The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-29

there in the time of the Umiliati; that
in the chapel of ST. Elizabeth they
ought to find a .Pieta,' and in the chapel
of St. Andrew a Trinity The worthy
Inspector was much astonished, but
finally became fired with enthusiasm,
and promised to send competent per-
sons at once to remove Matteo Roselli's
paintings of ST. Elizabeth and ST. An
drew and verify my assertion. Two
days later the two oil paintings land
whitewash) were removed, and, to the
amazement of all, the ancient frescoes
reappeared after three centuries, just
as l said; only that above the DEPOSIT
ton from the Cross they discovered
also Ghirlandajo's 'Misericordia' (Ma-
donna of Mercy, which savants had
made so many vain efforts to find, as
it contained the portrait of Amerigo
Vespucci The following day
the Inspector Cav. Carocci and other
members of the Commission of Art re-
turned to the church, and their judg-
ment confirmed my opinion that Amer
igo was not the old man kneeling
dressed in a red Iucco,' but the young
one with the inspired face between the
aged parsonage and the Virgin" The
writer further adds, with pride: From
this it is plain that the indisputable
author of the great discovery is the
undersigned Father Roberto Razolli,
and that all others were merely diligent
executors of my indica tons"
So much for the discovery. The
fresco is wonderfully preserved, and
shows many of the characteristics of
Ghirlandajo, with a less finished tech
nique than that of his later frescoes in
Santa Maria Novella. The composition
is divided in two by an architectural
design. A niche with a saint within it
stands on each side; one appears to be
ST. Michael; and an architrave imitat-
ing carved stone divides the lunette
from the square picture below it. The
inches on the edge have been very much
injured by some vandals, who ham,
mered irons into them to support the
frame of the .superimposed painting,
which hid the whole arch.-Magazine of
Art,
The well-known collection of pictures
and other art objects formed by the
late Sarah NJ Kimball of Cleveland O.,
and which she intended at one time to
present to the projected museum IN
Cleveland, is to be sold at auction in
Philadelphia.
Possibly $500 years from now some
one will record the reading of the name
of Napoleon Bonaparte, and interesting
details will be given of how the dis
covery was made, and some one will
look into books and gain spare knowl-
edge of a former Emperor. NJ. Jules
Oppert having worked over cunei-
form inscription of Babylonian origin
finds the name of Alexander the Great.
Studying the possible time when the
name was incised, M. Oppert calculates
that the date was January p, 323
(Julian), or about 10 days before the
death of Alexander.
The London Academy" remarks,
after having attempted to analyze the
respective merits of the six new edi-
lions of Jane Austen's novels that it
finds on it's literary table, "the new
editions Of Jane Austen's novels are
being absurdly overdone When all is
said Jane Austen appeals now as in
the past to a select class of readers.
There cannot possibly be room in the
market for six editions of her works
at one time. Yet six, if not seven or
eight, are now in circulation. We have
nothing to say against any of these
We merely remark that there are too
many"