New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-14
TUE MUSEUM OF ART.
,rs ADDITIONS AND ITS REARRANGE-
NENT

KENT.
,r wing Of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
'" woe than the addition of so much space IS
r,g,nal structure and the exhibition of num-
u" :, new acquisitions. II means a series of mod-
y" .,o,s running through the entire building so
survey OF the museum as it is to-day in
'a. rs. much more than an enumeration of the latest
"a loans The latter be specified SEM,
81 Int their value is best realized when they
'S '.s r5ed as parts of a whole At present i, &c
" ,cd 10 point out the immense gains made nv
-. museum broadly speaking. and especially in
W. .,mnl;fcation and uniiicaon Of it's possessions
g. new wing has added, upstairs and down
i ~" % beautifully lighted galleries in which
~ Of the best things are now adequately
-" tho first time On the ground floor the ancient
"a modern sculpture the Willard architectural
ID the bronze replicas from Naples. the wrought
49,, objects the old carvings and the Glass are all
~s,e,tly arranged in those halls which have thus
., heen opened to the public. The Greek and Re
".,ssance casts are as We, invisible. hut may be
,sced 10 emerge presently under the same aus
rious conditions. There is such crowdne as
80 WAS before the opening OF the extension and
me numerous valuable statues are rendered more
sasul than ever TO the students who use them as
rossls in drawing Downstairs the interest and
hsauty of the exhibits are immense. The Willard
election Of architectural casts alone is an mex
,.us,ibe source of stimulus and satisfaction Bu,
!, is the upper moor tnat the development of the
ruseum is marked most distinctly and in some
,ays most delightfully."-.
In the OLD wing nine spacious rooms arc assigned
N early and modern pictures Here the Wolfe col
e-,ion the Marquand gallery OF old masters
the ssraneni gathering Of ole and new pictures
and II. many paintings loaned for the season com
hin, 70 make up brilliant exhibition. The loans are
,specsally strong this year. Mir. Hearn has con-
,rbated of old English works many Of
~ fba f-S. W. Of fhN an1c
ashtoherds RepOsing' and The Midday Meal"
My, the English painters best characteristics Of
coor and handling. and the larger of the two can
vases by Richard Wilson. The Storm" is
the finest illustrations Of ihat naturaisic classcis
which have seen here in a long time. Some OF
Mr. Hearns English landscapes are good; the moon
n, Crome FOR example the quiet little scene h.
Ccnan and tAe panels by Nasmyth ana Constable
The Bennington is not quite ,up to the mark That
mastery pioneer had at his best pellucd siiycr
ness which the picture in question does not present
Taken as whole. however, tire Hearn paintings
have an authentic atmosphere and vii. do much in
cooperation with the English works already in the
museum TO cultivate taste here for an o.d School
Of landscape and genre that both useful ana
iprnsically attractive in its day The loaned pct
ures aside from MIR. Hearn's. are miscellaneous
enough Some fine landscapes by American painters
are incluied-some pictures by Murphy, lnness
Shuren Minor and Wyant-and there are num-
Der Of good BarbizOn productions lent by Miss Helen
Coud Mr. Theodore NJ. Davis and the ScAaus
estate From the aforementioned patron % me
museum there come extraordinary pictures
The great Rembrandt "Admira," is superb relic
Of his later period. and the other old masters, the
portraits by Rubens. Has and Janssens are worth!
., It's company The Schaus collection also compre-
hends some landscapes o. the FontaineDieau schoo.
The Rousseaus from the broad blue Edge 81 tl9
Woods the Closely analyzed scene SS'aioeued
a. No. 323 all Of the highest grade. ne pam
lng galleries have grown vastly in disnity dh1
artistic significance. Time was when me luniDcT
sheltered in them came agsressiNeiy 10 the rom
but the real works of art are nlucA more ~ evue"So
at this time. and hours OF pleasant study can oe
spent in this end of the museum
In the new portion Of the building the objects are
astouna!ngly numerous. I'll, first room chtereu
from the long gallery OF modern pdlnuhss - 80
pied by a large CORRECTION OF rpiodncllois l.! -"
.. vases weapons. utensils ana ornaments rom a.
times and places. The next two g3,lerles are sven
over respectively to the remarkable colecu.n ~, %
ttchings lent by Mr. : Z. Avery ana the moore pc
quest Of Greek terra cottas Orien;aNa ana o'neTi
Systematically ami admirably arranged here
follow Chinese poree.ains ANTIQUE ans am aiI
srmor. Old laces japanese brorzes ana Ger Ger
snics. fans and textiles Spanish. Italian anl
uher decorative ware, Oriental and ElFopea'
TOrles the museums unique gathering OF mus
American antiquities. great mass OF this treasaif
As been exhibited before some OF II Tor SEER
the museums property in the past thai VIII ena pc
newest things But it is just here that the inpor-
Of the opening last week Is most V nr hs1
been brought together from the museums cellar
and from the galleries Of generous oGhols anu no
appropriate surroundings the collections nave Der
disposed with method and with as much fnally as
PSSssibo G9nsd d the IN uIsn for the rs ,e
Tbav show better than upon any previous occasion
nat we have municipal gallery worthy on some
points TO challenge comparison with european gaI-
leres. and promising 10 equa' 'he la''e' ." o''''