New-York tribune., 1906-01-03
GIFTS TO MUSEUM.
zRT TREASURES OF YEAR.
Restrictions on Copying of Pictures
RemoUed by Ne1U Director.

The members OF the Museum will receive to-day
tse second number Of THE Bulletin which Is
puhlished under the direction of Robert ". de
Forest secretary Of the board OF trustees and Of
counsel to the Museum. This publication contains
a list OF ali new acquisitions, with descriptions as
well as illustrations. whenever practicable, OF the
more important objects.
Sir Purdon said that J. Pierpont Morgan, the
resident of the Museum. believed that permission
shouid be given to copy anything IN the Museum
Accordingly. student visitors would be allowed eo-
,o;ute freedom IN sketching and taking notes except
mi, IN the case Of copyrighted pictures and oojects
loaned when the consent Of the owner OF the copy
-4qbt or objects fl question must be obtained nrst
Copvtng in future will be permitted on every Gay
~ the week except Saturday, Sunday and legal
sopdsvs instead OF only two days as heretofore
The restriction against copying pictures OF Inc SEC
,ye and on the scale the originals wiz aiso
s. rar7oved so that hereafter copyfsts may consuit
ther own wishes on this point The director oe-
dared that copies never came up to the orlslnal
-sc+u-e and that the more a good picture was
-,,-,Ta-tzed the better He did not care whetheE
49,. ++s dealer or owner lost materially by the
.cnying cf & picture IN the Museum me mann
fhing was 10 teach people 10 enjoy WORKS OF art
owners of pictures lent to the Museum sAoulo
,,ow them TO be copied.
The director talked at length about coAecuon
- oo5 carvings recently bought by the trustees IN
-hich be takes an enthusiastic interest ms couec
.to- has been supplemented by g1ft from Nr.
.go-rsn Of eight oak plaster fronts Ihey are OF
4bs raTtO : NSSo--S
hIs- 4 second gift Of Importance to this coieo-
49, received from two trustees, is Pieta In hlgh
-sIs+ colored, made IN the North OF france N
sta seventeenth century. sixty-four pieces nave
ssen added by purchase 70 me coIleciol c - "ooG
carvings -
s-n,oIre two German Renaissance ermoires, si1
rbppenGale chairs and three cohers Ct various
-s-iods There are also fragments ranging n SIZE
49,, double doors and panels down 70 drawer
he Gothic
I.+a sjrhtesnth century. The most important frag-
-,sn+s are three large panels IN the style OF Louls
xTy rom the BibliotheQue Rationale and We've
Golfer fronts. chiefly Gothic
II was considered e piece Of good fortune Wlsh
++ Museum succeeded in purchasing two paintings
~ he early italian artist, Carlo CTineli a1 the
recent sale OF Lady AshoJTton IN LONDON. 1hese
.s,a7s-"Sa mt George" and Saint Dominic. were
1oprrt With the income from the Rogers @ @fuhd
C,t Of tho same fund the Museum has purchaseo
q early French painting which attracted consul
ersbe attention II London at 3 recent e2LllD1tloL
~ the Burlington Fine Arts Club where y Was
called The Virgin Of Salamanca, ~ me 49,
6A FYAmgIIe" Three works catalogued unoer llle
-.-,a If this early artist jacques DaTet were
snovn with the exhibition Of Les PrlI1itlIs an
cas-" last year The picture represents lhe ~ -
er5 child between two angels playing On ~i1IS-IaA ~
.nsrr1I-nents in the epse Of a Gothic cnurch- An
other accession by purchase is Ariaohe, oS ". =
Warts.
sgT6s TEMPLE OF the Winds lsunset,' by Louis
Toeba has beer presented TO the Museum py ballIeL
curge-het-n This work, painted in 1881 was hEst
erhbtte5 at the Salon Of the Champs Eiysses
a4reruard at the exhibition Of the Society OF amer
tca1 artists in New-9orki at the Carnegie 4nsu-
tute at Ptttsburg, and al the Pen-4Arneflcan E1A-
,osstior at Buffalo where It was awarded q silver
-re5sr A youth bufeJed By the wind IS repre-
ss-razs rV TIE central figure OF the composition
f.r,a1s figure at the left typtfes the sunset ano
eno7her at the right suggests the approaching tW1-
Light.
The Museum BY the terms Of his viii has come
i-ro -ossession Of eleven paintings ana bronze
r-o-r-. vrbf-r formed z part Of the collection OF
Henry Il Cook. Among the pictures by which the
American school is represented Is palnuns Dy
George Henry Hall, called ARABIAN Bazaar scene.
Victor .NehIig is represented by 'Strclling Pay
ers" worthington Uhittridge by Evening in the
woods" and George Innessr j-.r by shepherd and
Sheep" Paintings by artists OF other schools are:
Coffee House IN Cairo" BY GeroHne; g group q
horses by the Dutch frnitator Of WouVerman
yvouterus verschuUc dS12-'74); THE Slave. hg-
ure Of g woman in the characteristics manner OF
JsrosIev Bohemian artist, successful IN MS MS
torca paintings and portraits Of Children Romeo
and Juliet by the German painter, Gustav fTleo-
erich Pappert-z; women t1shlhs' ny me opaIl-
.sh artist Victor PalmaroIs Return Home, py
Asye- Won Bremen, and sheep and Cattle. Dy
Emile Van AIarcke. The bronze group, Ihe
wounded Indian by Randolph Rogers, represents
& warrior falling from his horse. Al-llan a fleao
has given 70 the Museum a painting by Emil Carl
sen. II is picture Of stA lie ana rece19ec Z
gold medal eI St Louis
There have been several accessions II the oe
apa--neat OF musical Instruments presented oy ~ :
John Crosby Brown. Among tneLn are Two tH1e5 @
estiug specimens from Africa-a MaTluloa "a "oou-
en- ha.nonica). having a compass OF twelve notes.
from the GEboCn River distrtI~. "a q PAR y
6sn~ng ank-ets from Eastern. angola u Ihe Z =
-opear section q series OF pen-and-ink craWtLs5 =
ilstratiug the Development Of notaIlon nave OeL !.
added Ge5rse BIuruenthaI has added 70 the sIna1l
--sr rra q
three figures representing the Rape Of ProserpLne'
b. Simon Troger. q German artist VINO oleo Z
i76s.a T-oze- wzs z carver Of great Skill
Regarding the replicas Of st Gaucens pass
-e.iets OF children The Bulletin says:
That the Museum. possessed no work Of art ny
tie master hand q s. Gaudens has been euo}}ee1
ot deep concern 10 art lovers IN the city. 1Jat.le
French, chairman OF the committee on Ia =, =
whca Of MS works of art me sculps9I 5ar W. v-baf
c6zdl.i5rs SIr ST c4audena expressed Wiling
nssz y supervise and fnlsh f2r Ihe ea2sr5iis and
Favorable conditions, several q ms IaIhous S tha
cadren of Prescott Ha!l 55uLlel' - q 5IJ3ene Fo-
and OF the artists son, Homer - 20 SS4s ~ ssy
eral 5housan5 dollars 10 the sculpture committee
a. order was placed with NJ p, S,a III marble
AIr ST. Gaudens's fame as an artist resls I. P
cEdrs- m g55 sfe friends Of the Museum ind cause
:or special congratulaton in the ADDITION o. tAe
reDlcas q its collections. Is recalled that o s
G6udeus made special study Of Rooer1 -o9,,i LoI
Stevenson. aud that ne has mace IhoSS 81 o,S
etudies of T.I1colp Sherman Farragut, oha~ az az
other public characters for the famous, 50 uo -o
n public parks in this city ana e-se"iiei
An important accession BY gift is the ara 81
Iscior ~ cons presented By j. Pierpont Morgan,
Three hundred Greek vases, called the banessa 80
LECTION were bought with the income from me
Rogers Fund
Attention Is called to the catalogue Of the MOT
gan collection OF Chinese porcelains pflHa.ety
printed for j Pierpont Morgan. Il Is U.s. -,
'Tba T,,TIe+fr., as "a book which. in German