New-York tribune., 1906-11-08
PLANS OF MUSEUM.
To Establish Department Of
Egyptian 1Art.

Sir Caspsr Purdon Clarke director OF the Mstro-
politan Museum Of Art, yesterday among orhe,
announcements. said that the trustees had voted TO
establish a department OF Egyptian art and had
appointed Albert Morton I,vthgoe a. ira curator
The Museum. in making this new departure hop.s
70 increase It's scope and develop present colisc
ton Of Egyptian antiquities by having excavations
conducted N Egypt. Funds have been privately
contributed for excavations and the purchase OF
material 10 round out the Museums collection
on such sides are not adequately represented.
MI LYthgoe VII sail the Baltic on November
- ahc afier spending a fortnight in London and
BerIn' 10 purchase equipment. will go directly TO
caro- The work viii cover the main field of rep
resentative Egyptian art and excavations will be
made in cemeteries known 70 contain the material
desired by the Museum
sr Purdon announced that arncng recent acquisi-
uons IN tire department % paintings a por-
1ait ny Hans Holbein. bought with the income of
The Rogers Fund. It is painted in oils upon papen
and depicts 4 young man, apparently wealthy and
iashionably dressed in the costume OF the period
Ills left hand is covered with rings, and on his
first finger is sgnet ring with a coat-of-ar1ns,
which II may be hoped will ultimately lead to the
Identification OF the sitter. though the indications
are very difficult 10 decipher. The picture
painted in 1917, when Holbein twenty years
old The director also announced that another
QUESTION by purchase out Of the Rogers Fund was
alegorical figure Of Neptune. originally ascribed
Rubens. The god is depicted rising from the
waves beneath overhanging cliff. and in his up
raised arms is basket containing what the Ital-
ians term fruttO di mare
The Museums collection OF Greek and Roman
marbles has been enriched by the acquisition of
fragmentary statue Of Eirene. the Goddess OF
Peace It was purchased out of the income of the
Rogers Fund, in Rome. where it was discovered
~ -SS duIlng excavations for building purposes In
the villa PaJrizi
a book OF pure gold has been presented to IN.
museum by Samuel p. Avery II has been placed
on exhibition not alone a curiosity. bur as an
example OF the goldsmith's of that part OF the
lndo-Chlnese peninsula called Annam where il
N@s nade, AMMAN, while a part OF Cochin
OAlna and belonging 10 France, was formerly a
taTl OF emma, ana its shows this close relation
Ihe book & measures 5ia by 10 inches. weighs 8l.7S
ounces TROY and is OF the fneness OF g carats II
consists or -FOUR leaves, two of them, covered
ornament IN the style OF the brocaded silk bind
!ngs OF Chinese book, serve covers. the others
are nled with the text, engraved in regular COL
umns inclosed within lines as in ordinary Chi
nese book.
A novel acquisition is a collection Of peasant
heaodresses A volume OF great interest to COL
lectorE OF Americana has just been presented 10
the Museum by George a. Lucas, an honorary fell
low of the Museum long resident n Paris. It is
the original manuscript catalogue OF tie collection
OF portraits Of Washington, Franklin and Lafay-
cite made by William Henry Huntington before he
gave these memorials 10 the Museum.