Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15

| coloring is mellow yet fresh. and its treat
ment mastery
From the Barberini collection come also
two tanestries 'oaned by Mr.. Larz Ander-
son-"Diana Stringing Her Bow" and
woman Nursing a Chiid''-whtch have
| been placed to the right on the staircase
/ They belong to series OF seven wmcn
were woven about the year 1885 at Brus-
| sells in the atelers of Jacques Guebles
and Jean Raes. and presented by Louis
XIII of France to Cardinal Francois Bar
berini. then legate at the French court.
/ Violent protest was made against their
being taken out of Italy and they were
only procured through the powerful
friends of the Princesses BarberiN.
| Facing these on the opposite sidesof the
staircase are two other Flemish tapestries
Of peculiar interest-"Moses and Aaron
lnstituting the Feast of the Passover
and Moses and Zipporah Tending the
Lambs of Jethro's Flock loaned by MT:
| Ffoulke These bear the monogram OF
Peter van Aelst. who wove the Acts OF
the Apostles from Raphael's cartoons for
Pope Leo X.
The Alexander Series.
The same master weaver is accredited
with the Alexander series which hangs
in the south court of the sculpture hall
and has been loaned by Mr.. Seymour
| Locke Of New York. Coarser than any
of the tapestries previously mentioned.
and in far less perfect condition this
series is in decorative quality almost UNI
surpassed. and for strength and vigoE of
design exceedingly impressive.
Two Italian tapestries are shown-a
peculiarly beautiful one woven in silk and
wool after Flemish Methods for the
house Of dEste at Ferrara. purchased
by Miss Tuckerman from the Castellani
sale: and a head of Christ. which is in
scribed True image of our Saviour. In
imitation of the cut Emerald Image made
by order of Caesar Tiberius II. After
ward given by the Emperor of the Turks
from the Treasury at COnstantinople to
Innocent VIII. the High Pontiff at Rome.
to redeem his brother. captive OF the
Christians" and is probably section cut
from larger piece. 1t is loaned by Mr..
Frank Gair Macomber Of Boston. who has
valua BILE collection of tapestries.
The Gobelins ateliers are splendidly rep
resented by series of four panels. repre-
senting the elements-fre. water, earth
and air-loaned by Mr.. w. A. Clark.
These were woven after designs by Aud
after the Gobelins had been raorganiZed
by Louis XIV. They have what is known
as the rose du Barry ground-an exquisite
shade of rosy red. and were at one time
the property of Nine. du Barry. They
purely decorative rather than pictorial,
very French in style, and really .sumplo-
Gus in color-royal examples.
1t is interesting here to notD that the
factory KNOWN dS the IoDcliflS derived us
ma me from a dyer who was celebrated for
his reds and whose plant Henry w leased
when in 1907 he bribed Flemish weavers
to come to France and establish an ate
lier.
Enthusiastically French.
That tapestries produced in French ate
liers were Enthusiastically French
though executed by Flemish weavers. is
manifested in the three examples, Nos
II. 10 and 10. which hang in the
north court and have been loaned by Mr.
Ffoulke These were probably produced
during the reign of Louis XIV at Beauvais
or farther west and are interesting in de-
sign and extremely fresh in color.
Two original cartoons are shown, three