The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-02

FLO. B.
Reduced tracing from the vass in Berlin. for which
| search was made in New York without result.
| The same vase figures as plate will. in the
Hahn Album, where # is sail it vas found in
" EVEN s 0sSH 1ns KS ao ses
Metropolitan Museum. while preparing the
catalogue a or handbook q vases could not nnd
# He. ordered tho two museum jnnitors
Hsnkel and Alley. to try to flnd It, After they
81 saa t Sf snSaE wh0ut
The vase must have been stolen from my
collection By PEOPLE q the British Museum"
in another talk with Mir; Savage. he said he
| was mistaken; he did not mean that the peo-
but that Mr.. Feuardent himself had done so.
a Mr. dreu asn may state had Tor a time
the vase had been sold BY Gen. di Cesnoa him,
only comment q on. di Cesnola made when his
:'oh. Yes. ST i have been G mstaken n"
ecess IT to PHy s so ths
the Boston Museum OF Fine Arts. / dscov-
cred upon visit to Boston. among the vases
very largo extent painted over by modern
hands. 1t seemed to me even not impossible
that some OF the most curious representations
modern times. With the consent of the mu-
scum authorities and in their presence sub
suspicious confirmed as lar as the I expert
ments were carried. my time not permitting
As the scientific i'm portance Of the Subject de.
served. In plain English they appeared to b..
and were proved to be. to certain extent.
But many good things were also sold By him.
not including the private purchases and the
Berlin, Munich. Boston. and others in three
public AUCTIONS In Paris the 25th and 10Th OF
May. 1871. Alone in these three public. auc:
eaa hsJs oHd pess lots containing "
There is another curious story which de-
serves to DO told. as i shows how often the
eSntraactons prodnced BY his inventions and
col. +. EdMaris Clarke Of tho Bureau of Ed
ucation in Washington In lS7o;so was pre-;
Spat a % he f
itan Museum OF Art in New York. Mr.. Savage
ttSondusting the c9rrespondense on the side Of
ment of the number Of pieces OF stone seuip-
then wrote to Mr. Savage Here III have one
,na rom state
reportY" Mr. savage consulted Cesnoa about
III G P eW1 4 to
we'll toll him to stick to the former number.i
when Mr. Savage stated that there was no
guch number OF pieces. Cesnola replied:
Never mind. I'm responsible" Finally the
planned to Col: Clarke himself that the
others were lost at sea-"
Should Gen. di Cesnola desire to deny this
statement. ! can furnish the necessary au-
tographic evidence to proveit.
Togo on multiplying such examples would
not be difficult matter. think however. that
! have said enough to open the eyes OF such Of
the trustees and the public as are not wilfully
blind Either Gen. oil Cesnola has done very
wrong or my charges against him are false. I
can simply state that have made no charge
that ts not backed by abundant and convincing
proof. and that am prepared to sustain every
accusation. Let Gen. Ill Cesnola challenge
any single one Of them II he dares. should
think committee OF experts and archRolo-
gtsts. an American. an Englishman. q French
man. and o German. should be called by the
trustees OF the Metropolitan Museum OF Art
to investigate thoroughly the matter As tho
matter stands now, 1t Ia an open scandal to
the museum and It's supporters.
MIR. q: L. Feuardent is no longer alive. He
had made the mistake Of going too far and of
attacking few things which were and are all
right. But on the other hand. his merits re-
In most of his cases he has positively proved
that Gen. di Cesnola has made inn oper repairs
and restorations and false statements. es-
pecially also with regard to the Question Of
proyenience-