Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-31
AKr ANp ARTISTS

Rnrne Jones has sold his Legend of
tie Brar Rose pictures for g22. 600
The great window for the hall az Joe
II on's house at Buzzard's Bay Is.
e seen in Boston. Il shows
on n swamp scene, drawn by ME
efFs .on himself, and executed in mo-
A.,.s.
" at i claimed to be the only really
authentic portrait Of Dante has been
discovered in convent at Ravenna,
Italy It was painted by Giotto. and
differs decidedly from the accepted idea
of the poets looks.
There is what might be called a Baa.
trice revival in Florence. A Beatrice
exhibition has been opened. designed FOR
ageneral competition Of Italian women's
works. technical and artistic, and as 4
tribute TO Dante's idol
The Scottish Art ReUiesC was founded
in June. 1888. and came into possession
of Walter Scott. the London publisher,
At tile end Of 1889. It then appeared as
the Art Rerielc. but with the July num-
Der it suspends publication.
The picture by Romney. which was
sent TO recent London exhibition by
an old maid who feared she was pre-
sumptuous In asking that it be insured
for 81, 800, because it was an old heir
loom and much esteemed in the family,
has been sold for $40, 000
The Chilian government has commis-
stoned Don Virjino Arias to proceed TO
Europe for the study of sculpture for
three years, with an allowance of 81, 900
yearly, and has besides purchased his
group. Daphne and Chloe, for $3, 1000.
and agrees TO pay him $4,000 for the
transfer to marble of his group, @The
Descent
Something of sensation has been
produced by the reported formation Of
society of amateurs to include tue
chief American collectors One of the
immediate results of this movement
among picture connoisseurs will be
series of loan exhibitions In New York
and elsewhere from which much may ba
expected
Statues of Henri Regnault have been
erected simultaneously In the Beaux Arts
at Paris and at the Villa Medici (the
French SCHOOL, at Rome-the two estab-
lishments through which he passed 30
brilliantly. He arrived in Rome in 1867,
and quilted it only TO meet the German
invader at whose hands he met his death
on the 10Th Of January, 1871.
The Courier de PArt notes with re-
gret that New Orleans, city of 800, 600
population, in which the French element
Is very important, should remain apart
from the artistic movement Of the
United States. Museums are being
erected in all directions, but at New Or
leans there is mot the least trace, alasl
of museum worthy of the namel"
Those interested in the British Ma
tional Gallery cry out for some one TO
exceed the bid Of $3.50, 900 for Lord
Radnor's three pictures, a Holbein,
Valasquez, and a Moroni, now offered
for sale. Either Germany or America,
If some one does not offer more, will get
them, and they will be a great posses
sion for any country, as they are es-
teemed among the very best examples.
NJ. Eugene GuilIaume, the distin-
guished French sculptor and member of
the Institute, who is to succeed NJ He
bert as director Of the French Academy
st Rome. was student at the Villa
Medici in 1845. Under the new director,
it is said, the pure classical traditions Of
the school viii be continued for NJ.
Guillaume is one Of the most convinced
and authorized defenders Of those prin-
ciples that many Of the younger French
artists consider as vieux jeu.