Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-04
DRESDEN AND IT'S ART TROPHIES
Some Wonderful Works or Art AT the
nreSlNn Art Galleries.

''"h' N"aWiiW NVAN> VI ATT ~ tue
Dresden Art Galleries.
For the arts, or the lover 81 art
ntes1en Is unrivaled either hv the
clues Of Garmtn or Austria. Ii prides
itself on being the poSSe$>or of three Of
the twelve greatest pictures IN the
world, one 81 which, by common con.
sent, has scarcely It's equal even IN the
land that gave birth To Raphael aui An.
Selo and Dtainci. rnis piece of canvas,
not ten feet square, Which draws thou.
sands ot strangers every year 10 OceS.
den, was painted nv Raphael rs an altar
piece for Que OF the smaller Italian
churches, Il is knoNn rs the "StStine
Madonna, " and holds u position among
all the other Madonuas not unlike that
which Mary herself has among R>mish
SAINTS.
Passing hya multitude OF pictures.
almost any one vt which is fortune in
itself, | went directly 10 the little room
IN the corner Of the gallery where RI.
phaefs painting has been most skull.
fully hung, had expected 70 10 dis.
appointcd-if suca an expression is
allowahle-b no description | had
ever road ot this Holy Mother OF tho
Divine Child had exceeded the trutt,-
none had reached ii. Life ever battles
description, and these faces are alive.
The genius Of the world's greatest
painter has wrought upon the canvas
y miracle OF art, An in6drl might
worship that infant Cnrist--a Puritan
that Madonna. There are other great
pictures III this collection Nv Corresin
and Paul NeroneSe and Iuido Reni, hut
out from all those and from all other
paintings that | have ye, seen shine
the faces of Mary and her child. 10.
sides It's art gallery aud its China, Drcs,
den Is one OF the richest Of cities in its
jewels. They are preserved in great
vault, divided into eight rooms, in
wing OF the ROYAL palace. Bronae and
ivory and amber and silver and gold
have been wrought into every magma.
bile form. The birds of the air and the
beasts ot the field and the fishes Of tho
sea are mere. with bodies of precious
metal and with ewes OF Jewels. Here
is n great egg OF gold, and doubtless hy
the famous hon that unwise people are
always killing, and here is nm immense
pearl, carved with wondrous skill and
not less wondrous folly into the form OF
y dwarf That green diamond set MS n
Hat clasp weighs over five ounces; this
onyx, seven inches high, ia the largest
in the world. And there is one Of
the most curious toys III the whole
collection. II represents the court OF
the Grand Mogul in Delhi. Every
figure land there are 10y is OF enam.
eled gold. The throne upon which the
monarch sits the canopy over his head,
the slaves standing in long lines, the
body guard of soldiers, are all of solid
gold 80 is tho ground upon which
they stand, This pretty plaything is
worth Kings ransom. Less curious
but more interesting than tho green
vault is the historical museum, said TO
he most valuable OF its kind in Germany.
In such collection rs this VIZ may
cltCh glimpse OF the life OF the last
three centuries. You have before you
the ornaments with which the houses
of the rich were filled, and, more I'M.
portart still, the arms with which they
protected their rare Baskets and dc.
stroyed their neighbors. The armor
worn by the Catholic and Protestant
leaders ~ 81 Thirty Years war enables
us To understand, as no page of history
could, how It knight of that century
looked and fought. The state costum cs
of that and both earlier and modern
periods show the more luxurious and
efleminate side of the warriors lifo.
In one of the cases m this latter room
is a coat, pair of boots and velvet
slippers that every one gazes Mt. They
We're Napoleons. Those are the boots
he wore at the hnttlo Of Dresden, and
those the slippers which covered his
royal feet when he marched up the
aisle of Notre Dame IN Paris to place
the Imperial crown upon his own head.
Did ever no much ambition before or
since step upon SO small piece Of
leather?