The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
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Portraits of the governors Of Massaeno-
sets for the States collection "ill DC;
-,er;cd s,y Easnund label. Henry
Sandman, Robert Gordon Hardic' f'ai'A
X. Benson, Frederick ?. Vinton' Da'ae1
!. strain. Philip Hale, Walter Gilman Page
Ernest L. 1psen. Marie d Page, Wi.i.ali
willard. j aIarvey Young and G. A mp
ole. Tho price is $500 for each poTefa an
The cas,.ce Of The artist was iefe 20 ,ae
family of each governor The poFua1's
will be hung In the State House
The Chicago Art institute has just bought
a landscape 10y Whistler, "A Scene on '4e
Thames In nocturnc.
Mr. Henry C. Maruuand has MADE an
important addition TO the extremely ven ven,
chosen collection OF old masters presented
by him 10 the Metropolitan Museum Oh
Art This addition is a portrait py bai
ttroIomeus van der Hest of Jean van Maze
an old not1le4nan of Bruges. in Belgium
The portrait belonged for over TWO cen
turtles TO the van Male family, from whlcA
Il passed into the possession Of MI. Menke
Of Antwerp. II is dated 1904. and signed
s. van der HeIst, and is painted on
panel. an inscription on the reverse slne %
which states that the original marfleu
on the 9Th of June. 1887, Josine de BOT,
granddaughter of William, Alderman OF
BrugeS. Van der Helst. who was born IN
1913 and died in 1910 was one of the great
school of early Dutch masters. and was
contemporary of Mieryelt, Franz HAS.
Boil, Covert FlincI. van der Eckout, van
I1oogstraten, and Carl Faber. while his
life period was almost identical with that
of the great Rembrandt, who was born in
1907 and died a year before van der Hest
In 1863. Critics have called van der Helst
the lesser Rembrandt" and the Influence
Of Rembrandt is clearly visible through
his work. The present example is re-
lnarkabls well preserved, and it is espec-
tally notable for the ease and naturalEesa
or the pose, the strong modelling and draw
ing and the freshness of the flesh tones
X. Y. Times Saturday Review.
In the fall a second gallery will be added
10 ths present exhibition gallery of the
National Arts Club, New York, in the rear
81 the new building leased by the club, 80
West Thirty-fourth Street. The art and
exhibition committee cortemplates holding
exhibitions of worries, fine iTon-work. brass
work. art glass. wood carvings, etchings,
posters, silk, tapestry, cabinet work. etc.
during the next season, as opportunities
offer.
In the new edition of the catalogue OF
the paintings in the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts. the new pictures by Turner,
The Mouth of the Seine is entered,
with the following quotation with respect
10 the locality described in the landscape:
This estuary is so dangerous from its
quioksaspds that any vessel taking the
ground is liable to be stranded and over
whelTned by the rising tide, which q1lshes
IN in one wave II is further stated that
the picture comes from the collection OF
Mr.. John Bibby, Liverpool, and that it
was exhibited at he Royal Academy in
1893.
The following from the New York Even
ing Post is Of special interest to Virgin
ians:
The Lafayette portrait which was pre-
scented to Washington and Lee University
IN 1887 by Gen. G. ". Curtis. has been
found to be the work of Charles w Peale,
the famous artist The discovery was
made by Mr.. Herbert Welsh. of Phila-
adeLphia, during a recent visit when he
vanished and cleaned the portraits of
Washington and Lafayette. An uncer
tainty as to how George Washington be-
cSiIIit iiS 1DSSeSSbl u ILLS pDi Lldll VI Id
fayette has existed for some time, as we'll
as doubt whether Peale was really the
painter. The inscription on the Lafayette
portrait now reads: u. ". Peale pink:
1l79,' and that on the Washington is:
'Chas. ". Peale pink: 1772' Both pic
lures hung originally at Mount Vernon
and were inherited by Gen. Robert E.
Lee who in turn bequeathed them TO Gen.
G. W. c. Lee. Washington and Lee Uni
l,ac ing 11e of
sixty-two paintings bequeathed to it by
the late Vincent L. Bradford, of Phila-
delphia.''
In a decision given by the United States
Circuit Court in Boston. it is held that
when an artist sells his own productions
the purchaser is entitled 10 all further
control OF the work of art, the artist re-
Iinquishing this when the sale is made.
The case was the action brought by Fred
erick Diel1nan against Boston firm TO
prevent the, sale of photographs OF his
mosaic panel representing Law in the
Congressional Library at Washington. In
the course OF its opinion the court said:
If a patron gives commission TO an
artist there appears TO me a very strong
implication that the work Of art commits
stoned is to belong unreservedly and with
out limitation 10 the patron. 1t is not nee
right TO make for another a replica. Re
productions by the artist may be a ques-
ton of artistic ethics rather than law; hut
that the patron has a right 10 make and
permit 10 any extent reproductions of the
work of art sold to him, appears TO be
plain, unless the contrary is clearly set
out in the contract
Chicago has begun an attack by its art
figures its parks and disgraces its streets.
Small parks and large parks have been in
vaded with these billhoards and adver-
Using signs until there is no place in
which they are not cutting off the view
and offending the eye with three-decker
and two-declSer boards. New York State
some time ago passed law which pro-
vided that no billboards are TO be erected
around any park or public place with
put che permission of the Park Commits
sion. IN England, France and other coun-
tries, this form of advertising is discour-