New-York tribune., 1903-01-14
ART EXHIBITIONS.
The Collection Of the Late Henry G.
Marquand.

| The exhibition OF the works of art brought to-
gether by the late Henry G. Marquand opens TINS
morning az the American Art Galleries 1t mis-
every inch of space available presenting as It does
not simply paintings statuary and Orientalia. but
great quantity of furniture plate glass; tapestries
rugs and other objects. There are twenty7one hun
dred numbers in the catalogue, about five hundred
accounting for the contents Of Mr.. Marquand :
| library It is obviously collection Of unusual
scope, and, may add. Of unusual value. The
books concentrated in OF the small upper rooms
throw useful light on the collectors method Ihey
the books of art student covering his subject
in most of its ranifcations. Practically all the
things in these galleries suggest in their high
quality the connoisseur who really knows what ne
is driving at and never buys Tor mere display or
curiosity. II the paintings. taken altogether seem
to belle this conclusion it is for the good reason
| that Mr. Marquard never to have wished for
picture gallery Of magnitude in his own nome
preferrng, the public has good reason 10 know,
TO give larger proportion OF ais finest paintings
TO the Metropolitan Museum OF Art. Yet the ninety
three pictures he retained. which are now onerea IN
| the sale include number of notable works
| The English school is especially well represented.
| The Portrait of Hon Mrs Stanhope," by Sir
Joshua is excellent example Of the master,
charming in the characteristcally graceful treat
rnent of the figure, and good in color everywhere
save in the pitchy brown mass Of foliage toward
the top of the canvas The, Portrait OF the
Countess of Nottingham" by the same artist is
a beautiful study of a noble profile There are
two good Ronneys one the quaint Portrait of
Mrs. Wells the well known portrait of woman
wearing voluminous hat and carrying a great
muf, the other a mere sketch, The Shy Child,
but one Of the most luscious bits of color from
Romney's brush in this country. By
Raeburn and Hoppner there two interesting
portraits of men, q fine Charles Lamb by the
former, and striking study of Shelley In youth
by the latter. Hoppner is also represented by
! Portrait of Mrs. Gwyn," q canvas fascinating In
its piquant reading of engaging character, and
superb in its fluent brushwork. The only Gains
| borough is small panel. Shepherd Boys, Of no
great importance, but neyert heess interesting
q souvenir of minor aspect of his art. The Peg
| Wellington of John Russell has double signiA-
/ canoe. II is valuable portrait of the actress
and it is welcome also an illustration Of pas
tellist whose delicate work is too little known on
/ this side of the water The large ''Dedham Vale
/ Of Constable is one Of the best Of his works,
little tighter in execution, perhaps, than most of
4 his masterpieces and wanting in that unctuous
tone which is characteristic of him in his happfest
moments but we'll composed and particularly
brilliant in lighting. There are three paintings by
..Old Crorne" each striking different note, and
ali possessing quality. 1t is instructive to com
pare the delicateIy luminous Landscape with Get
! tage'' with the heavy. tawny and almost Opaque
but still very powerful "Porlington Oak" More
pleasing than either of these though perhaps less
saturated i'll temperament Of the painter, is the
! picturesque "Old Mill on the Yare." The three
! German watercolors by Turner technically
! the same plane, but only one, the 'Peterhof' is
pictorialIy in his best vein.
The Barbizon school. usually inevita BILE the
catalogue in American collection. is not, on this
/ occasion conspicuous. There is capital little
Classic Landscape by Corot; the single Rousseau
is a Landscape of fair quality, with some good
color in il: there is a sombre and handsome
/ Landscape by Decamps. and by the same artist
there is amusing little figure study, The
Beggar" Troyon also is here. with "A Fisher
Boy beguiIing in its way though of no serious
consequence, and fine Landscape and Cattle"
the latter really exceptional canvas. But for
the rest Mr.. Marquand appears TO have been satls-
fed with painters of less profound inspiration
There four paintings by George H Boughton
including a spacious and captivating landscape,
"A Golden Afternoon Isle of Wight and
mildly picturesque literary anecdote, "Marveils
Last Visit TO Milton couple Of good Newport
landscapes by Mr.. r. Swain Clifford pleasant bit
of genre by Eastman Johnson: luminous and
subty felt Windsor Castle by Kensett, and
agreeable studies, usually small in scale, by
Kenyon Cox. F. S. Church. E. II. Blashfeld
1 Eugene Benson r. ID. MilIet, c. c. Coleman, J.
Carroll Beckwith and F. Hopkinson Smith,
among the other American paintings shown. The
modern French school is represented by clever
sketches by Merson and Morot: there is a notable
full length study. The Page" by Vilegas. pict-
uresque in motive and sumptuous in color, with a
couple Of small sketches. to stand for the
Spanish school. which is further illustrated
/ by Spanish Beauty by Madrazo and
there are several English works Among
these last the salient examples are by Sir
Laurence Alma -Tadema and the late Lord Leigh
ton Both the paintings by Alma-Tadema are of
course classical in subject One is the pretty panel
'Amo te anna me-" representing a couple Of Greek
lovers seated on d marble bench overlooking a sea
Intensely blue The other is the celebrated Read
ing from Homer" that familiar picture which in
its composition and ts coIors the artist made more
natural and beautiful than most of the archse-
ological reconstructons he has produced in such
numbers. There is nothing by him to be compared
with il in America save the "Sappho' in the Wal
1 loaaF he
painted by Leighton for the ceiling Of Mr.. Mar
Quand's music room form effective decorative