New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-17
LONDON NOTES.
Masters and Others at BURLINGTON
House. Learned Drudge~
London. January Z.

deceased
Thomas Lawrence IS singled out for special
honor. The second gallery is reserved exclu-
Eively for his portraits from the collections OF
the Duke OF Abercoru, the Duke OF Sutherland
Mr.. Leopold Hirsch, the Royal Academy and
DulWich College; the fourth gallery is also filled
with his work. with the exception OF ten snaces
occupied by the portraits and hunting pictures
OF sir FRANCIS Grant; and there are three of his
largest portraits in the third gallery-Pope Plus
w. from Windsor Castle; the first Lord Ribbea
Gale and Diana. Countess OF Norn,anton. Per-
maps The tribute 10 his memory would have hoe,
more sincere If the collection of his works had
been smaller and more discreet Sir Thomas
lawrence IN the height Of his academic popu-
4s1i| hao more work than he could do himself
ana employed pupils to help him out. and they
exaggerated the Tnaanerisns OF his stvI. The
nest among the portraits new exhibited are
thoss painted in the early period of his career.
*heh ne had more leisure for arranging the de-
"iIs OF composition and the blends OF his colors
anu ZONES The portraits OF Plus VII and Car
dlnaI Consalvi which come from the royal col
lecuons' were painted in 1919, or about the time
OF ms election as president OF the Academy
his earlier work was finer in drawing and color
especially his portraits of women and children
ms portraits Of Romney's favorite model Lady
a4N4itoi and Miss Farren. the actress, are
me meretricious habit OF "retouching."
The third gallery contains a miscellaneous
collection Of Flemish Venetian Snanisb Ere,oh
ana English pictures. At the upper end. where
flus VII sits enthroned, is the landscape of the
country around the Escurial which was begun
Q! Nerhulst. an Antwerp artist finished by Ru-
Gems and sent TO Charles l; and on the same side
is one of Guards Venetian views. with a stately
van Dyck' Countess Of Northumberland. cos
TUNED In tones of yellow and orange On the
other side Of the Pope is a beautiful Canaletto
belonging to Lord Powis-Verona under the
bluest of skies, with white battlemented walls
castle in the middle distance. and the Adige in
the foreground with water mills The long wall
starts of with Venetian group-a small Titan
owned by the Marquis of Bath, and representing
The Holy Family in landscape, and a Paris Bor-
done from Lord Radnor's collection Palma Vec-
chios daughter Vioante I'm crimson velvet.
with pearls in her hair and around her neck
Beyond the Venetians are three big Van Dycks-
Charles ], in black; Henrietta Maria in white
satin and pearls, and a most beautiful example
OF the painters art, portrait of Lord John and
Lord Bernard Stuart. Separating these full
lengths are garish Parmgiano from Hampton
Court and a reticent Rembrandt-a lady in
black silk dress. and lace collar cuffs and cap
and further is a Velazouez-a vivid portrait
OF Juan de Pareja. who began by grinding colors
and cleaning brushes for his master and ended
by painting portraits At the lower end there
are two Nicholas Poussins from the Duke Of
Rutland's Observation-Disclosures and ''Ex-
IRENE Unction"-and two Van Dycks-a full
length Of Castor. Duke ~ Orleans in armor
and a Magdalen kneeling in a cavern. The re-
naming long wall is filled with mastery por-
traits of the British schools The best one IS
Sir Joshua Reynolds's portrait of the wife and
daughter Of Charles Boone, Governor OF South
Carolina The mother is seated and IS CHANGING
upward, with her around the waist of her
daughter, who stands behind her and faces the
spectator. Each wears a white dress, the mother
having crimson robe trimmed with ernnine II
is a work conspicuous for charm of color grace
Of pose and beauty of tone The daughter. after
ward Lady Drummond, appears again on the
same wall with her sister In a Romney owned by
Mr.. T. c. Garth.
The first gallery contains over forty paintings
Of the Flemish and Italian schools There is
small Memling Pieta, with seven figures about
the tomb and a rocky and wooded landscape be-
hind them. and there is an Alteration Of the
Magi," by Lucas Van Leyden, low, yet mellow,
in tone. There is quaint portrait by Albert
Dtrer Of his father. in brown cloak and black
cap. against duh red background. There is a
series Of Madonnas-one by Giovanni Bellini.
With the Child grasping the mothers white
holding q bird; larger by Filippo Lippi
the waxen faces ana charm OF coloring revealing
The influence OF Botti.elli one by Botticeln HIM
self, from the Marquis of Northampton's collec-
ton, with the Virgin kneeIing in alteration over
The Child, and Eve child angels grouped around
them; little one by Fra Bartolommeo, with
two angels holding up some curtains: a Holy
Family by Lorenzo Costa from Mr.. Carnegie's
castle at Skibo; Madonna5 OF the AIodenese,
Fiorentine and Sienese schools; a large one by
Plero Of Cosimo. from Mr.. Arthur Z. Streets
collection, and a small one by Moretto Of Bres-
cha, owned by Mr. Frederick Cavendish Ben
timex. There are fourteen Madonnas in this
room. representing many stages OF Italian
art, and many other representative works The
Fiippo Lippi. owned by Lord Methueu, IS a
most beautiful "Annunciation." resembling the
one in the National Gallery; and there six
Neroneses from the same collection, illustrating
the story OF Judith and Holofernes, and Fra
Bartolommeo. representing three nude children
playing music There is only one Giorgione in'
the National Gallery. and here there two
eanVases attributed to hin-one picture OF
young man I'm black with dark, bushy hair
with his hand a skull. This room cannot fail
TO interest students of Italian art who know
their way about the National Gallery, with its
admirable and thoroughly representative coiiec-
tion of works OF the same class.
The remaining rooms require little attention.
Sir Francis Grants portraits and hunting pict-
ures are academic and dull: and Mr. II. T.
Weiss immense canvas for the Fishmongers'
Company, with Lord Hatherly in his robes as
Lord Chancellor. attended by the mace and
purse bearer Is work without artistic quality.
Mr.. Sidney Cooper and Mr.. Horseleys pictures
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