New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-15
THE METROPOLIT4N MUSEUM.
TONS TO BE EXHIBITED
THIS WEEK.

Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art this
week will find it newly swept and garnished for
them. and everything IN the finest Of order The
Museum has been closed for weeks. for its
annual cleaning and reuovating. 1t has been re-
freshed renewed. repainted and put in the best Of
order generally. and acquisitions have
been placed on exhibition Among The most I'M
portaut of these paintings by Rubens,
Portrait of a Man" and The Holy Family" both
loaned by F. 0. Matthiessen Portrait of Antonio
Grmani Doge of Venice by Titan; Mary Mag
daIen at Prayer by MuriIlo. and "Old Woman
ChoppinE Onions by Candle Light" by Gerard
Dow, these also being loaned by Mr. Matthessen;
The Grand Canal. Venice" by Turner bequest OF
Cornelius Vanderbilt. and a portrait of Daniel
O'COnneH. by Sir Martin A. Shee presented by
J. y. Crimmins Other pictures are The Cop
persmith" by Edgar NJ Ward. presented by several
men. Interior of a Public Library at Venice by
Tito Iessi loaned by F O. Natthiessen; Study OF
a Cow" by Constant TrOyon. loaned by Mrs Anna
Woerishoffer; Portrait OF Man" attributed 70
Frans Halls. loaned by Mrs. Van Brugh Livingston
Portrait of a Young Man by Sir Thomas Law
renee loaned by Z. o. Natthiessen. and View OF
the Square of ST. Mark. Venice" BY F. Guardt
loaned by f. o. Matth:esssc
Among other interesting additions TO the museum
are two marble statues. Ruth and ''Nydia,' by
Randolph Rogers. presented by James Douglas,
mummy of child and its case. presented by Rulor
KIP. q collection of Egyptian antiquities. found at
Diospols Parva. in Upper Egypt. presented oy the
Egypt Exploration Fund of LonIon; an Egyptian
a hut and three earthenware vases presented by
Theodore NJ. Davis: two Favrile vases presented
by II. O. Havemeyer; a large collection of draw
ings by Felix o. c. barley: a vase manufactured
eighty years by Tga-ico Mnhai. by order OF the
DaimiyO Swassi. from different specimens OF old
china vases which ne had in his possession. pre-
scented by Charles @. Emery; collection OF lace
Point d'Aencon. specimens showing how the lace
is made by successive workers. presented by Miss
Margaret Johnston; two cases of laces loaned by
Roo T,F7r 1,I- ,a
Johnston; large silver. gold and enamelled
vase known The Magnolia vase" presented by
a friend, through Tiffany & Co, a gold necklace.
TWO bracelets. TWO earrings and brooch set with
canoes presented by Mrs John D. Jones.
numerous ancient gold ornaments found IN tombs
at Sdda (ancient Sidon), Tarsus. Cairo and Pal
estine also fourteen Egyptian gold plaques
Greek tomb asia Minor together with a terra
Gotta dgariue date 400 10 81" b. G an ancient sill
Yer MeXican bracelet. with bells as pendants; a
large collection of Old European sverware, loaned
the collection OF the Rev DR.. William Hayes
i've gold pendants. fragments OF an Assyrtan neck
lace; one gold earring, in the form OF an Assyrian
Fh,enician bronzes. purchased by the museum. 2S5
Instruments added the collection heretofore pre-
scented by Mrs John Crosby Brown a bronze
medal made from metal captured at Manila
turn 10 Washington Presented by the Ad-
mira Dewey Reception Committee Al Washington;
loaned 10y Mrs Robert Minturn GrinneIl; two old
Ing OF Peruvian pottery. terra Gotta heads mouIds
textile fabrics. loaned by Herbert Twedde- thirty
ancient Peruvian vases, presented by a G. Dick
inson, copy Of IN Illustrated edition OF The Ma
tional Museum OF Amsterdam presented by the
Government of the Netherlands copy. printed
vellum. Of d portrait of Benjamin FRANKLIN pre-
scented by the Grolier Club; ancient keystone
with bulls head i relief found in the ruins of
the Temple OF Diana. Ephesus. presented BY
Frederick Fl. Gibbons, a marble group representing
Hector and Andre maChe. - with its marble ped
estal presented by Mrs. Lawrence Kip. four pieces
OF statuary. with their pedestals. and a collection
OF iaces bequeathed by Mrs Anna Maria Winters
a numsmatic collection containing 6,0l6 ancient
Roman. Arabic. East Indian, Siamese and Chinese
coins in gold. silver. copper and other material be-
Queathed by Joseph II. Durkee TWO pieces OF satu-
airy. bequeathed by William H Webb; bronze med
ais awarded by Congress TO Presidents, generals
and others for distinguished services, presented
the