Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-22
Art Notes.

A very ancient statue OF youth mas DecI
found IN Crete at Eleutherna. lie IL cIad
in rich garment that hts closely, ana iaS
n thick mass of hair falling 70 his should
ora The features are said 10 he Semitic,
which would accord with the oldreportsot
Phmnician colonies III Crete. The mate
rial is the stone Of the neighborhOod.
"Tbe Strike" by Robert Koehler. who
won an honorable mention at the UnlYer-
sal Fynositiou. is now in Milwaukee, the
artists birthplace. The scene Is Engllsh'
and contains a largo group OF operatives
who have advanced in threatening FASH
ION TO the door of handsome house. The
halloween stands on the steps and listens
10 a spokesman.
Adolf Schlagintwcit, the traveller who
was executed at Kashgar by the tyrant OF
that Province. has a monument TO ms
honor on the spot where he died. The
Russion Consul at kashgar has erected
nyramid surInounted by "a iron cross IN
honor Of this one Of the famous brothers,
whose name trauslatable from German
dialect as pushing into the distant land"
seemed prophetic Of their lives.
Rodip. the sculptor, has finished his
statue of Bastien-Lepage, and the mOnu-
ment will be unveiled this month near
Damvillers, out OF sight OF the village
overlooking the fields. The painter wears
his studio blouse. and looks INTO the DIS
lance while his brush touches ms palette.
The sculptor gives his labor for nothing,
and the expense Of the statue has been
borne by admirers in France aud other
countries.
II is to be hoped that no American has
committed sacrilege in the parish church
Of Sulgrave. near Banbury. England.
There lie the tombs of the Sulsrayc branch
Of Washingtons, from whom Lawrence
and John Washington, Of Virginia, are
supposed TO have descended. Two memo
rial braeses have lately disappeared from
this church. but whether 10 enrich the
vandal's private collection OF for the pur-
pose of selling them IN the United States
is not known An exact description OF the
brasse8 ought 20 be sent 10 American jour
nails. when perhaps the hrasses may be re-
covered and sent back. a. happened to
painting that was stolen some years ago
from a gallery IN Spain.
Fr6miet, the sculptor, has not been able
TO convince the Parisians that his new and
lorrcr edition Of the Joan of Arc" that
looks so fine on the Place dcs Pyramidcs IS
better than the old one. His request that
the larger should take the place OF tho old
favOrite has been denied. Meantime the
Paramount Park Association, Of Philadel
phia. was in the field TO obtain the original.
That being impossible, VI. Fremiet's i'm
proved and enlarged Joan" is 90 grace
Fairmount Park. the bridge over the
Schuylhll, or some other good spot TOR
statue. 1t is very handsome and beauti-
FIJI piece Of work, not quito so simple as
the smaller Joan" but with more action.
70 Judge from the illustrations ". Ere
MET has made the heroine this time an
older and more serious woman than the
little girl who sits so high IN her saddle on
Place near the Louvre. Philadelphia VIII
certainly have il this statue u fine work Of
art.
The National Portrait Gallery Of London
has bought alikcness Of the Larl Of BOches-
ter. the fayorite of Charles III. II is by
Missing, and is remarkable for an obscure
satire embodied in the browning OF a mon
kew bv Rochester with a wreath of
laurel The monkey at the same time
offers his master a scrap Of paper.
Three new Knellers comprise a like
ness of the Earl of Macclesfield,
painted in 17l4: portrait of Charles
Montague. Earl Of Halifax the friend
Of Pope and Newton, and one Of Laurence
HYDE, Earl Of Rochester, Lord High Irea-
srrer under James II. A Fourth Kneller
shows the Countess of Sunderland. second
daughter of the Duke Of Marlborough.
Among the purchases is a view Of the Court
of Chaucery held in Westminster Hall un-
der George l.. with over sixty portraits of
noted men of the time. painted by u deal
and-dumb artist named fe1ers. Among
the gifts is the portrait of the late John
Bright, which has been etched by RaJon.
The British Museum has come into pos
session Of vase only three inches high
which is considered the finest example of
the so-called C0rinthian ware in the world.
Il is pear-shaped. and has for mouth
mouth hons head with disteuded jaws.
The decoration IS chiefly i'm black ON q
warm cream a)aste, with red, olive,
and purple touches on the black.
Figures IN lively action eucircle It IN five
bands of unequal depth, divided from each
other by strong lines. Notwithstand-
ing their minute size. the warriors de-
picted in combat on one hand, the
horses backed by boys iuaraee onanother.
and the hunting scenes on q third are SAID
by the London Times TO be drawn with
genuine dramatic instinct and q mastery
capacity for design. The vase was given
bv Alexander Hamilton. Secretary of the
Hellenic Society, and will be illustrated IN
the journal of that society and described
in a paper by Cecil Smith. Doubt Is ex-
pressed whether it should be assigned TO
Cornth at all, the simplicity OF treatment
savoring more to Athenian standards Of
work.