The sun., 1884-04-27

VooseA eso08 0vOa n We ooo0fop0Dofpeto pro.
ssntsstes Of the suprsas Deity. Another per-
fsctiy authentic picture. which shosid not b
overlooked In the most hurried review. y the
st Anthony and 3d. Paul In the Prado Muse
um. This Ii one OF tho latest and most important
OF tho masters religious works. being painted
In the year before his death for the Hermitage
at Buen Retro. About tho genuineness OF the
Alteration OF Shepherds" In tho London Ma
tlonal Gallery some doubts have boon raised.
but Mr.. Curtis inclines to think II an early work
by Yolazauez. Tho author OF this catalogue
also refrains from questioning tho highly
lauicd st. Francis Borgla." which was sold
In 1885 BY Marshal Sout to the Duke OF Suth-
erland. though we observe that he finds him
solf unable To trace tho preceding history Of
the picture.
velnzauez WAS but seldom called upon for re-
ligious compositions for tho vocation to which
his busy. obseryant life and tho specific trend
OF bis genius invited him was recognized be-
times. His realistic tendency was conspicuous
In tho earliest surviving picture Of which wo
have any trustworthy record. the Water Car
rlor." In which q man In n tntterod brown
doublet with one hand on an earthen jar. gives
with tho other glnss OF water to a boy beside
n table. while another boy drinks from n
pot. This picture was painted Mt Seville
in 1920. before the artist went to
Madrid. and there Is story that 1t
mAdo 80 much sensation that the King sent
for II and placsd 1t In the palace OF Duen Retro.
In 1850 II was In tho Alcazar. and Joseph Bona.
parto took 1t with him on his flight from
Madrid: but after the rout OF tho French at
Vittorin 1t was recovered and presented by
Ferdinand VII to the Duke Of Wellington.
Tho work TINT really gave Velazquez an as
surod position at tho court was tho picture OF
Philip ~. on horseback. completed In August.
1923. Those who saw this composition pro-
tested that tho King had mover bcen painted
before. Tho picture. however. has disap-
pcared. and was probably destroyed in
tho great fire which consumed tho royal
palace in 1894. Not one OF tho extant
equestrian portraits OF Philip Nv. can be
traced without q break to the masters studio.
but Mr.. Curtis deems II highly probable that
the picture In the Ulllzi Gallery is that ex-
ecuted by Velazduez in 1888. and sent to Flor
once for tho purpose OF aiding the sculptor
Tacca In modelling tho statue OF that King. one
OF the noblest examples Of plastic art in mod
orn times. Tho picture OF Philip ". on
Horseback" in tho Prado Museum. cannot be
followed further back in tho royal inventories
than the death OF Charles II. So. too. 1t must
DO said that OF tho nu mcrous full lengths
three-Quarter lengths. and busts OF Philip Nv.
attributed to VelazQucz. very few can ex-
hibit complete and indisputablc pedigree
No doubt. however. can apparently DO cast on
tho full-length picture in the Prado Museum.
which represents tho King rs about 1S years
old and wearing tho Coilla. or wide. projecting
linen collar. tho invention OF which was cole.
bratei by u feast followed by \ procession Of
tho boy monarch and his courtiors to tho
Chapel O! tho Guardian Angel to rcndor thanks
to God for the blessed innoyution In attire
This is tho earliest survivinu nortrait nv
yelaznucz md was paInted soon ,ftcr be went
10 Madrid though according to pncbcco nna
Bermud,z IL was n por,roit of Don Imam
Fouscc, lnow los,, ,ybi.b nrocurol tho irvit.-
ton to pnint tho younp King and his brother
the Infant Don Fernando.
R.,oro ,oo.ir. n, ,ho 70 ro,,rrob,o r-oo,s
of ,his mostor,s nowor IN tho d,linoo,,on -,
oborontor ,hi,n r,.rn ,;von y. ,,,or ana,,,
wa should NOT omi, IN mari COVE inouonnos
which Ind much 10 Jo with riIanIn, nnJ
r,nonir., his oxnoricnce orh wi,h hoi,i,,anina
his technic,l ntto;rmenta Ahnrt 0,o ,,,rs
af,or tha arrival NJ tho youthf,I ,r,iet iron,
SsvjI,o Tho mn,nioccnt nnhsns n,,a., h;s COO.
onI visi, 10 MaIriI NM, rnm,iroh , twoIva-
mnr,h 4, ,ho Sn,nish o,ri,nI T, I. rooarI..,
hv p,chceo Tint with n,into-. nnhons h.d
hnt i'm. irtorcourso. o,Iv win non niaro
yo,oznroy ho ,orn,od on ,nt,,,oto ,r,on,,a,,n ,nS
annrovsd hIs work h, rooson ~ his syoosIins n
virtue and ro5.stv II ,yoa Jonh,,a.s ow,;n',
n tho s,imm,,tir soc;o,v md vic. oomrss,s -,
Rubens that yelnsouez resolvsl to 70 IA It,lv
Tan advantage which Muriilo In his turn was
70 long for. though in ynipl and nrevoi,ed
upon his royal mastor TO ,le,rny the cost Of tho
Journey and OF n two ycar,' soiourn In thot
country. One Of tho inc;dents connected with
his Italian exnericnce ia worth rec,lIno IA ,hoso
who osaumo roo bast,Iv tint man ~ or;,,,n, a,
genius will not condcsc.nd n nlnv thu rn,a a,
convist II onneors that No soonor an ho roach
yen,ce than h, sat himself ~ m,,,in. conins y,
tbe " Cruci1xion, and Thn Inet Snnn.r " hv
Tintor.tto ond ,.ter i, pomn bo c,n,"I man,
narts a, Michael Ane.,o,s lac, JmIoma,'tn
and tho pronhet anS SvbiIs "p,rn~ssnsn -
" "D,snu,, y and oth,r frosoooo h., Donh,a,
sb,rn,, ;n1;c,,ivo hor,oror -, h,s ;,no,, 80
nossass,ons 10 Tho ;ort to,nro,iv ,o,i nmthon,i-
cntoJ hv tra1i,ion ,hat V.ins,,uo, .a,,saI >.
sdont tbo c,,rron, worI,ct that uss;onad WY
.r,inono.,o p,,h,o, b., ,,o,,.I,,as Ti,;a, a..
nrinco y, fta,;,n nointor, II ,v,. lrrinr ,Is
stov a, Rowe ,h,t ho ow,o,,.a ~. =. r., >,
vmi.a ~ ;, ,vhI.h 20 now IN ,ho proJ, ,I,,ao,,,,
.t ..rt, c.n 49, '' -,