New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-14

he is able as an artist Before went 10 us s' LII
/ had seen his head of Judith III this years Btt,e
Ari ia pe,rl of price III "a collection OF modern
art which, as whole. makes one want W tsar i,is
hair and gives cramp in his mrnI: Inc me
Judth" is glorious. Her face is full OF exalted
purposc-strong and noble ana beaulhul 80. W
ngly. 1t was fitting subject ior su n ipyhnn II
went to the studio to find there tne aosolu,o'f
ideal head 0i Christ-the only Satisfactory oin
have ever seen III sculpture. ChriStilis NV Won of
strven TO model Tor us the Divine " Man %
Sorrowsr leaving it to this jew Ia descchuahI vi
Spinoza) to find ont the solemn secret ana ao''"'
Him to us as we can really DeieTo enifu statue of
Eve, which had for some Americans sia anu
personal interest since Its lovely hauI ,m"cr for
were modelled from those of sherwood bon'ci i"i
two years now lald to rest in her far-0t MISSISSIPPI
home with the magnoias bossonlns a ootIS and IND
bright heal Anolher wo nns Gi ibe statue Of blind
Homer with the boy who used TO leau mn iirteJ
his knees The head s studied from me I a
bust of Homer III the Naples nluso' ,niTv with the
pIthos of blindness. is wholly Original ~ ri H."
group worthy OF the highest pralSe' tt IF Iiszt
~ the stndio an admirable portrait blSC Oh heIV'
,nb'oL tho oreat musician him ell cOnslutieu. 'ho
hest representation over maze oi mn. o,,s 70
y,rions other interesting WORKS 700 NUMEROUS ~
Not far from Ezckiel's studio is that OF Mt, W.
w story | had heard various Opinions cN 1851
concerning his new Cle1tata a nn ,To was an old
friend 1 had become acquainted with IL during my
first visit Rome and mad never oeoi "UiT ~ nro
nouncrd II "a miraculous success in word al
CIeonatra-ferce, voluptuous. passionate lehucr,
wick I'd. terrible and full OF poisonous anu laptuV"s s
eloonent praise to the Cleopatra oil the present no
first Cleopatra might nave been dozen otner
prOud passionate, Implacable women as wei
nnno conid be only CLEOPATRA. She is reclining
figure beautiful but dangerous. stealthy an WIN
all the tiger passions Ill her. Under her couch Wa5
sculptured the skin of great tiger, us he'ii
instinct with cruel lite; and as MI story iel us up
to his latest Egypt" he sad, Here she Is. anu,
nointinp To the tiger head underneath there's the
tiger that she was.7 And then he told MS how, Ill
the midst of other work, conviction came 10 MN
that the earlier Cleopatra was not q,ntc ne true
one: and he found himself compelled to throw All
else aside and mould her. she rose before him'
from the dust that had so long held her. Ana now
here she legacy 10 me Now wol ps tr' whom
Shakespeare discovered in his time, ana story mas
at last turned into marble. . .
There were whole rooms full of busts ana statues;
in Mr. Story's great studio-bustS OF Robert ana
Mrs Browning. of Keats ana HneHcy, vi ohdAo
speare, Beethoven and many anoinfr, s'dtu ,S VI
Me lea of lIorace's witch-liko Canidli OF mum as
she CLEANED " amid the alien corn, ana OF Esther,
who is even growing under the sculptor
tnyers-but il was the Cleopatra to whom l
returned after had seen all tho Others. standing
beside her and smiling bcnignly at our praises, Mt.
Stprv told drOl tale of an old friend OF MS fathers
who when the had been some twenty ycalS %
son ntor visited him in Rome. The visitor. himself
a man of the law, had the proionndest resrect Ior
his own profeSsion and after he had gone through
the studio he stood and regarded story soHOwluiN.
All William" he sald. ito THINK Nou might
have followed in your fathers footsteps! lOn
m ght have been great lawycr-you hAd III IN You
and YOU chose to stay on here III Rome ana plnch
mud ~ - c..,,.
{" Don't 20 away without seeing Green0ughs
Gree" said Mr.. +. Adolphus lrollOpe while paying
me n good-bv visit Mir TToope ia as clever and
entertaining and rs kecny alive rs ever though the
2StE OF this years April was his seventy -iith
hrtndav | was 81 sure that his al Ice was worth
taking that snatchcd an honr from my last alter
noon IN Rome to 90 to Mr. Greenoughs studio ne
scnpor himself was absent, but one OF MS dlsclpt5
showed me about the rooms and saw the Clrcc
What "A beautiful creature she IS! she slts, nan
reclining in "A sort of thrOne-ke chair under winch
croncheS her familiar. steathy leopard with evli
eyes The Gree herself is shape OF the litheSt
lovelness One hand holds a cup, and the other the
vase from which she has just pourei the iatal
drauCht Her eyes are full OF subtle DESIGNATIONS,
and Ger whole face is kindled by the hight OF such
smile as wonld have believed 1t possible Tor
ART TO impaIt TO marble. The corners OF her mouth
are upturned Refuse to taste that emp No. not II
one saw all ones predecessors IN her pig stye.
Near by was Nemesis strong woman. whose
ewes were the awful eyes of fate-borne on the
clouds and with mpassive, plticss yet serene face
In one hand she holds a chaplct OF bay leaves. III
the other a drawn sword. IhIS was myth0l0glcai
room: and an arcn smiling Cupid near by was
unite unafrad OF the sword OF Nemesis or the cup oil
Gree Next door was a Shakespeare room
Tr,cksy Puck was there and noble Portia Beatrice
smiled there archly tender and young juliet lited
Ter sweet ewes radiant with Young love. ana yet
| il was wicked Gree who holds my memory.