New-York tribune., 1906-05-07
MORE ART WORKS SHOWN
.4CCESSTONS TO MUSEUM.
Nsr Acquisitions and Rearranged
Collections NosO on Vfew.

When the members OF the Metropolitan Museum
~ AT receive their copies OF the May Bulletin"
.ssy they viii ind therein described many v-.,
-.sle aooessons to the treasures OF the N,,soum
= the absence yesterday OF Sir Caspar Purdon
1srke the director. and Edward Robinson. the
.-sistant director. AIr. Kent. as acting director
,hovred the new acquisitions to newspaper men.
ronspicuous among the new exhibits were the
s-,,ous Giustiniani marbles-the FIRST examples OF
-.lr art in large statues ever shown at the Ar,,-
s,rr. The marbles may be seen in various parts
= re large entrance hall IN the Fifth avenue front
= ne building. They were given by Mrs. Fred
ra,k F. Thompson IN Iss. and the long delay In
-hFbitIpe them has been due mainly TO the length
= time required for the repairs which were made
..,sssary by the condition IN which the sculptures
arrived hoTe
psraraing these sculptures The Bulletin" saws:
The marbles which have come into the possession
q the museum include eleven statues and six buEts.
IN. when thew passed into the T,osseseio1 s
- Giustiniani family, in the seventeenth century
.Esf they may be said TO reject almost as much the
sssfe and archaeological knowledge Of that period
e they do the spirit Of antiquity; get even from
s15 hey possess the decorative qualities which are
hsracteristic Of the epoch when some OF the more
Il is curious that OF such OF the Giustiniani
statues as rave come 70 Atlletlc1, me nnest ana
rfsf period Of classical sculpture. should have re-
~1sinea comparatively unnoticed hitherto. This Is
he noble figure Of a goddess. Of heroic size. II
sppsars IN al probability original Greek work
Su, typical school work Of it's period. made al a
tine when the common sculptors were under the
Thoroughly irubued with their spirit
Among the other statues are those OF apollo
With Lgre." Young Dionysos Riding a Panther
snd Young Herakles.''
A3TERICAN ARTISTS WORK
II following out ifs policy Of building up its col
lssion o. paintings by American artists the Mu,
feum has acquired portrait by Ralph Earl. a por-
sgat painter Of the eighteenth century The picture
lady Williams and Her Child" IS an example OF
fs work through which Earl acquired his reputa-
ton in England.
Among the recent eecessions are works by the
sculptor Oln l. Warner. Some OF Mr.. Warmers
works were obtained for the Museum by the Ma
tonaI Sculpture Society. and by the courtesy Of
Mrs Warner 5ir and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait are
enabled 70 add 10 the Museums collection OF
baaSes the reliefs OF the famous Indian chiefs
made by M Warner
Another gift representing the American school Of
scripture is The Dying Centaur," by Dr. William
Rnner given h. Edward Holbrook
The Bulletin gives considerable space TO an
Illustrated article on the Canessa collection of
Greek and Roman vases. written by Miss Gisela
n A. Richter. This newly acquired collection, now
presented in its entirety for public exhibition for
he first tine, comprises three hundred pieces. The
earliest vases are in the Nycenaan style
commenting on the collection The Bulletin
Esys:
Allost oe-alr OF the collection consists OF vases
OF Athtnlan manufacture, Of the black figured and
e4 inquired slyles II is IN these that the chief in
tsIesl leS Ihe vases with black figures painted on
ne red clay are fairly typical The subjects rep
55sssenie4 are those characteristic OF the period
AFtlol 1glcai scenes common Herahles IS as
usual me Iavorite hero; We have Herakles lighting
ne AIetsn bull, Herakies and the Erymanthian
posT. Eerakles IN contest with the Amazone
Ine proportion in which the different styles occur
. thls collection Is seen by the number OF cases
neE seEerally occupy. The vases Of early Greek
sEles hll two cases out OF a total Of tWenty-one
"a h--~ he
lguTed and red inquired ware, including also a num-
Der ot white funeral lekytho The seven remaining
Eases are occupied partly by the products of Greek
eionlsts of South Italy. partly by Roman ware and
p2Ttly ny EtrUscan vases.