The Lamar register., 1904-12-28

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Examples Of Recent Art.
At the very threshold Of this temple
of the arts you encounter names that
are well known to those interested In
works of the best recent art. Here
a small water-color drawing, repre-
senting a view in Tangiers, bears the
name of that most promising Spanish
artist. Mariana Fortuny, who died at
the same early age as Raphael and
Lord Byron, and so many other
notable men, before his promise came
to its full ripeness.
The "gilded saloon" designed by
the founder of the museum and his
favorite artist, Bertini, is magni-
ficent room. having at one end OF 1t
an exquisite chimney piece that be-
ilonged at one time to a convent in
,Cremona, and dates from the early
part of the 18th century. This inter
esting, as it is. does not constitute the
great attraction here, nor does the
marvellous service of Saxony porce-
lain that bears the arms of the Bor
romeos, nor the other riches OF the
place.
Here all eyes are drawn to simple
rather pallid. and not classicaily beau
tiful face, painted. 1t is said. by Pietro
della Francesca about the middle OF
the 18th century 1t is in profile; the
forehead is bare, the hair being drlwp
back from 1t; the eye is small and the
nose has a decided turn up. and the
face altogether is not notably beauti-
full. But the tranquility of the pale.
clear complexioned girl with the gold
en- hair and the pearl adorned net and
the bright brown eyes. who sat foI
this portrait about four centuries ana
a half ago, impresses the visitor to-
day. There is a dreaminess in the ex-
preston, an attempt to think out as
il were. the future awaiting her, that
appeals to the people of to-day.
A BotticeIii Madonna.
Second in Importance comes love-
ly work of Alessandro Filipepi, better
Known as Botticelli, Madonna and
child, one of the finest and most char
acteristic works of that great master.
Some consider it as belonging to the
same period as the well known Chigi
Madonna.
The devotional sweetness on the
face of the Madonna in this exquisite
ly painted work is tempered by
sense of sorrow that is most effective.
The eyes of the mother are directed,
not to the book on which her hand
rests, but to the very suggestive
crown of thorns that hangs upon the
oh Tho dram tho
book, and the very text in it. the ves-
sci containing fruit and the figures
are painted with loving carefulness
and accuracy that display the SINGER
ity OF this master who has become so
popular in recent years.
These two pictures would suffice of
themselves to make the reputation of
a great gallery. But the gilded salon
contains many other treasures-gold
and silver Venetian work of the fif-
teenth century, enamels and niellos
and bronzes, carvings in ivory and
Roman antiquities contribute to rem
der this one of the most interesting
rooms in the building.
Arch Of the simpion.
Away at the Otner END OIL the city,
. noble modern monument, artistic
In its way-though its purpose is less
artistic than historic-rises to delight
the eyes of the stranger no less than
the Milanese. 1t is called the Arch OF
the Simplon. as it was originally in
tended to open on this route between
Milan and Paris, and it also bears the
name of the Arch of Peace, as it was
afterward dedicated to the Emperor
Francis l. of Austria, the preserver OF
peace.
Its origin goes back to the days of
the first Napoleon, when Josephine's
son, Eugene Beauharnais, Viceroy of
Lombardy. ruled here. When he mar
ried the Princess Amalia of Bavaria,
wooden arch was erected here on
the occasion. and. as. Pentland writes,
hot