You look Mt
the canvas that Won see there as nure and in
nocent maiden as could have ever been con-
ceiyed by the Imagination of n realistic noet
II is not unlikely that part ofthis impression
is due to the fact that tho master has given us