New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
ART EXHIBITIONS.
r1s Ir7sng ". Scott Collection of
Pictures.

80 Irving n Scott. Of San Francisco. won
IL ,a,toual reputation a builder Of battle
g. he was a leading figure on the Pacific
So, exercising a sound influence in more than
- s,-oc.ion In his hours OF ease lac gave himself
ce s.,,g,t 10 those private activities which SOON
VIZ 80 nroye 70 he Of public service, the actvi-
q ,he art collector. Every collection such as
ueS = he formed IS Of benefit TO the region in
~ %. a. Is preserved. 1t makes many people ac-
Va with excellent works OF art. and thereby
Gus. she DEVELOPMENT of a high standard OF
- lust what Mr.. Scott did IN the interests OF
standard may be judged from the collec-
- - sfty-seven old and modern paintings which
.vacutors have placed on view al the American
- Galleries and which win be sold al Mendels-
.. fiau next Friday evening.
- old pictures embrace some decidedly inter
- examines works which, whatever their orr
= POSSESS certain quality. Mr.. Scott appears
= .ava had better judgment and better luck than
= a,,srage late cleaner in the field Of old Euro
. at can claim. His Dutch pictures especially
-. creditatle group. II is true that the most
-.--ls,5eut name ia the list, Rembrandt, is not
= IN -esplendeuty Illustrated by the small "Por-
=, NJ tie Artist" but this is nevertheless mel
-, hit q Dutch painting, and IL has an admi-
t,s companion in the salient example Of the
--,sb school which hangs near by, the vigorously
,,bad Portrait Of q Man" by Van Dyck. Very
.-,,inr is the portrait OF q young Dutch woman
= a. seventeenth century, raising wine glass TO
=, rns IN the picture called The Estaminet
- .sva- 10 Terburg. Though this masters finest,
81 nearly tones are missing from the white oTess
= che mode the color is, the whole, so suaYe
,,s harmonious as 10 leave a capital impression
~ the othe~ hand, the Jan Van der Nicer The
- Maker" IS IN 30 way ingratiating The large
tBterlor Zen Boterham." attributed TO Pieter DE
voagh. might perhaps disclose something OF ms
golden ton2lity Il It were subjected 10 thorough
csantng As & IS i seems too tepld q peIlol'i III
snoe for HIS luminous and solid brush There IS d
,,0os word 20 De said for the little Teners, FIRST
"a and likewise for The Ruysdael Landscape
e-s the 'Catle" Of Adrian Van der Nelce, TINS
Ia bslng a singuarly attractive specimen a the
,,,ct,,ols vet precise handling OF the period me
vsn der Neer. Moonlight" is poor stuff Ny.
soo;t was more fortunate in lis choice OF the Jan
ween.x q well painted study OF stiu Nfe'
In his dealings win other schools ms luck was
,Deyeu. Constable's Portrait OF Himself Is vel
,or,e bur the Hogarth, Female Portrait barely
masses muster and the Romuey Portrait OF MISS
Robinson" though not without merit does not
show the charm Of this painter n lis ilA estate.
The single old Spanish piece, the Marriage OF 81
Catherine" attributed 70 Murilo IS t4!I.S PANT
"a but verv interesting sketch; and work o. KIN
5res zlBe is 20 be found II the characreristicaliy
snirfted Study for Ceiling Decoration. 10y lie
rolo which only needs a little more OF - elEf-
teeuth century Italians rosy color 10 DE an a'l'-
gsther satisfying fragment Tie picture OF the old
German school the Portrait u a Young Man
ssr-I u - beiu, has only It's sixteenth century
.tvle 10 support the ascription-ueither the model
ling nor the draughtsmanship suggests the power
q the masJer-buJ in its polished way this re-
mains nevertheless, one Of the good things r. the
objection Il is another proof that Nj Scott had
me fair for hitting upon old pictures deserving OF
respect regardless Of their authorship.
He went 10 the modern schools evidently with
more concern for subject than for quality. The pict-
ures BY the French jules Worms. Henne-, Roybet
Gerome and Richter; the German Bethke, Piltz and
Roegge the Finnish Edelteldy. and the Hungarian
Munkacsy are al OF q pedestrian character no
DOUBT amusing as wall decorations. but not Of
mvch artistic significance. Occasionally the pict-
lures IN this category rise above the humdrum level
o. the painted snecdote, witness the TWO Span
sh examples. PalmaroIrs In the Boudoir' and
The clever unfinished street scene, a Rainy Day
By Zsmacois. II Is interesting TOO. 10 observe in
the 'Duckli1gs by the late sir John Nillais. pas-
sages CT technique giving some vitality 10 the
otherwise merely pretty portrait Of child standing
the brink Of z duck pond. But Ny. SCOTS really
impressive modern pictures from foreign sources
easily % be enumerated on the fingers OF one
hand. A their head is "LHermite," a superb
corot IN which the gTaveIy romantic composition
IS made the nobler by the breadth and subtlety
with which the masses OF foliage are painted. The
example Of isabey Is good one, courtly histori-
cal pageant IN his usual picturesque vein. and
there is something more than the usual elegance Of
FTome1ln IN his desert scene, The Simoom." With
these pictures are 10 be grouped first modern
Dutch work the Sheep" Of Ter Meulen, and a
Representative Claws. "On the Scheldt." The best
o. the American paintings are Mr.. Brushs familiar
indian and the Lily" and q large. well lighted
forest scene. The Majesty Of the Oaks" by Will
tan Keith.
The Scott collection IS small and occupies there
iore only the large entrance gallery and one Of the
s~s.Ie rooms upstairs. Some OF the remaining
hpaee Il given To quantity Of Orientalia, belonging
70 ~ buDi-o Matsuk Il includes number OF
me oroazes. some examples Of the potters art
VIII al least one magnificent piece Of Satsuue No.
w. ano an Interesting group OF prints. These OBJ
e" vii De sold tomorrow evening and on the
@lleFtoons of Friday and Saturday. The galleries
WI De hung or Saturday with the Blumensteu col
.soa OF modern paintings, which IS TO be disposed
O a. auction next week