New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
THE METROPOLITAN MUsEUM-sTUDIo AND GAIL
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THE METROPOLITAN MUsEUM-sTUDIo AND GAIL
LERY EoTEs-PRosPEcTIvE EVENTS.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art will he closed on
the 18th Of this month enable the director to set
the regular fall exhibition in readiness. The
customary reception is announced f the evening Of
November q and the Museum VIII be thrown open TO
the general public the following day. Prior TO
last November the receptions always held in the
afternoon, and comparatively few gentlemen were
present. With the installation of their electric plant
the authorities made the experiment Of giving their
reception in the evening, 50 as to accommodate num-
erous friends and patrons who could not otherwise
attend and the number Of gentlemen present fully
per cent larger than II had been before
similar occasion. There is an even stronger argument
than this in favor Of the new arrangement in the fact
that electric light Is better than any natural light
to be obtained at the Museum during the day.
Gifts have been offered in abundance TO the
Museum this summer, and many Of them have been
Professionally accepted 10y the director but they must
be approved by the executive committee before being
shown to the public they have not yet been removed
from the secuson Of the basement. The executive
committee will meet this week. and the work Of
preparing the acquisitions for the fall exhibition viii
then proceed rapidly. Among the new treasures is
fine piece Of French sculpture an "Ariacne,'
in marble, by the late Aline Met. presented
by Mr.. William schaus. Mr.. D. IL. McAlpin has
presented TO the Museum a bronze copy
Of the famous Wild Boar in the second vestbule
of the Ufzi Gallery in Florence. The Ulzi original
Is in marble, and is ascribed tn a creek chise II Is
Of the most virle examples of antique animal
sculpture known, modern in feeling and full Of
vitality the great Barge lion Of the Tueries, Of
which the Metropolitan possesses cast. This boar is
the same which admirably copied in bronze by
Petro Tacca, "A pupil of Clan Bologna. in the six
eenth century, for the Mercao NuovO in Florence. II
forms part Of fountain there to-day. An antique
copy Is preserved in The Louvre
The work Of increasing the collection OF casts at the
Museum goes bravely on. The Willard bequest Of
100000, which provides for architectural subjects
alone has been drawn upon to the extent Of $4,000
more and the large court begins to present APP
pearance nvalling that of the architectural court at
South Kensngton. OF the 100000 required for the
vast additions both architectural and scupturaI.
templated by the committee whose plan reported
in The Tribune last February, 100000 has been
raised tentative list of casts needed has been pre-
pared by the committee. Ii embraces nearly every
thing in the European museums and calls for only
$40 900. When the collection is completed, ii will
be the finest Of Its kind in the world enhancing the
usefulness Of the Museum thousand fold.
Touching the usefulness Of the Museum the official
records Of the Institution offer instructive detail in
the shape of table of Sunday attendance during the
summer 1t is given herewith.