New-York tribune., 1903-01-03

venient and companionable decorations. Among
the works suited to public gallery there are
certain old masters which have more than the
ordinary claim TO be purchased for the Metro
politan Museum of Art. The Wohlgemnth
aforesaid large Death Of the Virgin. would
make an especially valuable addition to that
institution It is a highly interesting inustra-
ton Of the austere art OF Durers master Inc
grouping of the numerous figures well shows
the characteristic drift of the earlier German
school. hesitating between the formaI1sm Oh
the Italians and the realistic animation OF the
North The faces full of the deep thougn
restrained feeling of old German art at us
best and the clear surfaces of the painting
CLEAN with the rich, pure color by which II
was distinguished. More than welcome at the
Museum would also be the charming Catenar
a Madonna lovely in sentiment and color,
most beguiling in style, and the beautiful
LADY in Venetian Costume" by Brusasorcl.
Both are minor works, but both adequately
represent figures of standing in Venetian art'
and have the authentic quality which Is so rarely
encountered in the old Italian paintings prougnI
forward in our auction rooms Though VaiuaDie,
they are not likely to command an, excessive
price, and every effort should be made to obtain
them for the Museum.
The best of the other old masters is the beau
tifuI Portrait of Lady Hervey Of Bristol" by
brush work of his happiest manner The por-
traits by Lawrence of Lord Lyndhurst and his
wife are interesting but not of commanding I'M
portance There is an excellent Gainsborougn,
a portrait of a man. characteristic IN style IL
somewhat wanting in his charm OF coior' anu
there is fair example of the same artists Worh
in landscape worthy of him in the treatment Oh
tree forms and landscape structure. but
shade too dry to be very seriously considered
The small study attributed to- Rubens. while q
good enough souvenir of his studio, is. on the
whole, a rather unimpressive fragment lack
ing his accustomed maestria and being much
too cold and even unpleasant in color. Inc
"Circe Calling Ulysses" given to velvet
Rreughel is a dubious performance, in no way
recalling the qualities of the The Har-
bor Scene Of Aart Van der Neer, on the otner
hand is a good bit Of Dutch Work. ana we can
warmly commend the "Burgomasters VINE oi
Van der Hest. the Young Violinist attribute
ed m Metsr the Madonna and Child of the
school of Perugino. the anonymous n1teentn
century Flemish Madonna in an Arcn' ana
the anonymous Portrait of Martin LuIner.
The Head of a Young Girl" by Greuze will
mass though it is not brilliant example Oh the
nain+er The Godfriede Schalken. wise as
eArnen+,, is moor stuff Possibly the hand of the
rastorer has helped to make the Dutch Inter
tor,, nv De Hooghe look like anything Dut
tvpicaI work by that master Ihe picture
leaves a dull impression where De Hooghe' III
his true vein glows with warmth alhnos'
Venetian Finally would cite from alhoNS
these old masters, the stately T1voh Lano-
scape" of RHchard Wilson, painting WnIch we
would like to see transferred 10 the MetropollIah
o1ong with the German and Italian pictures
mentioned above.
The numerous paintings of the French ro-
ID rlxG
beautiful but not, as a rule, OF great hnpoI-
+ance The large "Orpheus and Eurydice OF
Corot exquisite in passages, suffers from
want or harmony between the dark tones OF tne
trees in the foreground and the misty grays In
the distance and the figures, though one never
exnects them to be perfect in the landscapes OIL
this master are uncommonIy unsallsIacIoTS- -
finer Corot for all that 1t is less aInpIliouS IL
theme. is the dainty Paris Seen from 0''
Cloud 4" and we may fairly group with tnls the
..7or,bardv PopIars" the Landscape with
Tree and the slight but charming shetcn'
Gray Morning" The three Rousseaus are all
rood 0auhigny's Landscape with Storks
,a bis ..F7fver Bank Spring are OF the hlghest
quality. his Marine with Yacht" and his BOATS
IN Shore " while Of lesser value, are not un-
1vor+bv of him There are finely representative
Daintings by Decamps. Fromentln' Dupre' Geil-
can't and Michel. OF the four pictures ny D1aN
+na ..oascant des Boheniens'' is the most elaD-
orate and the best though it is less sunny Ihan
Diaz at his happiest always is The TWO sflall
,+-,ras b1, DeIacrofx. Fight Between Lion and
rr5ga," and THE F1agellation," the latter an
asnacia1lv notable illustration of his figure WORK
~ -,o-e nersuasive than the large "Herninie
:. 7s Earpers' picturesque composition
t;,,;sn+ in narts but with the fire of the great
.o-,an+icist crriously subdued- Every one OF
the four Millets is to be priced, 1or every one
hears the stamp Of his genius but Ihe Snep-
herdess' is perhaps TO be distinguished rum us
oornnanions for certain fu!ness and depth Oh
baantv Two powerful water colors by Barge
are in the collection
- is Interesting to turn from these romantic
pictures to the statuesque figures ana serene
1ondecopa in the superb "Femnes Ia Fon-
+aine. of Puvis de Chavannes; to the sonnre
and dramatic realism of Daumier, in his Prison
f-toir,,. +o the polished neocasscal note or IN
80 =, his Cardinal Bfbbiena Espousing HIS
Niaca- m Raphael" significant II not moment
,, illustration of his beautiful art anu 10 the
academic rectitude uninspired but soneno" I'M
nosing of Gerome in ''L'Eminence Grlse- But
these pictures different from one announcer as
+bav are do not exhause the variety OF th49
collection Courbet is here. and so is MS ahlitu
esis Charles Bargue; Fortuny ana hhaus'
11arrionfes and Albert Moore, Ribot and Zarna-
cois are all present in excellent examples ana
there are paintings by Jongkind, Henner, Jacque
end Mauve. The American school Is not neg
lected several of its veterans being 10 the 1ore
Two of George FuIler's best things. the wen
known "ouadroon" and the less familiar Du'
narhaps more beguiling Little Ounce. are
shown: there are three specimens OF "hialh
| Morris Hunts work. one Of which, tne aeac
| of a. Spanish Woman" is brllliant achieve-
| nent. there is a beautiful elegiac work Of In
| - liter reriod Evening Medield''; Mr..