New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-22

customary genius Of the treatment OF the air ana SKY
which distinguished the great founder ol 'l' ou'of
door school Of painters.
4 beautiful etching of Sir J. d. Linton's picture
.Waiting7 forms the frontisplcte OF the Ne"'iear'
number Of Ca,selrs Magazine Of Ar'' Inc opeh"s
article IS h sketch Of the Flemish painter io'"""u
Kbnopr an artist Of versatile genius and Of sred'
ori,,uollty. II one may Judge from the examples u
b work which form the Illustrations Of The article
The Wall, of slamboul is paper written by ItI'''n
Eli, the Illustrations for which nave been ''p"aNy
reproduced by sunlight and glaver. Following TINS -
, pae. from the pen Of Edwin Bale, H. J.. on lt'
Chemistry Of Paint and Paintings most important
subject in view Of the frequent question WHICH HS1S
A. 10 whether the old masters, whose pigments nave
stood the test Of centuries were not beuer ehel''
than the modern painters whose work rarely outia't'
, generation Claude Phillips clever papers on " The
Nndern schools of Painting and sculpture come
next illustrated with fullpage picture and DINERS
-, 10 . size Embroidered Book Covers a>d The
ENGLISH school OF Miniature Art, the Iatter accom-
named by numerous reproductions OF immature loi
the conclusion OF this unusually Interesting huhOIr VI
the magazine.
TN. :. Gazette des Beaux Arts - for December con-
,irs ,vo Illustrated articles of unusual Interest Inc
on,. i, devoted to the recently published letters aHd
memoirs Of the famous French diu't uclal,1' mi,o
rcicued supreme over the Parislu art "OIiu No'
LOO IA 80 He was not only Tie Nhg Oi palmer
hut also the painter Of hngs ana duIH te Nlsi' u
tho allies Paris, AFTER the oNtI,H"" u IL,
MANY "A, thre, mOnagchs sat for nm N one ods' H'
studio wa, the tavOrte rendezvous OF Mathe ue ,'ei,
pozzodi Borgo TaleyTand, thateasDIlaIu, Ldld9t
and Iiumboldt aud the memoirs AID letters ate
therefore exceedingly enertalAl z Inc 'cNot a.
constitute, a brief description 81 the eNqusS pam.
ia, - Uoucner entitled La Muse EIato ana J. d''
COMMANDED by a beautifully hu!shtd print Ol h Dln
The literature art has Just Decl eiricnen O' .o
Ioharc ~ Russian gentleman senator KoVlhshY' Nlp
has tulbli,hed in Petersburg great "oEh on hv'
Lr,ntt's engraVugs the result - forty years
10 tho great masters craft NJ hoNll,sS i 49,,
rorrd All the collections Il Europe. ana mas PlD1v
,pnbed ali the engravngs that he has toud uheir,i
sttiuttd 10 Rembrandt. His photographs nave Decl1
reurodnced by phoOtypc engraving ana me result -
thousand examples OF the Dutch master. lie mas
further added catalogue with notes. 50 that his MAJ
MN opuS NAV be considered complete 49,,
valuable specimen Of medlaeV"l ART Ia, lal.c l
into the hands II Herr J. Thiemann, OF me MunetF
&caAemy We>tphala. 1t consists ~ a written uOlA
r"ntai,tu, Martin Luhcr's observations on The Pss-
Sion ~ orr Lord The book which va, pteSentea %
~, ,rna monk BY the KurfurSt Joachim 81 brAhde,-
hrrc wa, produced by the famous family u god,
! smiths coppersmithS and painters AdcsIeVer' ~
Ioe>t who were I'm the employ 81 me huIlur,. -
i a small -vo i bound In covers 81 pcauulul Canc.
ivory resting a silver f'undaIpi on tIe uPP'rr
Side u which Is portrait Of the donor The o a. !
! consists ~ solid silver. which the words lho
pas.i,n ~ christ" and saints figure are carved
There are twenty fOlOS in all fourteen OF Wil'i
arr, silver and thirteen Of parchment on ulr silNtr
rares PRAYERS. observations and HYMNS. an ,ttrlls
/ an the Passion Of Christ. are most artsucdlN *
cruted and I'm decorating The parchment. pen ana INK
Novc done their best. Especially noteworthy are ~,
figures of the four Evangests. OF christ OF se'SIstI
,,,,nyraus show that thre" or four Il the OfoWcr,
! ,,S.r-sv~r shared in the work. where's mp 10 me
,resent time II has been believed that all work near
] In, their name was by the hand OF teliUch iln
,ver alone The splendid Gift i another proof ~ tbs
srnnathv existing between the KurfurSt Joachim ana
Iuthcr at least in the earlier days Of the Reformation