Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-20
Art End Artists.

Tie last scafIoldirGs have been taken
down from the Cologne Cathedral. All
that remains to be done is work on certain
doors and wainscOis.
The largest upright bronze statue in
Japan is The seated Dalbutz at Nara, which
is - feet about the waist and 5 feet down
The back. The face is feet long, and the
mouth . feet.
a Schleswig fisherman, bearing the his
toric name DE NrIcS, who hives on the
Island OF Amran, brought up in his net
piece OF amber weighing 1850 grammcs.
lie sold il to n merchant OF Hamburg for
1i5 marks. This is one Of the largest
pieces Of transparent amber recorded. 1t
has been offered to various museums as q
curiosity.
The portrait Ly DHrcr. which the Ger
man Government bought In London at the
Hamilton sale. was supposed to be that OF
the painter himself, owing TO its resem-
bl,nce 10 a likeness OF Durer In the Museo
del Prado at Madrid. The Germans paid
:. 76O msrks for it. The portrait has been
compared with q bronze bust in the
Museum Of Antiquities at Dresden aud
found TO be that OF Frederick the WISE o.
saxony. Dtrer is supposed to have painted
it in 1896 during a visit ~ Frederick to
Nuremberg. a plaster cast OF the bust Is
placed above the painting in the Royal
Museum ut Berlin.
A French painter who won renown in
The las, Salon for picture OF lions cruel
fed by the CarihageRnns has confessed that
his studies were made on cats. The hint
for this was gor from an old man who lives
lY horrible trade. that Of extracting pep
sine from the stOmachs OF eats and dogs.
II appears that he was in the habit OF cru
giving them alive and noticed the strong
likeness that cats bear TO the lion when nu-
deTgOing torture. Branches OF the 5. u.
A., and hospitals on the plan Of the Mrs.
Elizabeth NJ. Clifford ShetleriDg Arms for
Cats ought TO be started at once in Paris.
A bsdiy-iniormed dealer in antiquities
lately bought an old portfolio OF drawings
for 100 marks from private person and
sold IL agalii for 800. The second owner
took il TO the Cabinet OF Copperplate De-
sixns, In Munich. and demanded 5000
marks. This was paid on the spot. II con-
tanned number OF rare drawings for cop
perplates, among them unique originals by
| the artist called the Master s.. from bis sig
nature, who lived in the time OF Abrecht
| Durer, which drawings are estimated by
experts TO be worth 10000 marks.
According TO DR.. BrInton the highly
civilized MAYA Indians, OF Yucatan, had
goddess who presided over the arts OF
drawing snd painting. Her name was
lx.chebehyaX, corrupted 10 Cbibilias by
The Spanish historians. In the old Maya
tongue ch6bel meant n paini-brIish. Here Is
an alternative name for one OF the new
hedged sri clubs or sketohing fraternities,
or buildings containing studios. II has the
merit OF being aboriginal, and also OF form
ing a relief 20 the swarm OF clubs and
houses named after Raphael, Rubens, VIM
CT. fIolbein, and Rembrandt.
The president OF the Coreoran, at Wash.
ington, writes to Mr.. NJ. Ezekiel, the sculp-
tor having in charge the statues which
decorate the exterior OF the building |:
'sThat eleven marble figures In the difficult
walk OF portrait sculpture, representing
besides 80 great a variety In point OF his
toricnl costume, and laying on the artistic
sense so wide contribution A. that which
reaches from the ideallsm brought TO the
portralture OF Phidiss down TO realism OF
modern life, a. exhibited In the statue OF
Crawford. should have been conceived and
executed by single artist, We cannot but
regard rs rev and demonstrafsye proof OF
The genius x1d industry which you bring
to al The tasks Of your most diilcut aud
honorable professtolI." #