Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-07

| wares OF S5,UBS. Throughout these
| rooms are inches in the walls
capable of holding a large number Of
pieces of statuary, etc. And it may here
be remarked that the beautifully frescocd
walls of this story are hung with many
| choice paintings by home and foreign art
| lists, most of which are of comparatively
recent purchase, and are incluied in the
| collection of art treasures donated by Mrs.
| Croker to the citizens Of Sacramento. The
| library shelves also contain many charm
| ing little statuctteS and articles Of brlc-a-
| bTac and virtu collected OF late years by
Mrs. Croker during her visits TO European
! cities and art centers. All these rare and
| beautiful articles are TO remain and form
| the nucleus for The grand museum of art
| which is to be the glory and pride of Sacra-
| mento for all time To come, and which will
| constitute their proportion of that monu-
ment to the munificence and unsclfish
character Of the donor, which shall stand
to her credit and renown down through the
| coming years.
The upper'or third floor of the building,
which is reached by wide staircases of
| beautiful and costly workmanship, con-
stitutes the picture gallery proper. 1t is of
| equally fine finish with the rooms below,
| bat il is SO crowded with paintings that only
| the photographed floor and frescoed cell
| ing is to be seen. In the yestibule the lat
| ter is. however, set OFF to splendid advant-
| age by the great glass dome i'll the center of
! the root, which lets i'll broad sheet of soft
sunlight. The picture gallery is constructed,
OF course, with special view to light eff
fects, and in this respect the architect was
not disappointed in the result of his work
| The gallery consists of an inner room,
| 30 by 80 feet, surrounded by q
| hall II feet in width and extending around
! the entire dimensions of the building The
| walls OF this central room and outside gal
lery are closely hung with paintings and
! in which the lover of art may spend hours
| yes, days and weeks-in admiration of
works OF art, the equal Of which are to be
| found in few private collections either in
| America or Europe. 1t is not alone in the
| daytime that the beauties of this art gal
| iery arc p be enjoyed; for ii is we'll pro
| vided with gGs-burners, exceeding in num-
| Der those required to thoroughly light the
| State Capitol building.
THE ART TREASURES
The catalogue of the pictures contained
in this gallery embraces no less than 701
pieces, Of which perhaps 100 have been
added since the death of Judge Croker.
To enumcrate them all, by title even,
would demand greater space than the
mention few Of the more striking ones,
to give some idea of the rarity and excel
ience-to say nothing of the great value
OF the collection as whole;
The Hurdy-gurdy Girl by Carl Piloty
Director of the Royal Academy of Munich
land master of Toby RosenthaI), whose
Death OF Wallenstein," and Nero
Walking Amid the Ruins of Rome" have
made him famous.
The Exhortation," by G. Hakl, of
Munich, embracing sixteen figures, each Of
which is study in itself.
The Unlucky Transport" by \. Van
Der Venue, Of Munich.
Landscape, Yith Animals by Eugene
Verboeckhoyen, member of the Antwerp
Academy.
'Gdipus and Antigonc,' by Franz
Dietrich, of Dresden.
" Grand Canyon of the Sierra " yosemite
Valley, by Thomas I'LL, of California, and
which the author regards as his master
piece.
a Gypsy" by the famous MurilIo, and
one Of the most valuable OF that great
authors works.
The Village on Fire" very spirited
and lifelike picture, by Carl Hubner, OF
Dusseldorf
View in Venice, by Theo. Choulant, OF
Dresden; said by visiting artists to be
splendid piece Of work
" Invasion of Persia by the Russians in
1929, by Aerttinger-a spirited. scene.
Flight of Maria D'Este, Queen of James
II. of England from Whitehall" by Theo-
bald Van Ger, of Dresden.
Blacksmith Shop in the Bavarian
Alps" by P. Baumgartner, of Munich.
Portraits of An Old Man and An
Old Woman" faithful copies of Siebold's
celebrated pictures).
" Landscape, with Waterfall" by Rosa
Salvador (Ncapolitan SCHOOL,
Berlin.
Portrait" by Peter Paul Rubens, to-
gether with other genuine works Of that
great master Of the seventeenth century.
Pluto's Abduction Of Proserpine." by
Paul Palamedes, also famous artist of
more than 200 years ago.
An Old Cabin, one Of the few pictures |
extant Of Emanuel Murant, who was con-
temporaneous with the two aforementioned |
masters.
A Marine View" by Ludwig Meisener |
a highly-appreciated canvas.
job Comforted by His Wife" by Fran |
cisco Zurburan born in 1867.
Christ Raising Jairus Daughter" By !
Theodore Goune, OF Dresden ILLUSTRATION |
of the passage in the fifth chapter OF Marc, |
verses 10 and AZ.
Perseus and Andromcda, by Francesca |
fnmaticcio, Spanish master Of the six !
teenth century.
Moses Protecting the Daughters of
Jethro," BY =. Barry, of Dresden
The Campagna Near Rome, by Albert |
Venus.
Ecce Homo, by Leonardo da vinci, a
noted Italian painter, born in 1852
Assumption of the Virgin Mary" by
Rubens
Sketches by Brendel, Lassig and others
Christ Before Pontius Plate" by Cara
vaggio.
Shepherd and His Flock" by Heine.
Portraits Of prominent Californians-
Colonel J. d. Stevenson, Edward Gilbert,
General Suffer, General Halleck, Colonel
g. D. Baker, Rev. t. Starr King, Peter
Lassen, Edmund Randolph, William NJ
twin, General Vallejo, Robert Robinson,
lohn T. Leese, Ex-Governor Samuel Purdy,
captain J. l.. Folsom, David G. Broderick,
Thomas Hill, Ex-Governor Romaldo Pa I
;heco, Thomas 0. Larkin, Colonel Jack I
Hayes, and Others
As before stated, the list OF cat
ilogued pictures foots up FOL. t
% pages. We have mentioned but a I
ew Of those which are apt to catch the Wis i
tors eye in passing through the gallery, f
although these are sober-looking pictures +
to the gorgeously- colored and c
pirited canvases of Nahl and other home C
lrtists As there are people of diversified I
astes, so there should be, and are, artists
If varying schools Each class has its adj il
nirers, and in this gland collection of 2
paintings there is variety sufficient to meet {
very taste. While there may be one or G
Ho galleries in the Union that possess v
ew rarer works of art than the E. B. y
rocker Gallery, it is claimed by those Q
whose opportunities for observation should t
i've weight to their Judgment, that there .
no one collection of that character that n
ossess such uniform excellence through {
ut. 4
THE GROUNDS I
this splendid property are laid c
ut with great taste, and many OF the trees p
nd shrubs are of the rarest varieties. The S
dewalk in front, and leading to the en- e