The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
Art Notes,

| graphs presented by Prince Henry to
| President Eliot, of Harvard, at the re-
| ception of the Gerlnanic Museum Asso-
| citation, shows that Emperor Williams
| S;ft to the museum will embrace the
| casts of twenty-five subjects.
| Many of them are important archi-
| 1ectural monuments, and the collection
! ranges in point of time from the great
bronze doors at the cathedral of Hide
sheim, which date from the beginning of
the eleventh century, down to Gottfried
Schadows statue of Frederick the Great
at Stettin, erected in 1898.
Many Of the objects are of great size.
the smallest being the large masks of
the so-called dying warriors over the
d,orS of the arsenal at Berlin, and the
largest including the entire golden gate
OF the cathedral at I'riedberg, the bishops
scat and altar of the Ulm Cathedral,
and the colossal equestrian statue of
tie Great JIlector at Berlin by Schlueter.
Ten statues of heroic size, representing
tie founders, come from the cathedral
at Naumberg, while the tomb of st.
Sebaldus at Nuremberg furnishes an
illustration of famous work in bronze.
It is expected that the casts will arrive
in this country about the middle of next
summer.
Baltimore is having a loan exhibition
OIL musical Interest,". Helu uIiticI llle d
srlces of the Municipal Art Society.
Among the paintings the works OF
Flench painters seem to predominate.
s, me of the names that figure are as
follows: Bonhcur, Jacquc, Morton. Moreau
dc Tours, Troyon, Meissonier, L'Hermitte.
Bouguereen, Daubigny. Munkasy, Vey
rnssat De Hass, Dupre, Leim, Gerome,
Lefebre, Henner, Corot, Greuze, Michel,
Vatican. Tadema. Firth. Hunt, Baugh-
d NNoct YER
boeckhoven Ostade, Ruysdael Vedder,
Turner, Innes, Stuart, and Allston.
Lovers of art will rejoice that the Gar
land collection of Chinese porcelains is
to keep intact and will remain in this
country. J. Perpont Morgan is now the
owner of the porcelains and they will
remain not only American possessions,
but they will remain on exhibition at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art for the pres.
ent at any rate. @
The American Society of Miniature
Painters has elected the following named
officers: President, Isaac A. Joseph; Vice
President, Laura c. Hills; Secretary ana
Treasurer, William j. Baer. The follow
ms named additional members for the
Beard of Control have been elected: Mrs.
Lucia T. Fuller, John A. MacDougall Miss
Tbeodora w. Thayer, and William j.
Whittemore.
The sixth loan exhibition Of portraits
of fair women. held by the Copley, S9cl-
Hail. and is praised by the local critics
as the most Interesting collection of the
kind yet made. The chief strength of the
display this year IS IN tne ~; Moe Gir o. Io e
Reynolds. Gainshoroush. Hogarth, ana
Lely. modern English art by Millals. ana
erkomer I'll The older FT onrher ang IS
Corot. Henner and Carolus-Durana; and
the older Americans have Copley, STUART,
Pcale, Sully Trumbull, Fuller. Aames, lit
ter and Harding as their leaders. The
paintings of living Americans are chiefly
by Sargent. Chase, Thayer. Brush. Alex
ander CECILIA BeanX Lockwo HWs;r BeRs son
Beckwith and Gay. Mr. SargentS most
notable portrait is that of Miss Thomas,
the president of Bryn Mawr College. Inc
collection of Dutch portraits, while poor
in famous names, is yet said to be of I'M
common interest.
Charles T. .Yerkes, promoting :, rapid
transit in London. recently sent to Benla-
min Constant, the artist. check Tor
sSO, 900. for his own portrait. The price
agreed upon was s20,vtO but Mrs 1erkes
ness that the railway magnate added $l0-
600, accompanying the check With note
saying:
(Which additional sum pray You to
accept as a token of our high admiration
Of your genius and gratitude for your
having consented to bother with such an
unnspiring model"
NJ Constant proudly answered:
"While approaching your amiable in
tention must decline the voluntary in
crease I will turn the $4,000 into a
fund of public charities"
There is a novel art exhibition at pres
ent in the museum, Charterhouse, Godal-
ming, which the notices in the London pa
pers pronounce most interesting. 1t con-
sists of a loan collection or peasant art.
There are more than five hundred articles
which were made by peasants for their
own use in Iceland, Sweden, Norway,
Denmark Russia and other countries, in
the last five centuries. 1t is said that
fine designing is noticeable among them.
A striking collection Of articles of vir-
tn IS now shown in the Louvre Museum.
Seventeen new apartments in the build
ing have been opened The gems Of the
collection comprise gold and silver church
ornaments. dating back from the middle
ages. donated by the late Baron Adolphe
de Rothschid. The value is estimated at
g Dow 1aff n nm