The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-19

Had Few More to Sell From the Gallery
I'm the Rue de LOndres, but the Metro"
pOlitan Lacked Funds-NarrOw Es-
cape From an Odd Addition to Its
List OF Distinguished Patrons.
New York at large has q more direct
interest in the peculiar Escosura collection
of Oh rts Dart, an account of which, re-
ceived from Paris, was published in The
SUN Of yesterday, than was apparent in
the Paris article, though not precisely
in the lines there suggested. A selection
from that extraordinary aggregation OF an
Anarchists acquisitions in art Is at present
on exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art in Central Park.
Two specimens from the collections rich
abundance are the property Of the museum,
through the munificence of Nine. Escosura
and the assiduous service of the Anarchist
Parmiggiani alias Marcy, who delivered
| them to Gen. Luigi p. di Cesnola last winter.
And only through the delay OF official
routine has the honorable place OF patron
OF New York's most noted public art gallery
been denied to Nine. Escosura and Nj.
Marcy. The museum authorities were
DESTROYS of bestowing this distinction in
recognition of their generosity
NJ Louis Marcy presented himself to
Gen Cesnola, director Of the museum,
last winter, carrying a letter Of introduce
ton from the widow of the Generals friend,
the artist Escosura. whom Gen. Cesnola
had known both here in New York and in
Europe. The General had not known
Nine. Escosura, but when in her letter
IL ht,S,t 10 Mt for ma NEsI
two articles from her late husbands art
collection, which she had sent over by her
brother. M. Marcy the bearer of the letter.
the General was glad to lay the profIered
gift before the museum trustees, accept
ing madame's letter as genuine docu-
ment, which it appeared to be.
Moreover, the articles offered appeared
to the General to be of desirable quality.
They were a painting and silver statuette
of ST Sebastian.
As they were gifts to a public institu-
| ton, Gen. Cesnola would have had no diff
! Guilty under the law in bringing them
through the Custom House duty free. But
not 50, said the thorough.goin1g M. Marcy
He would present his sisters gifts free
and complete himself, as she would wish.
So he paid the duty and delivered the
statuette and the painting to the museum.
They we're accepted and Nine. Escosura
and NJ. Marcy were nominated as patrons
of the institution. The nominations were
not confirmed, owing to the lesurely and
dgnified methods OF the museum trustees,
whose next meeting was then sveral months
off. That one is now nearly two months
past.
Madames letter told Gen. di Cesnola that
her husband desired that the New York
museum have some OF his treasures and
that she was very glad to select these two
IN i'm h0Wpvar
a further mission in New York He pre-
sented Gen Cesnola with two cards, one
his own and the other announcing the
"Galerie Marcy; Table eux Anciens ct Hautes
Curosites, both Monsieur and the Galerie
at the address rs Rue de Londres, Paris,
From the Galere NJ Marcy had brought
over several specimens OF ancient art
work, which it was his desire to sell to the
museum for the sum of $l4 600
The articles, chiefly of metal work, APP
peared to be valuable, even if not quite so
valuable as NJ Marcy deemed them. They
also appeared to be of genuine quality,
Gen. Cesnola said, and surely Gen. Cesnola S
Judgment should be beyond question on
works of ancient art. But the museum
had no funds with which to purchase them.
The Rogers bequest was not available,
and il not even yet available, the General
said yesterday, being still tied up in some
way. So. NJ. Marcy was told that at any
once, even if the Museum should determine
later to purchase them.
The next meeting of the trustees was TO
be held on May 25 and Marcy said that
while he might wait here for couple of
months, he could not wait so long as that.
He left the articles at the Museum. how
ever and Gen. Cesnola had heard nothing
more of him until in yesterdays Sun was
published the st range story of this Ana rchst
n SAY ssn who had drifted into the business
of collecting real or spurious works Of art
The French experts say that the objects
of art examined by them in the Rue de
Londres are bogus, but Gen. Cesnola says
that those at the Metropolitan Museum
appear TO be genuine,
The General said that he knew Escosura
here as n painter of moderate talents, a
gentleman and collector in a conserva-
tive way. He was such a man as might
have had moderate collection of art OBJ
iects of considerable value. said Gen
Cesnola. but never such a collection as
that found in the Rue de Londres, which,
according to the Paris story, has been
valued at almost 81 ,25o,0
Gen di Cesnoa said that he could hardly
believe that Marcy was the Italian An
could not speak Italian at all He spoke
fair French, worse English and little
Spanish, but Italian he seemed not to know
The New York police courts, however,
have revealed plenty Of able crooks who
have made successful bluff at being unable
to understand or speak language which
they did not wish TO talk or understand
until surprised into a revelation of their
proficiency in it..
The French stories are explicit az to the
arrest Of Marcy and his career. One thing
Gen. di Cesnola did notice, with some sur
prise, about Marcy was that he appeared
TO be Of a coarser sort than Escosura, a
man below the painter in the social plane.
But the General not having met Nine.
Escosura, was ready to assume that he
perhaps married below his own station,
which would account for his wife's brother
making the common appearance that he
did
At Police Headquarters yesterday. ii
WAS said that they had no knowledge Of
Marcy in this city, so far as their records
went, under that name, but that an in
vestigation was under way by Capt.
McClusky.
Gen. di Cesnola said that Marcy had
given the impression that he was at the
Caf8 Martin while here, but at that place
Yesterday il was said that they had no
record or recollection OF him and that at
most he could have been but a casual patron.
not boarder.
The Paris information as to Marcy hav-