The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-04
nv THINGS AT THE MUSEUM.
,,rcrAL ROOM SET ASIDE FOR
RECENT ACQUISITIONS.

....u Crayestone On Exhibition and Also
zine Examples OF Greek Jeweiry and
natal Work-A New whistler water
Liar Hall or Sculpture Rearranged.
~. REGULAR monthly bulletin OF the
...o,o,itan Museum OF Art will mako
Sovn to-day that a room on the north
~, oorner Of the Fifth avenue front, for
~.,,v containing part Of the Coles colleo-
Wv. has been set aside to display new
u"n,,isitions. The purpose is to give oppor-
s.1i,v for regular visitors 10 see the e
Kings without hunting them up IN the
u.rious collections. After being exhibited
y. ,h,s room for a stated time the articles
IN be removed to their permanent places.
anons the things on exhibition there
-.,orday was a complete set Of electrotype
snisa Of Mycenean metal work, showing
~p wonderful work OF the prehistoric
er.oks These were from discoveries at
uvcena. Among the objects are inlaid
I.r,ors, A silver bulls head with gilded
sorns. a mask, a diadem, gold vases and
finger rings.
The most recent and most valuable ao-
ouisition to the museums treasures Is a
~ n Greek jewelry purchased from the
iroome OF the Rogers fund. These are too
rsl,able to be shown in the room for new
scousitions, and they have been placed
m exhibition in the Gold Room. The coll
lsction includes a diadem, a necklace, a
nair OF earrings, a finger ring, seven rosettes
n ANAL flowers and nineteen beads from
a necklace. All Of these objects are of the
n,,re yellow gold which was used by the
Creeks for their coins and the higher grade
Of their jewelry, They were probably made
In the middle Of the fourth century b. c.,
and are described in the bulletin as OF
extraordinary beauty and Importance and
az exhibiting "a perfection Of workmanship
which is not surpassed by similar examples
In any other collection
Another noted acquisition which Is on
e1hihition In the new room is q Greek grave
stone of Pentelio marble dating from the
fourth century B. c. 1t Ia Of Attic design
and belongs to the same class which are
represented in large numbers In and about
Athens, the collection Of them in the National
Museum Of that city being n Of its re-
markable features. 1t, too, was purchased
from the income Of the Rogers fund. It
Is nearly four feet high by a little more
than two feet wide. Three figures are
represented. One ia a young woman sitting
down and clasping the hands Of an elderly
woman, supposed to be her mother, who
wears her hair short In token Of mourning.
The young woman Is the dead person. A
third figure in the background 10 holding q
small box or casket. The bulletin says OF
this piece:
1T would be easy to enlarge upon the
wonderful amer in which grief is Ok
pressed in all three figures without the
slightest tendency toward distortion or ex-
aggeration."
There are comparatively few Of these
Creek gravestones in other museum ms Of the
world outside Of Athens, and 1t Is declared
that one of it's strong points Is the influence
II shows Of the great sculptors upon the
minor ones Of the time when 1t was made.
1t was announced yesterday at the museum
that an agent had been employed in London
to secure specimens Of Greek sculpture.
Another new acquisition shown yesterday
was a Whistler wateroolor called the
inches high and 1t Is declared to be an ex-
cellent specimen of the American artists
work.
Visitors to the museum henceforth will
observe at it's very threshold a marked
evidence OF the Improvement that has come
about in the arrangement Of show objects
under the direction Of Sir @. Purdon Clarke.
The hall Of modern sculpture now does not
have the effect Of emptiness and also gives
visitors an opportunity TO study the statues
from all sides. The statues. instead Of being
banked up along the west wall are scattered
through the hall and arranged with SYM
metry. Large tapestries have been hung
temporarily upon the walls and a very large
picture has also been placed there for q
mural decoration. The effect Is to give an
effective background Of color to the soulp-
lures.
William Church Osborn has loaned to the
museum three pictures by Monet and one
by Pissaro Of the impressionist school, a
branch Of art in which the museum has been
decidedly lacking. They have been hung
with two other pictures in a special collec-
ton and are attracting much attention.
Among the other recent acquisitions are q
riece Of %Burgundian tapestry, the gift Of
Jacoues Seligman, and shown in the new col
lection room are two large vases and n
Plohllar onn lnanad by I Piernonf MORGAN.