New-York tribune., 1881-10-30
TREASURES AT THE MUSEUM.
WHAT is READY FOR THE REopENTNG.

DAY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be re-
opened on Tuesday afternoon with the usual prlfate
view Visitors will find several changes OF Interest ana
many additions to collections General Cesnoa ana
bts assstants Waldo g. Pratt and A. ID. Savage, have
been busy engaged for the last fortnight In receiving
and arranging TO the best advantage the many
new articles which have arrived at the Museum. Inc
space which has heretofore been utilized IN the Duius
has been found and more insufficient as resh 'c
rial has been accumulated within the walls lhereioto
half of the basement which at first designed io 'o
industrial schools and afterward used as storeroon'
is at present employed as an exhibition hail.
Entering the east end the basement the visitor VIII
find on the left two casts Of Egyptian statues one OF the
sixth and the other of the twenysxh dynasty winch
mark the beginning OF the collection of Egyptian casts
presented by Consul-Gencral Farman who was inter-
ested in securing the Obesk. The expenses Tor the
transportation of these casts were borne by Joseph '"
Drcxel They arranged .Ong the eSt wall oi tnc
basement and consist of casts OF statues basreeis Oh
Apis and Isis, HOrus and other dcltlcs ana caSts VI
stones covered whinscrptons andhicrogiyphics Next
these memeutocs of Egyptian antiquity comes the re-
markable collection Of architectural casts and models
presented by Richard NJ Hunt This begins with the casts
the capitals Of Do-ic Ionic and Corinthlah couiS'
with specimens uting of the abacus and Corlnthah
volutcs and then follow along the south wall repro
ducons of architectural OrDamcntation taken from
the Gothic. There are casts of carvings of leaves
wrcahs and foliage used in pillars and as relief in
Cromcd ceilings. Old French and purely ecclesiastical
designs follow with others the originals OF when "ate
from the Renaissance. Here are TO be l"uhu
casts OF ctrcoy!cs, small caryatidcs ana
decorative medaloEs, and almost every iofm
of ornamental or grotcsquc architectural design
This collection closes with large model oi the front OF
W. X Vandcrbirs new house, which was designed by
Mr.. Hunt.
line Of upright cases running through the middle OF
the basement Is filed i'm part with pottery stauctteS ana
III. 4 f.wf ftt.sr
mandcr with electrotype work IN copper This prsentsa
wide range ~ subjects from classic mcdanons TO police
mems badges and originally presented to the indus
trial schools At the west end of the ba.cmcn opposite
huge east of the bust OF Mazzini in the Park, hangs
very large photograph OF Lorenzo Gmberu7 WonderiW
bronze doors in Florence each of the ten panels ofihg
rendered with considerable dstuctnoss. This was pre-
..rtcI bv W X vanderbilt Some side cases contain
Pueblo pottery, examples of woodwork mla.d with
mohcr-of-pcarl broca0c- and antique stuis ana old
weopons The northern half Of the basement is stu
used as a siOrcroon. Passing 10 the main hail, the new
collection OF 800 casts ivory carvings the King col
lection Of gems and the Charct and Jaryes collections OF
glass are the features winch will compel the first aticn-
tion of the visitor It will be rendered that tho King
gems were collected 10y c. W. King, the weil-known
English conuolsscur. between 1si5 and 1877 Accom-
pauying them Is manuscript catalogue IN hs own
handwriting describing the cutting on each stone
in detail The collection originally purchased by
John TAYLOR Johnston has been presented by him
10 the Museum These stones which consist principally
OF carnellan with few calccdouys, are almost entirely
intaglios with only three or four canoes. They are
nearly all se in rings and will be found placed In boards
like jewellers trays, IN large ease in the centre oI the
main hall In chronological order two Assyrian cylin-
dcrs Of black stone carefully carved come first Then
follow Greek and Roman naglios the Latter largely pre-
dominating and the carvings consisting "a usual priuci
p9lly Of NEUROLOGICAL subjects The collection extends
on through the period of the Renaissance. closing with
some reproductions OF antique gems which date from the
last century To students OF the history OF gypc art
thi. collection is regarded a. of the first importance
line Of cases just south Of the centre Of the main
hall contains series OF 200 casts from ivory carvings
south Kcnsugton rcproductonsprescnted by Alphonse
Duprat This collection begins with bold. crude work
OF the Roman period consisting largely Of small panels
bearing the figures Of ompcrors and NEUROLOGICAL sub
lccs These are followed by carvings Of more delicate
medieval workmanship. comprising many ccclcsastcal
designs Here also are several reproductions Of Bykan
tine care!ags Tho last contains triptych with
the figure Of Christ the cross, and the panel Of
book cover Of French workmanship. dating from the
sixteenth century together with som" Gothic work Of
the fifteenth century and Byzantine Of tae eleventh or
twelfth.
Al the west end Of the main hall vu be found the
Cnryet collection Of antique glass. This comprises 800
spccmcns chiefly GrCcOIRonan and GAao-Eontn'
which means that they foun IN Asia Minor and the
Greek Islands or in Roman tombs tn France Some are
r,. D Roman
covered IN Canterbury. London and some villages of
s,soy They consist of TASKS bowls and Jars of thin,
fr,usparcnt or translucent glass. sometime coored and
date from a period between 100 B. e. and 200 A. D.
few examples Of Opaque PhUnrian and Egyptian glass
date from between 500 AMI 100 y. G. Three
Creek gollcts with inscriptions In this
collection were originally eNhumol by General Ccsnoa
at Cyprus. This collection purchased for The
Museum by Henry g. Narluand. Near by viii b" seen
the ancient venetian glass given by James jackson
Jarves which f. stated 20 be- of considerable historical
value In a cnsc near by Is Greek vase Of remarkably
beautiful shape, from Apulia, linly decorated win
figures of Jupiter Venus aud Cupid. Several amphor"
and other specimens OF pottery also contained IN
thi- case A collection OF Egyptian antiquities loaned
hy Joseph w. Drexel is displayed In adjoining cases
This comprise. rcarlbIi amulcts, idols, papyr hncn'
Ht The west end Of the hall there have three ad
dltions 10 the riairar, \ 'slIn1 , IIouP W r' ,
sculptor, called The Iehi ifom iompcll l- oang' y
W. L. Andrews. husband and Wtic, the lnitcr win h,f
child cla ped 10 her bosom, ying from the deadly
shower OF ashes. ihr huHoHh, WIN H'lI n'it " @
backward has thrown the folds Of his toga win pro.
tcctiug movement Of his LETT arm over Its VII" ana '
m attempt 10 shield ihru rom we urani' I'l,l.
UuderfoOt, half buried ~ the RAPIDLY falling cul's arc
va-c4 Jewels and lamps wrought with the cahnirgoi
Italian workmanship An archToogi.t examining these
pointed out curious nnachrousn one "i 'hr diaaPi
emperor 10 whom the artist has given the mead |
of Christ This group occupies the place formerly hrII
replaced by Eve mourning over the dead body oi
Abel" The scupor Is Jackson 9nd thg group va %aT
by il bronze bust OF Roswell smith, the sculptor VI
which il J. S. Hartley. ,
Tb, concludes the new features of The basement ana
man hall, and there remains the loan collection o pr
lures In the galleries at the west end of the Museum
Entering the first, westerly, gallery, the visitor
will find at the north end lastcn Le RACES JOAN Di 9
Are" and at the south end jules EreIons =
lie sor,' which was In the preceding lnnn
exhibition. In the centre, on the Wrs.
side hangs a large painting by CabaucL This depicts
Pompeian girl rank stretched couch, an1 bare 10
thr waist her rounded limbs half revealed underneath
The scmirausparent drapcry, her head win ltH W'aln
of dark har restng on her hand ana her glowing W.
turned inward A daritskinncd, handsome mdd SITS
beside the cOuch leaning back asleep Near 10y - IHkc
palutug by Frank Duyeneck, representing a young
slave in red cap with background oi DriHli rugs
feeding brilliant cOckatOo from dish IN nus iil a
small laudscnpe 10y Duprc, and one by O. H. Mliier
bright Tupiro n composition ny Bcwing ana u Hk'lln
picture by BrOn hang near by. ON the SAM