New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-30
ART EXHIBITIONS.
The Collection Formed by the Late
Stanford White.


collection left by the late Stanford White That
collection was formed 81 part OF nnantes. doorways,
ceilings and other pieces OF structural decoration.
set into the walls HIS house IN East 2lst street,
and IT is in the house. therefore. that these and
other works shown prior 10 the sale next
Thursday Friday and Saturday afternoons. (only
tie paintings eil be sold elsewhere at Mendels-
soln Hall. the evenings OF Thursday and Fri
dav april II and - The effect, Of course. is
soubly interesting. Objects admirable IN them
selves gain much through their escape from that
cold museum-lke atmosphere which belongs 10
e-en the most carefully arranged auction room.
Their appeal is the more warmly persuasive. They
leave an altogether delightful impression Incl
denally this exhibition gives lesson in taste to
.bose who have decorative ambitions. Ihey may
see here how antiquities may be go handled as 10
become part and parcel OF q beautiful modern
dwelling.
The structural works Of art in this house Include
acme pieces 81 remarkable character and beauty
The stone mantel IN the first story nan IS Oh
euperb Renaissance workmanship, one OK those
Italian designs which were produced by the
sculptor rather than the stonemason. in the
,sc+ure gallery upstairs there IS another specimen
~ this kind Of architectural decoration, manteI
simpler in design, but stlll ornamented with some
highly interesting carvings. series OF porural'
Ynedallions embelshing the otherwise austere
scheme. Productions Ike this executed In stone
ennear az half a dozen different points IN the
house Sometimes they are works OF sculpture
ri,re and simple There IS. for example. IN the
hau that leads 10 the picture gallery me
Aristotle" in relief, the marble head oeihg SET ID
Il. charming Renaissance frame. But mostly Ny
Whites treasures in stone consist OF such thlhss-
halusfrades. escutcheons and the like, as well as
rnantels and columns-as served 10 enter into the
construction Of HIS rooms and hans. IN the an
ing room the painted and richly carved eeihhg Is
m imposing relic Of the italian Renaissance me
similar ceiling in the drawing room dates from a
a,
handsome performances should be mentioned the
twisted and carved sixteenth century Spanish
columns which stand by themselves IN the music
room and the italian Renaissance doorway WIN
carved wooden columns. when oiVloes me oliliiIe
room from the music room In the picture gal
lerv. TOO. there IS a magnificent Spanish doorway
with twisted and carved columns, and oeauuIul
gate in wrought metal.
Scattered all through the house there are guam
titles Of splendid furniture Of different schools ana
epochs carved Italian marriage Golfers old French
and Italian chairs. and certain number OF English
and Colonial pieces. There are fine tapestries too
Including one magnificent example Of Gobeins
manufacture in the music room. seventeenth
century composition bearing the coat Of arms OF
the Prince Of Orange, and concentrating the
evening Of commerce in the Orient. In the dining
room there is series Of four Renaissance tapes
tries richly covered with figures and arabesques-
IN this group there are also some good Flemish
rieoes one particularly interesting body Of ex-
gul musical instruments. Here the collector may
End a French cornemuse or bagpipe Of the eigh-
teenth century, a tambouTfne made by an Apache
Indian, and lutes from more than one Continental
source. There IS flne specimen Of the chltarrone,
the giant italian lutte Of the seventeenth century
z wondrous carved and inlaid affair which, quite
aside from its significance for the musician, is
most Ticturesquely decorative object. Salient
anaong these items IS an eighteenth century italian
harDsiehord which was once the property Of the
Colonna family. The case is deliberately carved,
Filded and painted. and between the two columns
which support the keyboard end there is curiously
sculptured mermaid double-tailed and crowned.
Several OF the musical instruments, and a great
many Of the carved decorations in the house, should
by all means he purchased for the Metropolitan AIu-
scum. Indeed, this sale offers unusual oppor-
tunity 70 that institution, which Sir Purdon
Clarke We believe, is constantly DESTROYS u
strengthening its practically useful side.
The Renaissance mantels. She twisted Spanish COL
unns, the carved ceilings. and much Of the furni
ture, would add greatly the value Of the Museum
Tor the designer and craftsman.
Everywhere in the house there are Small movable
objects Of high interest pieces Of Italian raajoIica
Oriental poroelalns velvet cushions old Italian and
Spanish mirrors. brass bowls and plaques and even
some hunting trophies-nloose and buffalo heads
and the skins Of lions and tigers Set IN the wall
on the staircase leading 10 the picture gallery there
IS q wonderful array Of Rhodian and Damascus
tiles Finally, in addition 10 the endless collection
Of miscellaneous art objects there l22 paintings
about evenly divided between the old masters and
The modern schools In his purchase OF old pic;-
uTes Mr.. White showed the independence Of the
true connoisseur. seeking the kind Of work that
he liked and not allowing himself to be lured after
great names. The catalogue makes no great claims
foF these paintings. but gives them. as a rule.
simply 70 this that school Portraiture pre-
dominates. portraiture Of the courtly decorative
sort which was calculated TO bring just the right
factor into the ensemble aimed at in the picture
gallery There are two attractive specimens OF
The German school, portraits Of men attributed TO
Aolhein and associated with these there are por-
traits BY Christoph Amberger and Heinrich Colt
zus that equally interesting. The Portrait
OF Young Lady" (Io. so is a delightful souvenir
OF the early French school, and among the large
decorative portraits. mostly ia dark tones there
are capital works OF Spanish and Italian origin
some Of them school pieces. and others attributed
TO Juan CaErenO de Miranda. CoellO. Moroni, An
tonic Moro and Bronzino. In the collection OF
modern pictures there is fine work by Gerome
the "corneilie and Moliere." which was in the
stewart sale twenty years ago. and there is an in
teresting little classical composition '.Bacebus
Finding Ariadne." by Ingres Boldini the brillian,
italian. IS represented by two FIRST rate pieces
After the BATH a Moorish subject. and "A
stitch in Time" water color Of a Partisan model
Both well illustrate his amazing dexterity. An
o'her Italian too seldom seen In sales is rep
resented here; the late Giuseppe de Nttis with a
sparkling little Spanish Landscape"
VI me Americans. Mr. Dewing and ar. A. p
Ryder are most conspicuous The Summer Pas
ume' o. TIE former, an outdoor scene with figures
y one OF his ioreliest compositions full OF atmos-
paHe' o. delicate color. and OF the original charm
which belongs his art in its most gracious rnood
y GERS Pegasus and his Dancing Dryads'
snow his imaginative quality and his very persona,
49, !. color IN their best estate. There are good
characteristic pictures too, By Mr. Brush AZ
= NJ fassaRn M SinamOna. Mr.. Hitchcock
-oisinan ead several others-pictures mostly
AiaaA IN scale and attractive in subject Vi,b