New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-25
ART PUBLICATIONS.

The December "Maganne Of Art' Is worth buying
for the sake of one of its features alone, the six
Photographic reproductions zach one MS long as the
page, after Burne Ioness Six Days OF Creation, one
Of the lovelest and most individual works OF the Pre-
Rsphaelite school. The plates are remarkably clear.
The the best possible substitutes for the expensive
Hollyer photographs, which are the only Other repro
ducion Of the DAYS. VIC know OF. The publishers
have been less successful in the colored frontspece
which was announced last month one of the great
atIactonstobe of the present issue OF the magazine
The coors appear to have become mixed, spite Oh the
rare OF the always careful printers Boussod. Naadon
& Co.. and the white horses of Mr.. Detmolds bcach
scene forth in OF blue with dashes OF green
in their legs and in their hair. This plate is aa
mittcdly experiment The next one VIII ProoaoV
be better In an exhaustive paper OF which, however
only the first part is given this month, Mr. W. f.
Dickes offers solution Of The mystery ehVeiop"s
Hoibein's "Ambassadors,n In the National Gallery
Ever since this painting cleaned and placed IN l's
final position writers in London have been specnia
ing as 10 the identity OF the two men-one Prince
the other a prelate-whom II portrays. Mr. OicHess
thcory-a wholly novel one-is that the "Amoassaoos
are the Counts Palatine Otto Henry and Philip, and
that the picture painted for them as memorial Oh
the Nuremberg Treaty OF Religious freedom between
the Catholics and the ProtesantS signed In 1882 IN
the framiny OF which they were influential. The
hypothesis is plausible and it is apparently sup
ported by details I'm the picture. But IL remains only
an hypothesis until Mr. Dckes brings forward more
convincing proof than he has advanced In this In
stalment OF his article.
Mr.. frank Short wearies Of well doing In the
service Of his IDOL Turner. On the heels Of the an
nounccment of his engagement TO make mezzotnts
Of the five drawings left out of the Lbcr Stndiorun
comes the November Portfolio" with beautiful plate
scrapcd by him from watercolor by Turner,
"Coblentz with The bridge over lie Mosele." 1T fails
10 reproduce more than scinila OF tne sadlano
fail TO reproduce the tender QUALITY OF Turner's brush
work and the Transparency OF MS aim0slhMee' nrs
opportunity to do work of this sort Is the more ap-
preeated when it is seen what exquisite WON ne
Photographic processes of the day can do The Anand-
bursnd plates. after Rsphael's "Lucetis,7 in the
snsSSns Of ei6 Bre in the ana Scober
number, are fautess reprodrctions, ara their cost
MIR. shorts mezzotint.
Ing after Caro;s Durans sabine the portrait Of
child standing with dog which he painted thirisen
years ago. in obvious emulation of Nelasquez. The
ecibg IS but poor translation m Tine camera II has
e eeps St efc by te pmDce an eighteenth century
painter OF landscapes with figures. In the text are
Of Of fd The IN 6ne s9fr b
Article on Charles Jsequc. illustrated with several
charcoal sketches, and contains further review OF
by Oh. COPPER. after Collins Florcal in the Lux
cmbourg, graceful nude figure painted in the open
Journal are an etching of Venice by wilfred Ball ;
an early picture Of lawn party By M Ha and and
handsome Prince of Wales, aGterward George ".
In T YstoS Of h york Smne d1ns Of S Mr
Aymer Valance reports that over $4,000 objects
were submitted for % at south Ree an
general Improvement; IN nearly every branch except
commonly needed. The prevailing tendency seems to
DC TO design primarily for the sake of Designing
new monthly called G The Current Art Magazine