New-York tribune., 1905-02-08

More Collections of Pictures To Be
Dispersed.

The American Art Galleries are filed just
with a collection OF nearly two hundred paintings.
brought together from different sources. quantity
OF old japanese arTnor and weapons and divers
other objects of interest. number OF the pictures
to be sold in order to settle three estates those
of the late Mrs. Sarah B. ConkIing the late sam
uel B. Sexton and the late Mark Hoyt. The en-
tire stock OF L. Crst. Demonico IS also offered. as
that we'll known dealer has decided to retire from
business. and finally there are paintings belonging
to Mr.. Arthur A. Crosby. The bits OF Delft and
sevres. the Hispano-Nloresque platters and the
etchings by Rembrandt. Whistler and Haden. which
are placed in of the smaller rooms belong TO
the Conkling estate. The Oriental collection
tains the fruits OF recent visit Japan made by
Mr.. Bunko Metsuki. All the miscellaneous a.
teriaI Will be sold at the American Art Galleries
beginning the afternoon OF next Thursday. The
paintings will be sold az Mendelssohn Hall on
Thursday and Friday evenings.
In examining the pictures it is scarcely worth
while to distinguish between the collections from
which they come Mrs. Conkung had an adviser
in the late Daniel Cottier. and the excellence Of
that Dealers taste is clearly reflected IN her paint
ings. But all the owners Of these works OF art
seem to have united on one point. the selection o.
such csnvases-generaly small IN scale-as from
subject or charm of color are well calculated 70
make good decorative effect in a drawing room or
library of ordinary dimensions. There are hardly
any museum pictures in the conventional sense
OF that term. to be here. The large full
attributed the school OF Van der Helst capital
piece OF Dutch art in its pedestrian but still vital
ICED aspect, and a characteristic example of Bou-
guereau's seeSly academic art. Madonna Infant
Saviour and ST. john" are indeed. the only things
that come into this category. The judicious coll
lector will not regret the circumstance On the
contrary, he ought TO be grateful for the OpportU-
nifty afforded him to obtain Just the kind of picture
which is most likely TO count in the right way in
the furnishing OF his house Suppose. for example
fS Sfad in Rarb
not prepared TO compete IN the auction room for
the masterpieces by which Il is sometimes repre-
serted there. He may bid. instead, for merely de-
nghtful little things like the Man Resting OF
Miilet the Nude OF Diaz the Study of Rocks"
of Corot 1t is the same with the modern Dutch
men. though it IS not improbable that gem like
the Child with Hoop" of Matthew Maris may
invite struggle among the connoisseurs
The Dutch pictures are numerous. andrare most
ly OF fine quality. They loom IN fact rather
schools give equally interesting accounts Of them
selves. Witness the engaging Study OF a Child"
by Antonio Maneini, the italian. SO mach admired
by Mr.. Sargent; the dainty water color called "a
Haunt OF butterflies" by Leon Benvin: the two
beautiful panels by Monticello. ''Nymphs in a For
est and Lawn and Figures: the vigorous
piece of brushwovk by Fritz Uhde Woman
and Child; the striking example OF still life by
AntoiRe FolloR, one OF which, study of lob
ster. is magaiicently painted; the uncomMioniy
good "Op the cliffs" by Van Marcke: ana tae
picturesque figure piece called The Departure"
BY that brilliant Belgian Alfred Stevens. Amer
ica also is admirably represented In paintings
by A p. Ryder. Winslow Homer. the late GeeFge
Fuller, ,. Francis Murphy. W. ". Chase and the
late n. III. Wyant, Nothing that Is exhibited ia OF
really momentous character. but the proportion OF
genuinely artistic work along uppFst tentiouS lines
iS unusually large. The Conkllng collection OF
pottery Is small, but choice, and the prints from
the same source are all of value. The Orfentaiia
though not remarkable. leaves, the whole, a IA
vorahle Impression, Altogether the galleries make
persuasive appeal 10 the shrewd purchaser on the
lookout for bargains.
Interest in the French painters OF the eighteenth
century Is happily increasing in this country as
has been most eoEspieuously shown By certain re-
cent purchases made by the trustees OF the Metro
politaR Museum out OF the Rogers bequest. This
interest naturally is recognized by the dealers and
their importations have latteTiy Included a good
many OF those portraits which among the most
charming souvenirs of French society in enc OF its
gaysst epochs Rarely. however. do We see on this
side OF the water painting like the Nsttler a
portrait OF the puchesse dorleans. which Is now
view the galleries of Eugene Glaenzer a
Co IT is superb version of the portrait at stock
holm. precisely similar 70 that IN design but with
differences In ths treatment Of the face which indi