New-York tribune., 1899-01-15
LONDON ART SHOWS.
cprAr REMBRANDT EXHIBITION AT
pr-R11NGTON HOUsE-THE BURNE-
ZONES COLLECTION AT THE
NEW GALLERY

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..o most -erarkable one-man art exhibit
- w,th which London has ever been favored.
go are the Rembrandt show at Burlington
-. and the Burne-JOnes exhibition at the
- Gallery. A representative collection OF Sir
-..u..-a Rurne-Jones's works in the Regent-st.
-~rerv where nearly all his recent paintings
"a been exhibited. the natural order OF
a-.,.,,c appreciation after his death; and the
essence OF his lifelong friend. Mr. Comyns
r.-- as the chief director Of the galleries was
-, earnest oc the thoroughness and rainstaking
~o-. with which the selections would be made
1no Academcians had TO bestir themselves
., order 10 offer counter-attraction OF equal
s.u.,,e mower. No ordinary loan exhibition Of
"a masters would have served the purpose Of
,,vall,ne in interest the Burne-Jones show. The
psrbrand, exhibition at Amsterdam during the
,,ur,n coronation festivities gave the govern
,rr movers OF the Academy a suggestion which
nos been acted upon. The English contribu-
.,ons 70 that exhibition have been retained and
.-,.-rod and there is a second Rembrandt
chow, almost as brilliant as the one IN Holland.
pstween Rembrandt and Burne- Jones lovers OF
,-t IN England will have a glorious revel during
che next three months
The Rembrandts include 102 oil paintings IN
,o6 drawings in the water-coor room. There
ysre no etchings at the Amsterdam exhibition,
and this branch OF Rombrandt's art is also
neglected at the Academy; but there IS to be
snscial display Of his etchings at the British
Museum before the close Of the winter. The
excellence of the Amsterdam exhibition was due
=, large measure 10 the English collection. and
this has been transferred TO the walls Of
Burlington House 1t has also been enriched
By additional treasures from the English pri-
vste galleries. The Queen has contributed nine
Remb-andts from Buckingham Palace and
Windsor Castle Among other contributors are
+be Dukes o1 Westminster. Devonshire. Aber-
corn. Buccleuch Newcastle Portland and Rut
land: Lords Spencer. Marlborough. Vantage,
Iveagh Leicester, Feversham, Derby Brown
low Crawford Scarsdale. kinnaird, Lans-
downe. Cowpe-. Leconfeld Pembroke. North
brook and Penrhyn: Vscount Powcrscourt, Sir
A " Need. Lady de Rothschild and Sir Fran
cs Cook. Captain HOlford MI James Ress Mr.
Charles Morrison. Mr.. Perpont Morgan, Captain
Heywood- -Lonsdale, Mr. Alexander Henderson
and Nj " c. Alexander, and Dulwich College
the National Gallery Of Ireland and the Gas-
gov Corporation Nearly all the best Rem
brandts from the private collections in Great
Britain are now at Burlington House. AS many
as fifteen Of the hundred oil paintings have
never been publicly exhibited
The Night Watch" and the other Continental
Renbrandts exhibited az Amsterdam are not in
this collection. but there is hardly a single in
ferior one among the oil paintings, so sound
and discriminating has been the work OF selec-
ton by Sir Edward POynter and the Academi-
clans in charge OF the exhibition. The pictures
are seen TO better advantage in these spacious
galleries than they were tn the smaller rooms
at Amsterdam and there Is a more orderly
sequence Of the various periods Of Rembrandt's
art career There is hardly a single year OF his
lifetime OF productive energy that is not ade
quately represented by characteristic works.
The finest series is on the west wall Of the
largest gallery. Il includes eleven master
pieces: The portrait Of the Amsterdam mer-
chant Martin Looten which is one Of the treas
ures Of Captain Ho.ford's collection the paint
er's portrait in dark velvet coat and hat from
Captain Haywood -Lonsdale's galleries the Earl
o, Yarboroughs portrait Of an old lady in stiff
ruff and white cap. the "Adoration Of the Magi"
and the early work. The Shiphulder and His
wife" from Buckingham Palace: Mr.. PierpOnt
Morgans portrait Of the painter in brown fur
trimmed robe and black cap--a marvellously
soft and beautiful work. Captain Ho.ford's real
istic portrait OF an old lady in black dress. white
cap and ruff two portraits Of the painter from
the Queens and Lord KiTnaTd's collections;
Earl Cowpers half figure Of a young man in a
brown douhet and Captain Holfords Man
with Sword which IS now believed to repre-
sent the painter himself
American tourists who are planning a Euro
pesn Journey for this year can scarcely do bet
ter than 20 set an early date for sailing in or
der 10 see this wonderful Rembrandt show be
fore the pictures are again distributed among
the town residences and country houses Of Eng
hsh art collectors They will never have q bet
Ter opportunity for studying the works Of the
great Dutch master Of portraiture. They car
see on these walls his earliest portraits Of his
mother sister and father painted in Leyden
they can observe the rapid development Of his
art after mis- removal 10 Amsterdam in 1881 as
shown by so mastery work as the Bucking
ham Palace "Shipbuilder and His Wife" which
was painted about the same time as the cele
nTated Anatomy Lesson of The Hague Mu
scum. they can trace the tranquil effects OF
prosperity and domestic happiness after hi
marriage with Saskia in a series Of splendic
portraits Ike those of the Duke OF Devonshirei
Rabbi" or Lord Iveaghs three-quarter hgur'
o. woman in dark gown with embroidered
Nont and also IN Biblical compositions Ike tn
Buckingham Palace Christ and Mary Magda
iene a. the Tomb" Lord Derby's "Belshazzar'
feast" and the Duke Of Westminsters "Saluta
eon'' wiki ST Elizabeth IN crimson robe AM
yellow veil embracing the Virgin in a greer
oress. while Zacharias is descending the steps
mey can survey the sustained movement Of hi
az after Saskias death and the completion o
his greatest picture. The Night Watch" II
such works as the Lady With Fan 9TH
tribute Money" the portraits Of Nichola
berchem and his wife and the Mil" and the,
can watch the triumph Of a robust mind owe
eaVersity in Lord Wantage's "Portait of al
Oid Woman and Lord Northbrook's "Old Man.
Which We're painted in his declining wears O