The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-04
FOR THE LOVERS OF ART
The Corcoran Gallery Will Be Re-
opened This Afternoon.
Public to De Admitted mt 80 p. NJ.
Famous Paintings md Other
Works RearranEed to Show TO
the Best Possible Advantage.

The Corcoran Gallery OF Art will he re-
opened to the public at 80 o'clock this
afternoon, and will be open every Sunday
hereafter at the same hour until further
notice. Admission free. This announce
ment OF F. g. Mcclure. the director of
the gallery, in the newspapers during the
past week was received by the general
public with great satisfaction and by stu
| dents and lovers of art with enthusiasm
and Joy. It is one of the few places in
| this city where one can spend pleasant
as well as profitable Sunday afternoon.
1t has often been remarked that the
Government would do the people one OF
the greatest services by also throwing
open on Sunday afternoons the doors Of
| the Congressional Library, the National
Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and
Washington Monument.
The Corcoran Gallery OF Art was en-
| dowed by the late William w. Corcoran
in 1869 as a gift to the public for the
perpetual establishment and encourage
ment of the fine arts" Its collections
have grown in extent and value until now
the Corcoran is one of the chief places
of interest. in this city. The committee
on works of art and hanging have SIC
ceeded in rearranging to great advantage
some of the works.
There are about $50 paintings, among
which are the well-known The Watering
Place" by Adolph Schreyer; The Nestal
Tuccia," by Hector lie Roux; The Heir
Presumptiye." by George H. Boughton;
Going to Drink" by c. Troyon; The
Ranks of the Adigi," by Martin Rico;
lie l,,,I !. u
Coast of New Jersey" by w. T. Richards;
Brittany Widow" by J. A. Breton: The
Helping Hand" by Emile Renouf; The
Judgment of Paris by H. p. Gray;
Charlotte Corday in Prison." by Charles
Louis Muller The Passing Regiment"
by Edward Dctaille; Going to Pasture,
by G. S. Truesdell; Wood Caterers,
by j. b. c. Corot, and many others by
American and foreign artists.
1t is impossible to even briefly note the
works which claim the most attention.
Chief among the casts from ancient sculp-
ture is a series of the marbles of the
frieze and pediments of the Parthenon,
and the single statue OF Venus de Milo.
Renaissance is represented by casts from
the west bronze door of the baptistry
Giotto at Florence, by Ghiberti, the panels
of which bear in high relief scenes from
the Old Testament.
Vincenzo Velas Last Days of Ma
poleon T. and Hiram Powers Greek
Slave are the most celebrated of the
marbles and never fail to attract the at
tention of connoissenrs and laymen. The
largest collection of Barge bronzes is to
he found in the Corcoran. 1t contains a
series of more than 100 works. especially
depicting animal life. Cloisonne vases,
cloissone enamel dishes, plates, and other
articles from the Centennial Exhibition,
1876, form very attractive division OF
the collection of objects of art. Porce-
lains and glass, majolica, Sevres vases,
plaques of stone porcelain, Japanese por-
celain vases, electrotype reproductions.
and many other creations of the genius
of art too numerous to itemize are housed
in this new Grecian art palace, the gift
of the late William Wilson Corcoran.