New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-03
The GRoWING MUSEUM Or ART.
ADDITIONS TO ITS TREASURES MAIL
VARIOUS GIvERs-THE LOAN ExH1BI-
or urCTrrpFE

TION OF PlOIOisE''
rho ANNA, reception at the Metropolitan Museum OF
A.. ,-,1 no held this afternoon from 10 oci'0N, -
ronises TO be one OF the most interesting a.,
ever given by the directors OF inc Alu' -, an
ddltio,s IN the collections not already meh''o"oN ~
r, ,r,h,po are the models left by John EncSsOi IL
,,,,;rc his experiments and inventions winch nave
loo, presented TO the Museum by ms esUaUo. ~,
rr,,n their historic Importance they arc Do'D'. ,
ooir,ans Of workmanship well as 1hgehuiS' 'in
viii Ia viewed and studied with profit Dy many
- Norv of them were on exhibition at Piuianei-
hia E, 1s76 and form the subject OF hai"'o'no
auarto volume by the great inventor i"eSo me- -
, NOT wei ready for exhibition 1t Will DC sohe uio
bes.re they placed in position -..oouh,,,,s
=, extraordinary and beautiful marble sarcophasu'F
found IN 1889 at Capranlca, IN tle hoii"" amp
h. hoo, secured by the Museum III was lo"i'u m
,dded in a solid mass OF masonry, WHICH sec."eu -
~ beon built over it to hide it in some period Vi M
,,asi,n II contained the skeleton OF youhs mar :,
- toll and finely formed who seemed 10 nave ul'u
49,, cancer in the Jaw. The ssrcophagls Is ricinS
,.ed with bas-relicfs of the best pcrou VI i'oi
r+ the sculptures illustrating the omllpo'o00 '
,rinresence OF the principle Oh loVe' vi INV 'S
=, tha sarcophaeus four young chlldrch' or se"ii P
- three heavy garands. Above these 'iie' s'
id generally are three scenes from the htorS VI
iSi' -, rbesans In the first scene she gives MN
-, = hall of thread, at the door OF the Lacy rnti
- a., econd he slays the Mnotaur, and IN the thlru
-, doeerts her as she sleeps On the TWO eilus vi .S
hagrs are represented symbols OF life, or YOUTH
and death. uornoson,;ry tvro
ocessons OF little Cupids, riding upon Ut uia"H
p,a,s nv hills lions bears, wild boars and wiid
ots which the Cupids have tanned ana Drought ni''
.,t ors,ar The two professions meet at pam
p ~ tho centre The background is finely scuipluIeu
,,b aovors and other ornaments in style ihoaVe "
tba artists OF the fifth century Inc saro"p'iae a.
e mite perfect, without the least restora'ioi'
NOT often that Roman sarcophaguS Is iounu "'''i
cover unboken Tie story Of Aradhe was iaNol ,.
ro ., Roman tombs but the scenes usually occ"iri'7
arc the Shaving of the Minotaur anu ha0oh"' 49,
81. Tho deserted Ariadne. No Roman museum cou
tairs a sarcophagus with the scene OF the cle"'
Mis- Sarah Lazarus has added number OF 'Iii' i'iI
1rahIe objects 10 her collection, " the Moses L'A
collection Of miniatures, articles III gou' pr -
stones fms etc Henry Narquand, son oi ho''''
Marouand has presented an aboriginal sh'Si -.
watching several pounds, which was fouhu Ill SUM-
Nexico This object is believed to De uhiduo =, A.
officers of the Museum fine marp'e ouss :,
nainter Charles L. Elliott, by LauhV ioinpo"
among the gifts Of 6. p. Avery. lie mas aiso P'
,,ro valuable copper ate engravings' WIN
from welknown representations III 'i''""
sculpture Oh aIthough they are not extensive
ones have been made in the deptrtHemt ,oon indian
Peruvian pottery and ancient oou'n
of the loaned pictures. there are hD D y, e ex
cellen quality, which have never the new ones
most worthy OF mention perAaps Ie M len III
the CatskIis.7 BY George inness pryol Bon6eur ana
HTy schees battle Mar' o Sss BY Sv P Ce
Rnel: Courbets After the Hunt, sIonette Ioaned
Sy Knoedler & Co.: MessclsGmii'Ip s,ter;l Village
Lager loaned by John g. ',ls andreas Achen
bee sunset after loaned by A. lie Fn
and Naeherinnen' hs csas The last named
Won eiar ,lyed in America last Friday ana mas
never before been exhibited